Henry Wofford is a sports anchor/reporter for NBC Sports and hosts ''Raiders Post Game Live'', ''A’s Pregame Live'', ''A’s Postgame Live'', and ''Race Week''."Henry Wofford Joins Comcast SportsNet Bay Area"
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Early life

Wofford was born and raised in

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, and graduated from Edison High School, also located in Stockton.

Career

Wofford worked as a reporter at

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(NBC) in

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, from 2005 to 2010, as the sports director and anchor at

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(ABC) in

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, from 2003 to 2005, and as a sports anchor at

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(ABC) in

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, from 2000 to 2002. Wofford also works as an anchor and writer for KLIV 1590 in

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, and as a news director, anchor, and sports announcer for

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90.5,

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's campus radio station. He does fill-in shifts for a 95.7 The Game in San Francisco. He is a member of the National Association of Journalists, as well as the

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Awards

Wofford received first-place awards from the

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, in 2008, in Sports Reporting and In-Depth Reporting. He also received three awards from the Michigan Associated Press, in 2017, Best Sportscast and Best Reporter, for his feature, "13 On Your Sidelines".

Education

He received his B.A. from

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and his M.A. in journalism and mass communications from

."Henry Wofford glad to work close to home"
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References

External links

CSN Bay Area Bio
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