Juan Ramón Abrams Jr, better known as Junior Abrams (born April 25, 1956 in

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Vega Baja (, ) is a Vega Baja barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality located on the coast of north central Puerto Rico. It is north of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Morovis, east of Manatí, Puerto Rico, Manatí, and west of ...

) is a Puerto Rican television and radio sportscaster, actor and show host.

Biography

After years of radio broadcasting experience on WRAI AM with Harry Rexach's sports programs while still a student at Gabriela Mistral High School, Abrams first became well known to Puerto Rican television audiences during the late 1970s as the sports anchor of Canal 2's Telenoticias en Accion. He was the network's evening and nightly sports anchorman. As the network's only sportscaster, he competed in the same time-slot against

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's Luis Rigual,

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and Bobby Anglero. He covered several local and international sports events for decades at Telemundo Puerto Rico, including Olympic and

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fights and other events. During the 1990s, Junior Abrams sought to expand his career, becoming host of some Puerto Rican TV game shows, while continuing his sportscasting career. In 1992 he joined

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, Lourdes Collazo and Luis Raúl in WAPA-TV's "Qué Es Lo Que Pasa Aquí, ¿Ah?" a very successful mock news comedy show. In 2007, Abrams' wife, Carmen D. Esteva González was diagnosed with

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. Five years later, in 2012, he was diagnosed with the same disease. Abrams joined

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and

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, among others, as spokespersons for the

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in Puerto Rico. That same year (2012), Abrams joined Jailene Cintron as co-host of "Desde Mi Pueblo" ("From My Town"), a TV program dedicated to showcasing Puerto Rican cities on Puerto Rico's cable television. Abrams is enshrined in the Sports Hall Of Fame of Vega Baja, along with

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and two-time

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Juan González, among others.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Junior 1956 births Living people Puerto Rican journalists People from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican television journalists Puerto Rican people of Jewish descent Boxing commentators

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