Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk
Born (1978-07-29) July 29, 1978
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Sports anchor

Adnan Virk (born July 29, 1978)[1] is a Canadian sports anchor, currently working for ESPN.

Early life

Virk was born in Toronto, Ontario to Zakaria and Taherah Virk; his parents had immigrated to Canada from Lahore, Pakistan, in 1972.[2] In 1984[3] the family relocated to Kingston, then in 1989 to Morven, Ontario,[4] a small town just outside Kingston, where his father owned and operated a gas station and variety store.[2] After graduating from Ernestown Secondary School, where he played basketball and soccer, Virk studied Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson University.[3]

Career

From 2003[2] to 2009 he hosted several programs on The Score,[5][6] and was an associate producer for Sportscentre at TSN. He was also the co-host of Omniculture and Bollywood Boulevard[7] at Omni Television. In 2009, he joined Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE)[8] as a host and reporter for Raptors TV, Leafs TV and Gol TV Canada.[2] In April 2010 he joined the ESPN family of stations in Bristol, Connecticut.[9]

Since joining ESPN, he is one of three main anchors for Baseball Tonight.[10] During 2014 spring training he began calling play-by-play for an ESPN affiliate.[10] In the baseball off-season, he has hosted SportsCenter and Outside the Lines. He has also filled in for Keith Olbermann on the Olbermann talk show.[10] He is the host of his movie podcast Cinephile on ESPN.[11]

Personal

Virk was born to a Pakistani Canadian Ahmadi Muslim family, and considers himself to be a practicing Muslim. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife Eamon, whom he married in 2007, and their three sons, Yusuf, Adeen and Shazz.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Adnan Virk". IMDb. 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Fatteh, Parvez (11 July 2010). "Adnan Virk Joins ESPN". The Muslim Observer. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 Kennedy, Patrick (15 April 2010). "Bench warmer gets hot job". Kingston Whig-Standard.
  4. 1 2 Petrick, Stephen (14 April 2011). "Adnan Virk's long road from ESS to ESPN". The Napanee Guide.
  5. ↑ Chick, John (9 April 2010). "Raps broadcaster headed south, is Bosh next?". Metro.
  6. ↑ Warmington, Joe (31 October 2008). "CRTC gives Score a leg up". Toronto Sun.
  7. ↑ Zelkovich, Chris (2 May 2008). "Calmer, gentler Virk takes reporting role". Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ Dowbiggin, Bruce (15 March 2013). "Racist tweets about TSN hosts reveal Canada's nasty side". The Globe and Mail.
  9. ↑ Zelkovich, Chris (22 April 2010). "Adnan Virk latest Canadian to join ESPN". Toronto Star.
  10. 1 2 3 Hale, Jeff (21 March 2014). "Adnan Virk is Joan Rivers to Keith Olbermann's Johnny Carson". Yahoo Sports Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  11. ↑ http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/15563407
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