Elzie Lee "LZ" Granderson was born on March 11,1972 and is an American journalist and former actor, currently writing for the Los Angeles Times as a sports and culture columnist.
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LZ Granderson was a senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine, a co-host of SportsNation on ESPN, afternoon co-host at ESPN LA 710 and a columnist for CNN.
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LZ Granderson was named the Los Angeles Times Sports and Culture Columnist in January 2019.
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LZ Granderson has contributed to the channel's SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, Around the Horn, and ESPN's First Take and commentates for ESPN's coverage of the US Open tennis tournament.
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LZ Granderson has hosted the web-based ESPN360 talk show GameNight.
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LZ Granderson has appeared as a color commentator for CBS Sports during their coverage of World TeamTennis.
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LZ Granderson is a former fellow of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and the Hechinger Institute at Columbia University, as well as a columnist for ABC News.
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LZ Granderson was born and raised in Detroit, where he developed a passion for basketball and the National Basketball Association.
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LZ Granderson graduated from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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LZ Granderson acted in the 1992 movie Zebrahead, which was set in his hometown of Detroit, playing the supporting role of Larry.
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LZ Granderson played the supporting role of Arch Carrouthers in the 1996 Sidney Poitier TV movie To Sir, with Love II.
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LZ Granderson was a co-host on the talk show pilot Joan Rivers' Straight Talk.
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LZ Granderson writes about his own personal struggles, the life of athletes, and occasionally provides social commentary.
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On January 28,2016, LZ Granderson made his debut on the ESPN program Around the Horn, losing in the "Showdown" portion of the episode to Jackie MacMullan.
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In January 2019, LZ Granderson was named the Los Angeles Times' Sports and Culture Columnist.
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LZ Granderson was the 2009 winner of the GLAAD Award for online journalism and was nominated for the award again in 2010.
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LZ Granderson received a GLAAD Award in 2022 for his ABC News podcast, Life Out Loud with LZ Granderson.
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LZ Granderson is a 2008 and 2010 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing, and a member of the Advisory Board for You Can Play, a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports.
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LZ Granderson is on the Board for Los Angeles-based company LGBTQ Loyalty.
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LZ Granderson has one son, Isaiah, from his previous marriage to a woman.