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Arlo White is an English sports presenter and commentator, originally from Leicester.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
He began broadcasting at the age of 27, after gaining experience covering non-league Football for Radio Derby and also while travelling in Australia.
[edit] BBC Radio
After joining the BBC in 2001, he presented Five Live's Sport on Five and was Five Live Breakfast's sports reporter between 2002 and 2005.[1]
He commentated on Super Bowl XLII for Radio 5 Live in February 2008.
[edit] Test Match Special
White made his Test Match Special debut in Multan for the first Test match between Pakistan and England in 2005.[1] He was presented with his TMS tie by Vic Marks during the first day's play and was reported to be "pleased to survive his commentary spells with Geoffrey Boycott".[1]
He commentated on England's Ashes tour of Australia 2006-07, and in 2007 the Cricket World Cup, the West Indies and India tours of England, as well as the ICC World Twenty20 tournament (including the final).
[edit] Major League Soccer
He became the voice of the Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer franchise at the start of its 2010 season.[2]
It has been announced that, starting March 11, 2012, Arlo White will be the play-by-play commentator for all MLS and USMNT games on NBC and NBC Sports Network. [3]
[edit] Personal life
He is the father of twins Eva and Amelie.[4] He was named after American folk singer Arlo Guthrie.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Arlo White". Test Match Special (BBC sport). 30 October 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tms/6098470.stm. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Romero, José Miguel (February 9, 2010). "Clarifying Sounders FC's play-by-play duties, and introducing Arlo White". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2011023647_clarifying_sounders_fc.html. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ Borg, Simon (November 30, 2011). "NBC hires Seattle's Arlo White as voice of soccer". http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/30/nbc-hires-seattles-arlo-white-voice-soccer. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ New TMS producer signs on, BBC Sport, 19 July 2007, Retrieved on 19 July 2007
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