Steve Weissman is an American sportscaster who joined

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in January 2010. He came to ESPN from

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(CSN) in California, where he served as the network's lead anchor. Before CSN, he worked at WNEM in

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greate ...

, winning multiple Michigan Association of Broadcasters Awards. Weissman also served as the sports anchor/reporter at

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Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th ...

, and began his career as a sports anchor/reporter at WBKB in

Alpena, Michigan Alpena ( ') is the only city in and county seat of Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census. After Traverse City, it is the second most populated city in the Northern Michigan region. The city ...

. He hosted ''

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'' and other shows at ESPN from 2010 to 2015. He currently works at

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and

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.Steinberg, Dan
"Springbrook grads co-host ESPN’s SportsCenter"
''

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'', 8 August 2011.

Personal

Weissman is a D.C. native, a graduate of

Springbrook High School Springbrook High School is an American public high school, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It is located within the White Oak census-designated place, and has a Silver Spring mailing address. I ...

Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 ce ...

, and the

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where he was a member of the

Sigma Chi Sigma Chi () International Fraternity is one of the largest North American fraternal literary societies. The fraternity has 244 active (undergraduate) chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more t ...

fraternity.

References

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