South Regional Personality Bios

by FOXSports.com

Updated: October 5, 2007, 11:38 AM EST 13 comments

Jon "Boog" Sciambi: Braves Announcer
Jon "Boog" Sciambi makes the move to the FSN South and SportSouth Braves telecast booth from ESPN where he called Major League Baseball and college basketball games on both television and radio since 2005. Previously, Sciambi spent eight years with the Florida Marlins radio network where he served as pre- and post- game host from 1997 through 2004. In 2001, Sciambi added play-by-play duties on the Marlin's radio network for all 162 regular season game broadcasts, a role he continued through the 2004 season.

Ron Gant: Braves Baseball Analyst
Ron Gant joins the FSN South and SportSouth Braves LIVE team after a distinguished career in Major League Baseball. The former outfielder and second baseman played for the Atlanta Braves from 1987-1993, as well as the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Anaheim Angels, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres. In 1990 and 1991 as a Brave, he joined the "30-30 Club" with at least 30 stolen bases and 30 home runs in the same season. After baseball, Gant spent two years with TBS as a baseball analyst before joining the FSN South and SportSouth team.

Brian Jordan: Braves Baseball Analyst
Brian Jordan joins the FSN South and SportSouth telecast lineup as a TV analyst on Braves Live, a 30-minute pre-game and post game show offering unprecedented Braves coverage around every televised game. Bringing extensive baseball experience to the show, Jordan had a successful dual baseball and football career with the Atlanta Braves and the NFL's Atlanta Falcons before segueing to television. Jordan was a former outfielder and first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers.

Jerome Jurenovich: Host
Jerome Jurenovich brings his enthusiasm, experience and versatility back to Atlanta as the pre-game and post-game host of Braves LIVE, Hawks LIVE and Thrashers LIVE. He began his career as a weekend sports anchor/reporter for WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania after graduating from Gannon University. Two years later, he became a fixture on CNN Headline Sports and then segued to the FOX Sports Radio Network in Los Angeles where he co-hosted NFL Sunday. After helping launch Altitude Sports in the Rocky Mountains, he worked as the main television host of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche broadcasts. Jerome jumped at the chance to return to Atlanta in his current position with FSN South/SportSouth.

Katy Temple: Reporter
Veteran sports television journalist Katy Temple joined FSN South in 2006 as a reporter for the network's numerous studio programs. For the past six years, Temple has been a weekend sports anchor/reporter and sports magazine show co-host for San Diego's XETV FOX 6.

Temple returns to FSN South for her second stint with the Atlanta-based network, as from 1994-96, she was a sideline reporter for a variety of sports for then-SportSouth Network. Prior to her recent work in San Diego, Temple was a reporter and producer for San Francisco-based Lamb Productions (1998-99), and she was a show host and a college/professional play-by-play announcer and analyst for Media One in Fresno, Calif., from '96-98. A graduate of St. Mary's College of California, Temple was a collegiate softball athlete.

Al Hrabosky: St. Louis Cardinals: Analyst
Al Hrabosky joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team as an analyst on St. Louis Cardinals telecasts this year. He began working as a commentator on telecasts for the team in 1985 making a smooth transition from one of St. Louis' best-loved athletes, the "Mad Hungarian" of the Cardinals 1970's bullpen, to one of the town's favorite broadcasters. During a 13-year major league career in which he compiled 97 saves and earned Fireman of the Year honors in 1975, Hrabosky easily transitioned to broadcasting by working as a sportscaster for a St. Louis TV station. In 2003, Hrabosky was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

Joe Buck: St. Louis Cardinals: Play-by-Play
Joe Buck joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team handling play-by-play duties on select St. Louis Cardinals game telecasts. Buck joined the Cardinals' radio team in 1991 after spending two seasons as the play-by-play voice of the Louisville Redbirds. He also has handled play-by-play on Cardinals television broadcasts and in 2002 Buck became the play-by-play voice for Fox NFL's No. 1 broadcast team, becoming the first play-by-play announcer to handle lead MLB and NFL coverage since ABC's Al Michaels in the 1980s. Buck has called the World Series for Fox nine times (1996, 1998, 2000-2006), seven MLB All-Star games (1997, 1999, 2001-2006) and two Super Bowls (2005-06). He was honored three times with a sports Emmy as the Outstanding Sports Personality for play-by-play (1999, 2001-2002).Buck is the son of broadcasting legend Jack Buck and he is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in English in 1991.

Dan McLaughlin: St. Louis Cardinals: Play-by-Play
Dan McLaughlin joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team handling play-by-play duties on St. Louis Cardinals telecasts this year. Prior to joining the Cardinals telecast team, McLaughlin spent 11 years as a regular on St. Louis Blues telecasts on FSN Midwest and CW11, and has also been a pre-game, intermission and post game analyst for Blues radio broadcasts. He also served as a television play-by-play voice for the University of Missouri men's basketball team, Missouri Valley Conference and the Mid-Continent Conference. Dan is a regular contributor to the national magazine show "Fox Sports Net Across America." A 1996 graduate of Lindenwood College, he began his professional broadcasting career in 1996 as a sports talk show host at KMOX Radio.

Jeff Brantley: Cincinnati Reds: Analyst
Jeff Brantley joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team as an analyst on Cincinnati Reds telecasts this year. A former MLB player, Brantley spent 14 seasons in the Major Leagues and enjoyed some of his best years while pitching for the Reds from 1994-1997, where he posted a 2.64 ERA and 88 saves. In 1996, he earned the Rolaids Relief Man Award after leading the National League with 44 saves. Brantley also pitched for the Giants, Cardinals, Phillies and Rangers. He was an NL All-Star for San Francisco in 1990 and finished his career with 172 saves and a 3.39 ERA in 615 games. Brantley is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he led the Bulldogs to a third-place finish at the College World Series.

Chris Welsh: Cincinnati Reds: Analyst
Chris Welsh joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team as an analyst on Cincinnati Reds telecasts this year following a 5-year Major League career with the Padres, Expos, Rangers and Reds. Chris went 21-31 with a 4.45 ERA, 8 complete games and 3 shutouts in 122 career appearances, including 75 starts. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida, where his baseball coach was Hall of Famer Robin Roberts.

Thom Brennaman: Cincinnati Reds: Play-by-Play
Thom Brennaman joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team handling play-by-play duties on Cincinnati Reds telecasts this year. The Cincinnati native will also work alongside his father, Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman, for selected radio broadcasts on 700 WLW and also will sit in the booth for Reds TV broadcasts on FSN Ohio. Before joining the Reds, Brennaman worked for six seasons with the Chicago Cubs for both WGN radio and TV and 9 seasons on Arizona Diamondbacks radio and TV broadcasts. Brennaman is a graduate of Ohio University.

George Grande: Cincinnati Reds: Play-by-Play
George Grande, a 39-year veteran of the broadcasting business, has been the play-by-play voice on Reds TV since 1993 and joins the FSN South/SportSouth telecast team handling play-by-play duties on Cincinnati Reds telecasts this year. A native of New Haven, CT, George has covered Major League Baseball since 1965 and since 1980 he has hosted the National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ceremonies in Cooperstown. George also anchored the first-ever ESPN SportsCenter telecast on September 7, 1979 and spent 10 seasons with the all-sports network anchoring that show and covering the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowl, NCAA basketball tournament, College World Series and major college football games. From 1989-90 he broadcast Yankees games on WPIX, and from 1991-92 he broadcast Cardinals baseball games before joining the Reds TV team in 1993. George graduated in 1969 from the University of Southern California, where he played baseball for 4 seasons and was a member of the 1968 College World Series championship team. Grande is also on the board of directors for USA Baseball.

Sean Tuohy: Memphis Grizzlies: Analyst
Sean Tuohy is in his sixth season as a color commentator for the Memphis Grizzlies, his first on television broadcasts. A former standout point guard from the University of Mississippi, Tuohy brings seven years of experience as an analyst for radio broadcasts at Ole Miss as well as national broadcasts for Westwood One and CBS radio.

As a player at Ole Miss, Tuohy was named All-SEC in each of his four seasons. He was named to the All-Century SEC team and is the only basketball player in the history of the SEC to lead a statistical category for four years, as he did with assists. Sean Tuohy is only the fourth basketball player ever chosen to the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame. Drafted by the NBA's New Jersey Nets in 1982, he opted to continue his career overseas before returning to the Mid-South to lead his own team, this time in the fast food industry.

Pete Pranica: Memphis Grizzlies: Play-by-Play
Pete Pranica enters his third year with the Grizzlies, having originally joined the team prior to the 2004-05 season as the team's radio play-by-play announcer. Last season he became the team's television play-by-play announcer. In the summer of 2004, Pranica was part of NBC's Emmy Award-winning coverage of the Athens Olympics, providing the call for the team handball and judo competitions. Prior to coming to Memphis, Pranica logged five seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, the last four as their television play-by-play announcer alongside current ABC/ESPN analyst Steve "Snapper" Jones. Pranica began calling NBA action in 1990 as the Detroit Pistons' backup radio announcer, a role he filled for six seasons.

A 1986 Notre Dame graduate, Pranica also lists Seattle Seahawks preseason football as well as Notre Dame football, basketball, hockey and baseball among his play-by-play credits. A devoted follower of the space program, Pranica has written "Space Flight Updates" for The Discovery Channel and maintains an extensive library of books on space travel. Follow Pete's column on grizzlies.com throughout the season: Pete's Perspective

Tony Luftman: Memphis Grizzlies: Reporter
Tony Luftman returns for his second season as sideline reporter for the Grizzlies television broadcast team and the pre-game, halftime, and post-game show host on all radio broadcasts. Before coming to Memphis, Luftman spent two years as the studio host and women's basketball play-by-play broadcaster on the Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network. He was a weekly contributor to the network's television magazine show Virginia Tech Sports Today and hosted his own daily radio sports talk show, The Tony Luftman Show. He also served as a fill-in play-by-play broadcaster for the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA Development League. His other broadcasting credits include play-by-play duties at UCLA, Cal State Northridge, and Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He earned his college degree from UCLA where he was a four-year team manager for the men's basketball team and a member of the Bruins' 1995 NCAA Championship team.

Steve Smith: Atlanta Hawks: Analyst
Former Atlanta Hawks All-Star, Steve Smith begins his second season as the Hawks TV analyst, following his retirement after 14 years in the NBA. He works alongside play-by-play man Bob Rathbun. In addition to his five-year stint with the Hawks (1994-99), Smith also spent time with the Miami Heat (1991-94, 2005), Portland Trail Blazers (1999-2001), San Antonio Spurs (2001-03), New Orleans Hornets (2003-04) and Charlotte Bobcats (2004) amassing 13,430 points over 942 career games.

Smith earned All-Star honors in 1998, won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2003 and was a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team that won a gold medal in Sydney, Australia. He was also a part of "Dream Team II," where he and his teammates won the 1994 World Championship in Toronto. A Detroit native, Smith earned First Team All-America honors as a junior and senior at Michigan State, and he ranks as the school's all-time leading scorer (2,263). Off the court, he is equally as active earning the NBA's prestigious J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1998) and the league's Sportsmanship Award (2002). In 1997, Smith donated $2.5 million to his alma mater to build the Clara Bell Smith Student-Activity Center in memory of his mother and he founded the Steve Smith Scholarship Fund which sends one student each year from Pershing High (his high school alma mater) to Michigan State on a four-year scholarship.

Bob Rathbum: Atlanta Hawks: Play-by-Play
Now entering his 11th season as the play-by-play television voice for the Hawks, Bob Rathbun will call games on the Hawks' FSN South/SportSouth package. Rathbun earned a Southeastern Regional Emmy from the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) as their outstanding sports performer of the year in 1999, one of four that he has helped garner at the network. He was also the 1998 Georgia Sportscaster of the Year as voted on by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Rathbun has served as the college basketball play-by-play announcer for the ACC Television Network through Raycom/JP Sports since 1988. Rathbun also announces Atlanta Braves games for FSN South and SportSouth. With an extensive sports background, Rathbun's broadcasting career has earned him six Virginia Sportscaster of the Year honors (1980-82, 1985, 1988-89), a Distinguished Service Award from the ACC (1994), and a Distinguished Alumni Award from Catawba College (1988). He has also worked with most of the major sports broadcast properties (including the NCAA basketball tournament for CBS and the College World Series for ESPN) at one time or another, in addition to handling play-by-play duties for the Detroit Tigers (1992-94). In August 2004, Rathbun was hired to spearhead the Atlanta Spirit Speaker's Bureau, where he works on increasing the profile of the Atlanta Spirit properties — Hawks, Thrashers and Philips Arena — through speaking engagements with civic, community, religious and other local groups.

John Forslund:Television Play-by-Play Announcer; Carolina Hurricanes
John Forslund enters his ninth season as the Hurricanes' television play-by-play announcer and his 13th with the club. When permitting, Forslund has served as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN in the network's hockey coverage during the regular season and playoffs. In addition to his hockey work, Forslund has also covered Atlantic Coast Conference and Southern Conference basketball for Fox Sports Net. In 2003, Forslund won Telly awards for "Forslund Focus", part of the Hurricanes' in-game presentation, and "Raisin' Canes," the home video celebrating the Hurricanes' 2002 playoff run.

First joining the organization for the '91-92 season, Forslund worked as the public relations director for four seasons. Prior to his tenure with the team, he handled the television and radio broadcasts for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, from '84-91. He was recognized as one of the AHL's top publicists/announcers, when he received the Ken McKenzie Award in '89. A graduate of Springfield College, Forslund went on to earn his Master's degree in Athletic Management from Adelphi University.

Tripp Tracy: Television Color Announcer; Carolina Hurricanes
Tripp Tracy enters his sixth season alongside John Forslund on the Hurricanes Television Network. A former goaltender, Tracy was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. After completing four seasons at Harvard University, Tracy signed a free agent contract with the Hurricanes in 1996. He spent two seasons in the organization, playing for Richmond (ECHL), Springfield (AHL), and New Haven (AHL). Tracy retired in '98 and accepted a position at CNN, before returning to the organization for the '98-99 season.

Pete Weber: Play-by-Play Announcer; Nashville Predators
Entering his sixth season as the Predators' radio and television play-by-play announcer, Pete Weber is part of one of the NHL's most popular broadcast tandems. In addition to his duties with the Predators, Weber co-hosts SportsNight, daily on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN radio. And, at various times, he fills in as a program host for ESPN Radio.

Weber spent two seasons (1995-97) as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Sabres, three seasons ('78-81) as the color analyst for the Los Angeles Kings and also served as host of "Hockey Night with the Buffalo Sabres," from '90-93. In addition to hockey, he has served as a voice in baseball, basketball, and football. Weber called the hockey action for Notre Dame ('74-76) and the University of Buffalo ('76-78) and was part of the Buffalo Bills' broadcast team during their four Super Bowl seasons ('91-94).

Weber was inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in the summer of '99. He was elected to the Board of Governors for the Mid-South Region of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the fourth consecutive year in '03, and was also named vice president for '03-04.

Terry Crisp: Color Analyst; Nashville Predators
In his sixth season with the Predators, Terry Crisp is part of one of the most well known broadcast duos in the league alongside play-by-play announcer Pete Weber. Before coming to Nashville, Crisp worked as a studio analyst for Canada's TSN during the 2000, '02, and '03 World Championships, and he regularly contributes to the Predators' website and other team publications.

Crisp served as a color analyst for Fox Sports during the '98-99 season and in the '98 and '99 Stanley Cup Finals. He has served in a similar capacity for TSN over the past several years. Crisp was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lighting from the franchise's inception in '92 through October '97, coaching 391 games. He also served as the assistant coach of the silver medal-winning Canadian team at the '92 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France.

As a player for the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, Crisp posted 201 points in 536 games during his 11 seasons in the NHL. He has won three Stanley Cup Championships, two as a player with the Flyers and one as a coach with the Calgary Flames.

Darren Eliot: Analyst; Atlanta Thrashers
A former NHL goaltender, Darren Eliot played for the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres. He joined the Thrashers television team for their inaugural campaign after spending two seasons as a broadcaster for Anaheim. Beyond broadcasting, Eliot writes a weekly column, "Views from the Ice," -- a staple of SI.com's NHL coverage for the past six years. He has also written extensively for NHL.com over the past four seasons and contributes to the atlantathrashers.com. Darren also works in the community for the Atlanta Spirit as their Hockey Development Liason

JP Dellacamera: Play-by-Play; Atlanta Thrashers
JP Dellacamera is in his fourth season as the television play-by-play announcer for the Thrashers, working alongside analyst Darren Eliot. Dellacamera has called thousands of hockey, soccer and collegiate basketball games during more than 30 years of extensive play-by-play experience in radio and television for various networks, including NBC, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, MSG Network, Discovery Network, TNT and the former CNN/SI network. In addition to serving as play-by-play announcer for the Thrashers since the 2003-04 season, Dellacamera called six of Atlanta's games in April 2002. His hockey broadcasting experience includes the 2004 World Cup of Hockey for ESPN and ESPN2, and four seasons of calling Stanley Cup Playoff games for that network (1998-2000 and 2004).

Sean Pragano: HostAnchor/Reporter
Award-winning sports journalist Sean Pragano has been in the FSN family since 2001 and has contributed to various FSN South and SportSouth programs since 2003. Currently, Pragano can be seen hosting FSN/SportSouth's weekly NASCAR program "Around the Track". He's also a pit reporter for DirecTV's brand new "Hot Pass" NASCAR program and he often calls Nextel Cup races from pit road for the Performance Racing Network - one of the premier radio groups in NASCAR. A broadcasting veteran of more than a dozen years, Pragano also steps to the microphone for the NFL Network as a reporter for the nightly show "Total Access".

He's hosted The Dodge Braves Report - FSN South's pregame show highlighting the Atlanta Braves, he's followed the Carolina Hurricanes on their run to the Stanley Cup and has covered various professional and college sports in the South while appearing on numerous studio shows for the network. He's also worked for TNN Sports and several local television stations across the country.Pragano, a Connecticut native, attended the University of New Haven where he played baseball.

Dave Neal: Host, SEC-TV
A two-time Emmy Award winner, Neal is Fox Sports Net's longtime voice of the Southeastern Conference, and serves as host of the weekly (Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. ET) SEC-TV program. Additionally, he handles play-by-play responsibilities for the network's extensive SEC men's basketball and baseball telecast packages.

For the past four years, Neal has also served as the play-by-play voice for Jefferson Pilot Sports' live, weekly, syndicated telecasts of SEC football, and he has handled the courtside host responsibilities for JP's SEC Men's Basketball Tournament coverage.

Neal joined Fox Sports Net in 1994 as a reporter for the network's Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks telecast pregame shows. He has also covered numerous special events for the network, including the NFL Super Bowl Channel, Inside the SEC Championships, and the XIIth Pan American Games from Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Neal has also called play-by-play for FSN's Major League Baseball and NBA telecasts, and he has also hosted The Dodge Braves Report - Fox Sports Net's live, weekly, pregame show for its telecasts of Braves games.Prior to joining Fox Sports Net, the Florida State University graduate was a sports anchor for WTXL-TV in Tallahassee, Fla.

Natalie Taylor: SEC Reporter
Natalie Taylor joined FSN South/SportSouth in 2006 as a reporter for SEC-TV. She also appears on FSN's NASCAR show, "Around the Track" as well as serves as host for FSN's SEC College Football & Basketball Preview Shows. Natalie can also be seen on SPEED and HDNet's live broadcasts of NASCAR's Grand National Division as a pit & feature reporter.

Natalie's reporting & hosting background includes work for ESPN 2, OLN, and FSN Florida/SUN Sports. She has also anchored Turner Interactive's NASCAR.com "Track Pass" & "NASCAR 24/7". She broke into racing in 2005, as pit reporter and on-stage personality for SPEED's coverage of the Legends Racing series in Charlotte, NC. She has also reported for and hosted the World Sailfish Championships in Key West, FL, and reported on Atlanta's professional football and baseball teams for Comcast Sports Southeast. She spent two years working for Larrison Sports Production, Inc., where she served as a sideline reporter for FSN's coverage of SEC Gymnastics, Swimming & Diving and Track & Field championships.Natalie, a Van Wert, Ohio native, reported for FSN Ohio as an undergrad at Bowling Green State University. Her first experience with Fox Sports Net came as an intern at FSN Pittsburgh.

Mike Hogewood: ACC All Access
Mike Hogewood is in his third season working with FSN South's popular weekly series ACC ALL ACCESS (Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. ET) - a studio program highlighting the Atlantic Coast Conference, and he continues to serve as FSN's play-by-play voice for a variety of ACC, Ohio Valley Conference and Southern Conference-related telecasts.

Hogewood assumed his ACC ALL ACCESS position in July 2001, after having served since '87 as sports director at WFMY-TV in Greensboro, N.C. Additionally, he is the veteran sideline announcer for Jefferson-Pilot Sports' ACC football syndicated broadcasts; is the lead announcer for Fox Sports Net's nationally-telecast NASCAR Elite Touring Division series; and, is a once-a-week co-host of "The Pac Man" show on Charlotte all-sports radio station WFNZ-FM (also airs across the Carolinas), where he shares the mic with the popular Mark Packer (son of CBS Sports college basketball analyst Billy Packer). Hogewood also continues to work as an announcer for TNT's NASCAR race telecasts and for TNN's coverage of the Monster Truck series.

Hogewood began his television career as a news reporter ('75) at WSOC-TV in his native Charlotte. His other career stops include: WBTV-TV (Charlotte), WBBH-TV (Fort Myers, Fla.), WBRC-TV (Birmingham, Ala.), and WGHP-TV (High Point, N.C.).

Jenn Hildreth: Reporter
Jenn Hildreth joined FSN South in the fall of 2002 and has been making a name for herself every since. An award winning feature reporter, Hildreth has won several Emmy's for her work on ACC All-Access and SEC-TV. Beginning in the 2006-07 seasons, Hildreth was the primary sideline reporter for FSN's national Sunday Night Hoops package, as well as a regular contributor as a feature reporter to the College Hoops Tipoff Show, also a national broadcast. Hildreth has also reported on the sidelines for a variety of events on FSN South, including ACC men's and women's basketball, volleyball lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, SEC football, SEC men's and women's basketball, swimming and diving, baseball, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball. This season, Jenn Hildreth segues from reporter to host of ACC All-Access.

Prior to joining FSN South and SportSouth, Jenn worked as a high school sports reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1999-2001 and as a feature reporter/producer and sideline reporter for Larrison Sports Productions. The Norwood, NY native received her bachelor's degree in English and Journalism from Emory University in 1999 and she was a 3-sport varsity athlete (soccer, basketball, track and field).

Heather Catlin:ACC All Access Reporter
Heather Catlin brings her knowledge of the Atlantic Coast Conference to FSN South and SportSouth as a reporter for ACC All Access and a host of college football and basketball preview shows. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in broadcast journalism and was a two-year letterman on the Tar Heels' volleyball team. Other broadcast experience includes work for NBC Olympics in Torino, Italy and internships with the Late Show with David Letterman and NBC Olympics.