Joe Amorosino (born July 19, 1969) is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure at WHDH-TV, 7News in Boston, from 1998 to present. He is an Emmy Award-winning sports reporter, who was named Massachusetts Sportscaster of Year in 2016 and 2020 by the

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Early life

Amorosino was born in

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, and grew up in the neighboring town of Braintree. He is a 1988 graduate of Don Bosco High School in Boston and a 1992 graduate of

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Broadcasting career

Amorosino's sportscasting career began as the sports director/anchor for Cape 11 News in

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, in January 1995, where he covered local sports and the

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, which features the top college baseball players in the country each summer. His next stop was

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, where he was weekend sports anchor/reporter. He spent less than two years in Providence before joining

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, 7News in Boston in March 1998 as a sports reporter and was named weekend sports anchor three years later in March 2001. Amorosino was named 7NEWS sports director/anchor in July 2003. He also hosts the weekly sports show "Sports Xtra" on Sunday nights and manages the 7NEWS sports department. Amorosino is an

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-winning sports reporter who has covered all six

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Super Bowl wins (2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018) the

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World Series wins (2004, 2007, 2013, 2018), the

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NBA Championship (2008) and the

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Stanley Cup Championship (2011). His 2003 interview with P. J. Stock received national attention when what was supposed to be an instructional story on fighting in the

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resulted in an unplanned brawl between Amorosino and Stock. As the studio host for NBC Boston’s Olympic Zone, Amorosino covered the Olympic Games in Torino 2006,

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Vancouver 2010 )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Sochi 2014 , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

and Brazil 2016. Joe Amorosino Devin McCourty

Amorosino was the

national reporter for

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during the

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. He has served on the Patriots Hall of Fame Nomination Committee from 2007 to present.

Awards

Amorosino was named Massachusetts Sportscaster of Year in 2016 and 2020 by the

. He was voted Boston’s Best Sportscaster in 2011 by Boston.com’s A-List. He was also voted Boston’s Best Sportscaster in 2010 by CityVoter Boston A-List. In September 2017, he was inducted into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame — Massachusetts Chapter. He is the recipient of

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's prestigious “Young Alumni Council Award” for 2000.

References

External links

WHDH

New England Patriots

Boston Red Sox

Boston Celtics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amorosino, Joe American sports announcers Living people Sportspeople from Quincy, Massachusetts Boston University College of Communication alumni 1960s births People from Braintree, Massachusetts Don Bosco Technical High School (Boston) alumni