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, organization = , known_for = , notable_works = , style = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , awards = , website = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Andrew David Siciliano (born August 28, 1974, in

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, U.S.) is an American sports television anchor, reporter and radio broadcaster. He is the play-by-play voice announcer for the

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. He is the sole host of NFL Sunday Ticket Red Zone, airing on

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. During the week, he serves as a host for NFL Total Access on the

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. He has also hosted coverage of the

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and

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for

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, mainly for the online-only events network "Gold Zone", which features a format which is equivalent to that of Red Zone.

Education and early career

Siciliano was born in

to a Jewish mother, and an Italian father who was an attorney at the

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. He attended

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. He attended

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from 1992 to 1996. At Syracuse, he served as Assistant Sports Director at

WAER WAER (88.3 FM) is a radio station in Syracuse, New York. It is located on the campus of Syracuse University, and is a part of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The station features a jazz music and National Public Radio forma ...

, a student-run radio network. He also worked at the commercial

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, covering fires and City Hall. He was a regular columnist for the

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, Syracuse University's independent student newspaper, and split play-by-play duties for

-FM during the

1996 Final Four The 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1996, and ended with the championsh ...

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game between

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. Siciliano graduated in 1996 with a BA in

broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

Professional career

Following his academic career, Siciliano accepted a dual anchor/reporter role at WMAQ-670 AM in

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. By 1999, Siciliano was hosting the Chicago Bears's post game talk show for the now-defunct WMAQ. During his tenure at WMAQ, Siciliano was honored with multiple awards, including two AIR awards for Best Sports Reporter and Best Anchor. In 2000, Siciliano moved to Los Angeles to join

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. He served as co-host of ''The

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Morning Extravaganza'', along with various fill-in anchor roles. He later moved to hosting the weeknight program Game Time Live, with

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. While with FSR, Siciliano served as the lead play by play announcer for the

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of the

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. In 2006, Siciliano moved from the Gladiators to the

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in order to work closer to home. In January 2011, Siciliano was replaced by

Max Kellerman Max Kellerman (born August 6, 1973) is an American sports television personality and boxing commentator. He is the host of ''This Just In with Max Kellerman'' and the co-host of ''Keyshawn, JWill and Max'' on ESPN Radio. He previously was a co-h ...

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affiliate 710 AM (KSPN), where he had been hosting LA Sports Live with co-host

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. Since its inception in 2005, he is the sole host of NFL Sunday Ticket Red Zone, airing on

's Red Zone Channel. He also serves as a host for NFL Total Access on the

. Siciliano has done St. Louis Rams preseason games as a play-by-play announcer, along with former Rams Pro Bowler

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and Hall of Famer

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locally in St. Louis on KTVI-TV Fox 2. Holt and Faulk served as color commentators for the broadcasts, and the two are joined by Siciliano, who handles the play-by-play duties. Upon the Rams return to Los Angeles, Torry Holt was replaced with Pro Football Hall of Famers

and

Eric Dickerson Eric Demetric Dickerson (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. Dickerson played college football for the Mustangs of Southern Me ...

with games broadcast locally on

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channel 2. In 2017,

Daniel Jeremiah Daniel Jeremiah (born December 5, 1977) is an analyst for the NFL Network, and a writer with NFL.com. He also serves as a color commentator for Los Angeles Chargers games on KFI radio. Jeremiah was a starting quarterback at Northeastern Louisia ...

replaced Dickerson.

Personal life

Siciliano is an avid

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and

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

fan, whose ultimate goal was to serve as an NFL play by play announcer. He maintains a love for radio despite his television career.

References

External links

NFL Bio

NBC Sports Bio

Siciliano on 'Cuse Conversations Podcast in 2022
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siciliano, Andrew 1974 births Living people American sports radio personalities American talk radio hosts American television sports announcers American television talk show hosts Alliance of American Football announcers Arena football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Los Angeles Rams announcers National Football League announcers People from Reston, Virginia S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni