Dave Briggs (born October 11, 1976) is an American

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. Dave Briggs was a co-host on CNN's '' Early Start'' with Christine Romans, which debuted Thursday, February 23, 2017, and a relief co-host of CNN's '' New Day'', a three-hour morning news show. During the December 19, 2019 broadcast of the show, he announced that he was leaving the show. Formerly he was with

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and

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, serving as studio host for the

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tennis coverage,

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and fantasy football. He is also a former co-host of the

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weekend morning show ''

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''. During the December 22, 2012, broadcast of the show, Briggs announced that he was leaving '' Fox & Friends Weekend'' at the end of 2012.

Education

Briggs graduated from the

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in 1999 with a degree in broadcast news.

Career

From 2002 to 2004, he was the weekend sports anchor at

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Fox 23 in

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, following which he was a reporter and sports anchor at WHDH (TV), Channel 7, an

affiliate in

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, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008. He also served as a host and a reporter for

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. In 2008, he joined the Fox News, as co-anchor of ''Fox & Friends Weekend'', alongside

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and Clayton Morris. Briggs occasionally hosted Fox News' webshow ''Strategy Room''. In January 2013, Briggs began co-hosting a daily sports and pop culture show for NBCSN called ''The Crossover with

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and Briggs''. In May 2013, the show was rebranded as ''The Crossover with

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'', with Beadle as the sole host, and four months later the show was cancelled and Beadle returned to

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. Briggs and Carolyn Manno hosted ''SportsDash'' weekdays at noon on NBCSN, co-produced by

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with live viewer feedback onscreen. On February 23, 2017, Briggs began co-hosting CNN's ''Early Start''. Briggs announced on December 20, 2019, that he would be leaving ''Early Start'' and CNN. Later that morning on December 20, 2019, Briggs announced he joined the podcast Home & Home with Ross Tucker on Radio.com. The podcast can also be heard on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Briggs also hosted ''

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Fast Break'' during the first weekend of the

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in 2021 and 2022.

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* * Place of birth missing (living people) 1976 births 20th-century American people 21st-century American journalists American male journalists CNN people Comcast people Fox News people Journalists from Oklahoma Living people NBC employees NBCSN Sportspeople from Boston Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma Sportswriters from Massachusetts Television anchors from Boston University of Colorado Boulder alumni Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma {{US-journalist-1970s-stub