Ed Wyatt

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Edward "Ed" Wyatt (born 1960) is an American Australian sports journalist and television presenter.

He worked as one of two SBS Television Melbourne-based reporters from 2000 to 2006 and has hosted SBS’s live coverage of the Super Bowl and the US baseball World Series since 2002 the and World Ice Hockey Championship since 2004.

[edit] Early life/career

Wyatt grew up in Portland, Oregon. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University. He taught English at Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma while also coaching football and basketball.

[edit] Media career

Wyatt's career in television started in Seattle, as both a writer and performer of sketch comedy on the program Almost Live!, for which he won five local Emmy awards.

He joined Fox Sports World, an international sports network, in 1997 and worked as the face of Australian rules football and hosted English/Scottish/German Premier League matches. He was also the writer responsible for the weekly English Premier League show that was seen nationally across the USA.

In 2000, Wyatt started his work at SBS-TV, where he worked as Melbourne sports bureau chief for three years. He reported weekly on US sports for SBS and has hosted the Super Bowl live on that network for the past six years.

In 2004, he joined Melbourne's SEN 1116 where he co hosts Born In The USA with Steve Salisbury. In 2006 Wyatt did the voiceover for the Nine Network’s Celebrity Golf Shoot-Out.

In April, 2008 he was named Communications Manager of the South Dragons, a member of Australia's pro National Basketball League.

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