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Tony Schiavone
Sports Anchor
Tony Schiavone is the Sports Director of WSB Radio in Atlanta and can be heard anchoring sports each morning on Atlanta's Morning News. He also is a member of the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network...working on the post game show during both home and away games, and writes and produces the Best of the Bulldogs....which won the AP Award for Best Sports Program in 2004. He also won the 2006 Georgia Association of Broadcaster Award for Best Sports Story or Series. He also is the Sports Anchor for WHIO in Dayton, Ohio. Prior to his years with WSB, he was the host of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT and WCW Thunder on TBS. He spent 10 years with Turner Broadcasting as TV host and was the host of Monday Nitro when it was consistently one of the top rated weekly cable television programs. Schiavone has appeared in the motion picture "Ready to Rumble," release by Warner Brothers in 2000, and appeared in the HBO series Arliss in 1998. He is a member of SAG.
Latest from Tony Schiavone
The best and worst airline seats
What is the best seat on an airplane? According to a survey by Skyscanner, it is 6-A. The website took a poll of more than 1,000 passengers about favorite seats not taking leg room in account. The poll also asked the passengers if a certain "number" influenced their choice, such ...
It's National Grilled Cheese Day!
For cheese lovers, today is a big day. Today, April 12th, is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! According to the website punchbowl.com , the Ancient Romans were the first civilization to make a cooked bread and cheese sandwich. The classic American grilled cheese sandwich emerged in the 1920s when inexpensive ...
Teen charged in shooting death of 3-year-old
Atlanta Police have made an arrest in Wednesday's fatal shooting of a three-year-old child. Eighteen-year-old Larenzo Montgomery has been charged with involuntary Manslaughter and reckless conduct in the death of Takira Garlington at the 3200 block of Cushman Circle around 3:42 p.m. He was denied bond Thursday. A preliminary hearing ...
Two more UGA players in trouble
If reports are accurate, the Dawgs will have two more of their top defensive players missing when the season begins September 1. Dawgpost.com reports both linebacker Alex Ogletree and safety Bacarri Rambo will miss two to four games for violating team rules. The AJC, in trying to confirm the suspensions, ...
Chipper Jones to retire at end of season
Braves third baseman Chipper Jones announces he will retire at the end of the upcoming 2012 season. Jones was the overall number one selection in the Major League Draft in 1990 and has played his entire career with the Braves. He currently has a .304 career batting average, with 454 ...
Tebowing in the Big Apple!
It did not take the Denver Broncos long to find a suitor for Tim Tebow. The former Heisman Trophy winner and first-round pick, has been dealt to the New York Jets for a fourth-round and sixth-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. Tebow has three years remaining on his contract, ...
NFL hands out heavy sanctions to the N.O. Saints
The NFL, in an unprecedented move, has suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton for one year over the scandal resulting from the bounty program the team had in place from 2009 to 2011. The Saints have also been fined $500,000 and will lose two second round picks over ...
IRS forms elite team to catch cheaters
It's being called the IRS "SWAT Team." The Internal Revenue Service has recruited a group of specialist from top law and audit firms to crackdown on companies that cheat the government. Specialists have been hired from audit firms KPMG and Ernst & Young LLP has well as the law firm ...
Good News! Pollen count drops
We finally get a break, kind of. The Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic reports the pollen count for Metro Atlanta is now at 5,174. It includes Birch, Mulberry, Oak, Pine, grass and weeds. That is lower than the record 9,369 reported Tuesday, but much larger than the highest pollen count ...
GHSA changes rules due to heat study
The Georgia High School Association is stepping up efforts to make football practices safer beginning this season. A recent three year study by the University of Georgia revealed heat related deaths for school-age athletes tripled between 1994 and 2009; and Georgia suffered more deaths than any other state. As a ...
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