| Jeff Piecoro | |
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Piecoro reporting from Sun Life Stadium, 2011. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeff Piecoro |
| Team(s) | Cincinnati Reds |
| Official site(s) | Reds.com |
| Sports | Baseball |
[1] Jeff Piecoro is entering his 12th season with Fox Sports Ohio and 11th season as host of the EMMY award winning Reds Live. He hosts Bengals Spotlight and Reds Classic Rewind.
The 25-year broadcast veteran started his career in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked at WTVQ- TV, the ABC affiliate, and WLEX- TV, the NBC affiliate, as weekend sports anchor and sports reporter. Jeff has covered 14 Kentucky Derby's and eight Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. He has also worked with the MAC conference as play by play as well as served as color commentator for Men's Football and Basketball.
The 1985 graduate of The University of Kentucky played football at his alma mater for five seasons, 1980-1984. He is currently the color analyst for the University of Kentucky radio network.
He resides in Villa Hills, Kentucky with his wife, Cindy, and children, Nick, 16, Olivia, 12, and Ali, 6. [2]
[3] Oct 14, 2009 Jeff is welcomed to YouCastr Sports Network, the sports network that makes it easy to follow high school sports, youth sports, and club sports that he will talk about.[4] Aug 21, 2001 Former Wildcat Jeff Piecoro has been selected as the new color analyst. Former University of Kentucky football letterman Jeff Piecoro has been renominated to top analyst.