John Kincade

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John Kincade is a sports talk show host based in Atlanta, Georgia for WCNN 680 "The Fan". John has co-hosted (with former University of Georgia national championship quarterback, Buck Belue) the afternoon drive show Buck and Kincade since September of 2000. Kincade previously worked as a sports talk show host on 790 The Zone in Atlanta and was a contributor to the popular WIP Morning Show in Philadelphia with Angelo Cataldi in Philadelphia from 1992-1994.

John is also the host of ESPN Today on ESPN Radio, heard nationally Sundays from 7am-10am ET. While working with ESPN Radio he has served as a fill-in host on The Herd, The Dan Patrick Show, Mike and Mike in the Morning and Gamenight. He has been hosting programs nationally since 2004 for the network.

Kincade served as radio anchor of Final Four coverage from Atlanta in 2007 for the network.

Kincade has also been seen on the ESPN Classic program Classic Now and ESPN News Hot List. He was also seen on the new ESPN Classic program "Missing Link".

He has named the winner of a Chairmans Citation from the national Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for his work with the charity in 2007. Kincade hosts the annual "Strike Out Leukemia and Lymphoma Radiothon" annually on 680 The Fan. The 2008 event raised over $112,000 dollars and in eight years the event has raised over $700,000 for the cause.

Kincade was the subject of a feature in Cigar Aficionado Magazine where he has been recognized as one of the top five local talents in American sports talk radio. The others recognized include Mike and the Mad Dog of WFAN, Hank Goldberg of WQAM, Tom Tolbert of KNBR and Glenn Ordway of WEEI.

A two-time cancer survivor, Kincade is a graduate of the School of Communications at Temple University, and is originally from Broomall, Pennsylvania.