Seth Davis is an American sportswriter and broadcaster. He is a host on

Campus Insiders Campus Insiders was a college sports website and internet television service. It was owned by a joint venture between IMG College and Silver Chalice. The service was oriented towards live streaming of U.S. college sports, streaming live and replay ...

, an in-studio analyst for

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' men's

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coverage, and an analyst for the NBA Draft on

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. He currently writes for ''

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'' and is a former writer for ''

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'' magazine.

Biography

Davis attended

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

, graduating in 1992 with a degree in

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. He was host of a sports-related cable television show on

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, and was also a sports columnist for the university's daily campus newspaper, '' The Chronicle''. Davis began writing at ''Sports Illustrated'' in July 1995. During his tenure at SI, he became a staff writer and authored the "Inside College Basketball" column during the college basketball season. It was announced on May 11, 2017 that he had been laid off from Sports Illustrated. Before joining ''Sports Illustrated'', Davis spent several years at the ''

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'', where he wrote about various sports, including the NFL,

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, college basketball and local high school sports. Davis appeared in an episode of the HBO show "Real Sex" in 1996. In 2003, his book ''Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp'' about his experiences as a camp counselor, was published. His second book, ''When March Went Mad,'' was published in 2009. He was also a reporter on ''

The NFL Today ''The NFL Today'' is an American football television program on CBS that serves as the pre-game show for the network's National Football League (NFL) game telecasts under the ''NFL on CBS'' brand. The program features commentary on the latest new ...

''. In 2013, Davis joined Campus Insiders, campusinsiders.com, as an on-air host for their all-digital network. The Seth Davis Show launched on August 26, 2013. In May 2017 he was fired by ''Sports Illustrated'' as a cost-cutting measure. He subsequently started work for ''

''.

Personal

Davis was born in

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

and raised in

Potomac, Maryland Potomac () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named after the nearby Potomac River. Potomac is the seventh most educated small town in America, based on percentage of residents with postsecondary deg ...

, and graduated from the

Bullis School Bullis School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for grades K-12. The school is located in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. History Bullis was founded in Washington D.C. in 1930 by Commander Willia ...

in 1988. Davis is married and has three children. Davis is the son of Elaine Charney and

Lanny Davis Lanny Jesse Davis (born December 12, 1945) is an American political operative, lawyer, consultant, lobbyist, author, and television commentator. He is the co-founder and partner of the law firm of Davis Goldberg & Galper PLLC, and co-founder and ...

, who was the special counsel for former President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

from 1996 to 1998.

Books

*''Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp'' (2002) *''When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball'' (2009) *''Wooden: A Coach's Life'' (2014) *''Getting to Us: How Great Coaches Make Great Teams'' (2018)

References

External links

Seth Davis at SI.com
* Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Living people Sportspeople from Connecticut People from Potomac, Maryland College basketball announcers in the United States National Football League announcers 1970 births Sportswriters from Maryland American people of Jewish descent {{US-sportswriter-stub