Adrian Healey
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Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working with ESPN with their broadcasts of the MLS, Barclays Premier League, Primera Liga and Serie A. He was part of the ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. He has also been a fill in host for Derek Rae on ESPN's Soccernet PressPass.
[edit] Broadcasting career
Healey started work in the USA in Boston as a mid day DJ on WFNX then WBCN. He then got a TV job commentating for the New England Revolution, replacing the departing Derek Rae. He left the Revolution to join ESPN, where he started with play-by-play commentary with Robbie Mustoe on ESPN2's alternate broadcast of UEFA Champions League play.
Healey served as a play by play announcer for NBC Sports' coverage of soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
He currently serves as lead announcer for ESPN's coverage of Major League Soccer (MLS). During the summer of 2011, he took a break from his MLS duties to work alongside Kate Markgraf on the network's secondary broadcast team for the FIFA Women's World Cup telecasts.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Healey is from Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. He was educated at St John's High School in Marlborough, turning down a place at the prestigious Marlborough College (an elite private institution) in order to stay with his childhood friends. Healey went on to take a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Studies from 1984-88 at the City of Birmingham University. Whilst he was at university, Healey was the creative force behind cult gothic band Children on Stun, which played many small venues in the Midlands area of the UK from 1984-88. His former student residence on City Rd in the Bearwood district of Birmingham has become something of a site of pilgrimage for former fans.
Healey is a Swindon Town fan. Swindon Town are currently in League 2 of the Football League in the UK, which is the lowest division of English football.
Healey currently lives in West Hartford, Connecticut with his wife and two children.
[edit] References
- ^ Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup - A blog on sports media, news and networks Baltimore Sun
- ^ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators – ESPN MediaZone.
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