Matthew Ward Winer is an American

United States

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 television personality for Turner Sports

Turner Sports

Turner Sports is the division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS, TNT, and TruTV, and for operating the interactive properties , , , and...

 and formerly with ESPN

ESPN

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.

Career

Turner Sports

Turner Sports

Turner Sports is the division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for sports broadcasts on Turner channels including TBS, TNT, and TruTV, and for operating the interactive properties , , , and...

 signed Winer in 2010 to contribute to coverage of sports across its networks. He became the primary studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, replacing Ernie Johnson Jr.

Ernie Johnson Jr.

Ernest Johnson, Jr. is a sportscaster for Turner Sports coverage on TNT and TBS.-Childhood:Johnson went to Mother of Good Counsel for his grade school...

, who moved into a play-by-play role. He is also a studio host on NBA TV

NBA TV

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, and contributes to TNT's coverage of NASCAR and the PGA Tour.

Winer worked for ESPN

ESPN

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 from 2001 through 2009 He was often seen as an anchor on ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS

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 and the 6:00pm ET

North American Eastern Time Zone

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 edition of SportsCenter

SportsCenter

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, or as a host of NBA Fastbreak

NBA Fastbreak

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and College Football Scoreboard. He also hosted the SportsCenter 30 at 30 Update during Saturday Night Football and game updates during ABC

ESPN on ABC

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's coverage of college football

College football

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.

Prior to ESPN, Winer worked at four different television stations: KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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, WOOD-TV

WOOD-TV

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 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

, WJTV-TV in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

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, and KTVQ-TV in Billings, Montana

Billings, Montana

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.

Education

Winer is a graduate of the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 and was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Alpha

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Fraternity. He has been nominated for four regional sports Emmys.

External links

• Turner Sports bio'