David Aldridge was previously a reporter for Turner Sports, contributing to their NBA and MLB coverage.
15 Facts About David Aldridge
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David Aldridge was born in Washington, DC He is a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School and American University and worked as a writer for The Washington Post, where he spent nine years.
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David Aldridge covered the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, national college basketball and football, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup playoffs, the World Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the US Open tennis championships.
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David Aldridge frequently appeared on SportsCenter as well as NBA 2 Night and NBA Today.
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David Aldridge conducted interviews for the SportsCenter "Sunday Conversations" with LeBron James, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and many others.
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David Aldridge worked as an NBA sideline reporter both for ABC and ESPN in 2003 and 2004.
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David Aldridge worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer from 2004 to 2008, covering the National Football League and National Basketball Association as a reporter and columnist.
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David Aldridge was part of the Inquirer team that received a second-place award for the series "The Future of Pro Sports" in 2005 from the Society of Professional Journalists, Greater Philadelphia Chapter.
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David Aldridge was initially scheduled to be one of dozens laid off at the paper in January 2007, but was retained.
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David Aldridge worked as the "Insider" for TNT's Inside the NBA and did sideline reporting work during the regular season, All-Star Weekend and the NBA playoffs.
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David Aldridge was co-host of the weekly show The Beat on NBA TV, and was a commentator for other NBA on TNT features.
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David Aldridge worked as a sideline reporter for television broadcasts of college football games and the Major League Baseball divisional series.
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From February 2007 through June 2008, David Aldridge appeared on The Tony Kornheiser Show on Washington Post Radio and later WWWT in Washington, DC as co-host.
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David Aldridge returned as sometime co-host of the latest incarnation on WTEM in September 2009.
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In late 2018, David Aldridge left Turner Sports to join the staff of The Athletic as a writer.