Dan Le Batard
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Dan Le Batard is an American newspaper sportswriter, radio host, and television reporter.
Le Batard graduated from the University of Miami in 1990 with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and politics. He began work at the Miami Herald the same year and is a columnist for their sports section. He has also written for a number of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and ESPN The Magazine.
Le Batard hosts an afternoon radio show weekdays with Jon "Stugotz" Weiner on WAXY 790 ("The Ticket") AM weekdays 4-7pm in Miami. Dan is known for his self-deprecating humor, which carries over onto the show through running jokes. For example, after Le Batard casually disclosed that he sometimes sleeps on the balcony of his apartment/condo, it has become a running gag to introduce anything related to balconies during the show. Callers sarcastically are known to call him Dan Levitz after KISS singer Gene Simmons mistakenly called him by this name.
The show also has sports and comedy guests who interact with callers. Le Batard requires callers to start their call without pleasantries (Such as "Hi, how are you doing today?" or "What's up?"), or their call is immediately dropped after the show plays a suey montage.
The "Suey" is named after a term Luther Campbell used to describe a rap record by basketball star Kobe Bryant. Campbell called it worse than garbage, worse than sewage... suey. The suey montage, on first play each day, will run over 30 seconds and includes strange sounds from past shows.
Le Batard is a frequent contributor to many programs on the ESPN television network. Among others, he is a recurring guest on Outside the Lines, Pardon the Interruption, The Sports Reporters, and College GameDay.
[edit] Trivia
- Le Batard's brother, David, is a well-respected artist of Lebo Studios fame. David Le Batard has never willingly attended a sporting event, despite his brother's vocation.
