Edward Draper Ed Draper also known as Teddy Draper (born June 1981 in

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) is a journalist, television presenter and radio broadcaster. He is best known for presenting for Sky News (sport) since 2010 and Sky Sports News since 2014. Previously he presented sports news on

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(formerly

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) Breakfast Show,Ed Draper
Absolute Radio.com, retrieved January 2011 as well as the station's Rock 'N' Roll Sport Podcast, on which he works with Russ Williams. He is also one of the main faces of

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and has regularly appeared as a sports presenter for Sky News for over a decade. Ed has written regular sports features for the Sky Sports website too, with special focus on boxing and MMA. Ed hosted the in-house boxing shows at the London 2012 Olympics (on the big screen at The London Excel) and the track and field events at the London 2012 Paralympics. From 2014, Ed has hosted a variety of live sports coverage for Matchroom TV, including boxing, golf, tenpin bowling and pool. Ed produces and hosts the podcast Sport and Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sport-and-life/id1347584387 Ed formerly presented sports news for

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, as well as providing sports commentary for MUTV and

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. His career began writing for the Logan Daily News in Ohio, USA in 2004 and Ed also worked for WOUB TV as a presenter (anchor) and reporter.

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