Gary Miller (born }) is an American sportscaster and radio host, best known for his tenure at

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from 1990 to 2004.

Early life and education

Miller is a native of

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and a graduate of

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Career

WSAV-TV, CNN and Headline News

From 1978–82, he was the Sports Director at

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. Before Miller came to ESPN, he spent eight years at

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and

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as part of their sports coverage.

ESPN

From 1990 to 2004, Miller worked at ESPN. He was an anchor at ''

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'', the host of ESPN's ''

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'', and the last host of the sports interview show ''

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'' before it was canceled in 2001. Miller also occasionally did play-by-play of

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games, and was the primary dugout reporter on '' Monday Night'' baseball broadcasts, as well as ''

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''. Other play-by-play assignments during this period included games of the

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and the

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''West Coast Bias''

Until November 2006, he was host of ''

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'', a daily sports talk show on KSPN radio in Los Angeles, along with former

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athlete

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. The show, which airs at 1 p.m.

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time Monday through Friday, sometimes originates at

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. On November 10, 2006, it was reported that Miller was leaving the show, effective immediately. The program was renamed ''The D'Marco Farr Show'' with

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s replacing Mille

KCBS, KCAL, and WKRC

Miller was a weekend sports anchor for the

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-owned

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of KCBS and

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in Los Angeles until January 2017. In August 2017, Miller joined

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's local CBS station WKRC as weeknight sports anchor.

Personal life

In 1997, Miller was arrested for

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at a

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, where he covered that year's

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. Police confiscated what was described as "drug paraphernalia" and said Miller was seen urinating out of an upstairs window. Miller stated he was urinating in a bottle when he accidentally urinated on an off-duty police officer. He was fined and sentenced to

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References

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