Scott Braun is a studio host and reporter for

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and NHL Network.

Early life and education

Braun was raised in

Warren Township, New Jersey Warren Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the much larger New York metropolitan area, located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United State ...

and graduated from

Watchung Hills Regional High School Watchung Hills Regional High School is a regional comprehensive high school, comprehensive state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school and school district serving students in portions of Somerset County, New Jerse ...

in 2007. Braun graduated from the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

,with a double major in broadcast journalism and sports administration.

Career

As a college student, Braun appeared on

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as a Campus Connection reporter and hosted multiple shows for University of Miami TV, which led to play-by-play college basketball work and online hosting for ESPN.com. Braun served as a college basketball play-by-play announcer for

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and the host of

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's Heat Index, covering the

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prior to joining the

in 2012 and NHL Network in 2015. In addition to his work for ESPN, Braun reported feature stories around the country for

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and was a studio host on CBSSports.com, including ''Fantasy Football Today''. Braun was the play-by-play voice for the

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of the

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for two seasons and served as the Cape League Insider on

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MLB Network Radio MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate) is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows, as well as archives and live reports about MLB and such. MLB Home Plate launched in F ...

. On MLB Network, Braun appears on shows including the Emmy Award-winning ''MLB Tonight'', ''MLB Now'', ''The Rundown'', ''High Heat'', ''Quick Pitch'' and ''Plays of the Week''. On NHL Network, he appears on ''NHL Tonight'', ''NHL Now'' and ''On The Fly''. In addition to his studio work, Braun is a play-by-play announcer for MLB Network and MLB.com game telecasts including the

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and JUCO World Series. In 2018, Braun was the primary play-by-play man for MLB's live

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games. Braun also serves as an occasional play-by-play broadcaster for

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and SNY, including

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games, and a host on sports talk radio shows on

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. Braun served as play-by-play for the world feed for the

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produced by

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, airing in over 200 countries around the world, as well as on the

American Forces Network The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the U.S. military provides to those stationed or assigned overseas. Headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, AFN's broadcast operations, which i ...

. He worked alongside

Dan Plesac Daniel Thomas Plesac (born February 4, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher with an 18-year career from 1986 to 2003. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, a ...

, who provided color commentary. In 2022, Braun was announced as the main commentator for the weekly

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Scott Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television sports announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Major League Baseball broadcasters MLB Network personalities New York Mets announcers People from Warren Township, New Jersey University of Miami School of Communication alumni Watchung Hills Regional High School alumni