George Randolph "Randy" Galloway (born January 19, 1943) is the host of Galloway and Company, the drive-time program on KESN

KESN

KESN is a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas based sports talk radio station. It is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company as an ESPN Radio affiliate.-History:...

 103.3 FM, ESPN Radio's

ESPN Radio

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 Dallas affiliate and also heard on ESPN Xtra

ESPN Xtra

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 on XM Radio

XM Satellite Radio

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. He is also a sports columnist for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and a graduate of Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. It is located in Huntsville, Texas. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first...

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Career

Previously, Galloway has been a columnist for The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...

and a radio host for News/Talk 820 WBAP. In 1998, he left the The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...

after 31 years, accepting a 5-year, $1.5 million contract with the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.

Listeners have become accustomed to Galloway's trademark wit and sarcasm as well as his deep Texas

Texas

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 drawl.

On Friday, December 16, 2003, Galloway paid former Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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' quarterback Quincy Carter

Quincy Carter

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's $500 bail after Carter was arrested on marijuana

Cannabis (drug)

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 charges.

Galloway broadcast his 5,000th show April 11, 2008, celebrated by KESN

KESN

KESN is a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas based sports talk radio station. It is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company as an ESPN Radio affiliate.-History:...

 in a day-long promotion. President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 called in as a special guest and congratulated Randy, including an invite to the Oval Office

Oval Office

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In March 2009 Galloway admitted in one of his articles that Buck Showalter

Buck Showalter

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 told him off the record in 2003 he believed Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez

Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez is an American professional baseball third baseman with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Known popularly by his nickname A-Rod, he previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers.Rodriguez is considered one of the best...

 may have been on steroids. Galloway admitted the media should have done more to uncover the baseball steroid scandal.

Personal life

Galloway lives in Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of...

, with his wife Janeen. They have two daughters together. He enjoys Lone Star Park and owns horses.