Doug Russell is a nationally syndicated American sports talk show host and reporter. Russell joined Yahoo! Sports Radio in July, 2011 after leaving WSSP in Milwaukee, where he had co-hosted the morning show since January, 2007. Prior to joining WSSP, Russell was a nationally syndicated host and anchor at Sporting News Radio. When Russell first joined SNR in 2000, he anchored the Sporting News Flash on weeknights and weekends, while writing for SportingNews.Com. In March 2002, Russell co-hosted The Morning Show. Russell then hosted Sporting News Central - Afternoon Edition until 2006.
Prior to his arrival at Sporting News Radio, Russell worked at talk station WTMJ in Milwaukee, hosting a variety of sports programs.
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Doug Russell was born November 9, 1972 in Jackson, Mississippi, but his family moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin when he was a child. After graduating from Waukesha North High School in 1990, he went on to the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh where he graduated from in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio-TV-Film, Broadcast News emphasis.
Russell is the cousin of Western movie actor Ward Bond and is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. In 2008, he became an ordained minister from the First Nation Church, and has officiated the wedding ceremonies of several listeners of his radio show. Russell is a childhood friend of comedian Frank Caliendo, who has appeared on his shows on both Sporting News Radio and WSSP.
Russell began his career while still in college. His first radio job was at WCWC Radio (now WRPN) in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1992. From there, he worked at WOSH in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, KFIZ in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While working simultaneously at Sporting News Radio, Russell was a regular fill-in update anchor on affiliate KMPC in Los Angeles, and was the interim morning show host on WNNR in Jacksonville, Florida. He also spent one season as an in between periods update reporter on the New York Islanders Radio Network. In 2006, in addition to hosting his nationally syndicated radio show, Russell was a regularly featured television contributor to CSN Chicago's Chicago Tribune Live. In September 2007, he hosted the television special Milwaukee Braves: The Golden Legacy which aired on Fox Sports Wisconsin, and narrated it's accompianing DVD. In March 2009, Russell appeared in the PBS documentary A Braves New World which was produced by William Povletich in conjunction with Milwaukee Public Television. From 2007-2009, Russell regularly appeared on WITI-TV's Green Bay Packers post-game show. In 2010, Russell again lent his voice to a baseball documentary, narrating the Xavier Films biopic, Bruce Froemming and Life on the Diamond. From 2008-2011 Russell was a contributing writer for Milwaukee Magazine and Inside Wisconsin Sports Magazine.
Among the events he has covered include Super Bowls XXXI, XXXII, XXXIX, XLV, The Masters Tournament, the PGA Championship, the Kentucky Derby, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, and the Rose Bowl. Russell has also been the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalistic Excellence. In 2010, Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on WDJT-TV's Milwaukee Brewers preseason special.
In July 2011, Russell returned to national syndication at Yahoo! Sports Radio as a fill-in host and update anchor. In addition, Russell co-hosts Milwaukee's CBS affiliate WDJT-TV's Sports Fanatics Sunday morning roundtable program, and appears regularly on Time Warner Sports Milwaukee. Russell also is a features writer for the GameDay programs for the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. In 2010, he became the public address announcer for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League.
In September 2011, Russell began writing a daily sports column for the website OnMilwaukee.com.
The Doug Russell Show, has aired in both national syndication and locally in Milwaukee. The program opened to alternating hour theme songs written and performed by local Milwaukee bands "The DL" and "Becca and the Boys". Russell has also titled his regular internet video program (Vlog) The Doug Russell Show
In all forms and everywhere it has aired, the show features ten rules: