1. Sal Iacono is Jimmy Kimmel's cousin, hence his nickname Cousin Sal.
16 Facts About Sal Iacono
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Sal Iacono graduated from Elwood-John Glenn High School in 1989 and attended SUNY Oswego, earning a degree in Public Justice in 1993.
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Sal Iacono went on to study law at Touro Law Center in Huntington, New York on Long Island, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1996.
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In 1997, Sal Iacono moved from Long Island to Hollywood to pursue a career in television.
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Iacono's first foray into television writing was on the Fox Sports program Sports Geniuses, a sports-themed game show starring Matt Vasgersian on which Sal appeared nightly in a trivia challenge.
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In 2002, Sal Iacono joined Kimmel during his weekly prognostication sketches on Fox NFL Sunday.
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When Win Ben Stein's Money co-host Nancy Pimental left the show in 2002, Sal Iacono replaced her, becoming Ben Stein's co-host and comic tormentor.
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Sal Iacono was the co-host through the rest of the run of the series and was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Game Show Host category.
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Sal Iacono appears frequently on the show in comedy sketches.
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Cousin Sal Iacono's victims are invariably dumbfounded or become extremely infuriated, much to the delight of the viewing audience.
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Sal Iacono was accompanied to the ring by Kimmel and Piper, and won the match.
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Sal Iacono joined the Adam Carolla Podcast on Mondays during the 2010 NFL season to discuss the previous Sunday's NFL action.
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In May 2017, Sal Iacono became host of the 'Against All Odds' gambling podcast, part of Simmons's Ringer Podcast Network.
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In July 2020 Sal Iacono debuted a new podcast called Extra Points with his friend Dave Dameshek as part of a newly formed sports gambling media company of the same name founded by Sal Iacono.
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Sal Iacono is an analyst on Fox sports gambling show Fox Bet Live.
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In 2002, Sal Iacono was a guest prognosticator with his cousin Jimmy Kimmel on FOX NFL Sunday.