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In 2009, Schefter became a football analyst with [[ESPN]].<ref name=aoln_espn>{{cite web|title=Report: Adam Schefter to Leave NFL Network for ESPN|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2009/04/15/pft-schefter-to-leave-nfl-network-for-espn/|work=[[AOL News]]|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> He began appearing on-air on August 17, 2009. In October 2010, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' writers included Schefter in its "40 Shorties", a listing of the NFL's most diminutive officials, executives, coaches, players and media members.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/10/08/Top40/index.html | work=CNN | title=NFL Power 40+ | date=12 October 2010}}</ref>
In 2009, Schefter became a football analyst with [[ESPN]].<ref name=aoln_espn>{{cite web|title=Report: Adam Schefter to Leave NFL Network for ESPN|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2009/04/15/pft-schefter-to-leave-nfl-network-for-espn/|work=[[AOL News]]|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> He began appearing on-air on August 17, 2009. In October 2010, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' writers included Schefter in its "40 Shorties", a listing of the NFL's most diminutive officials, executives, coaches, players and media members.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/10/08/Top40/index.html | work=CNN | title=NFL Power 40+ | date=12 October 2010}}</ref>


In February 2014, [[New York (magazine)|New York magazine]] selected Schefter as the "Shortest Influential Tweeter in NY." http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/most-influential-new-yorkers-on-twitter-2014.html?mid=twitter_nymag. The next month, March 2014, Schefter's peers saluted him for his work on the dunking a basketball with the help of a large trampoline.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/m/random-thoughts/can-anyone-lend-me-2500-i-would-like-to-watch-the-super-bowl-with-schefter-and-measure-his-body/ | work=Barstool Sports | first=Daniel | last=Katz | title=Can Anyone Lend Me $2,500? I Would Like to Watch the Super Bowl With Schefter and Measure His Body | date=30 January 2013}}</ref>
In February 2014, [[New York (magazine)|New York magazine]] selected Schefter as the "Most Influential Tweeter in NY." http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/most-influential-new-yorkers-on-twitter-2014.html?mid=twitter_nymag.


In May 2014, the website Awful Announcing selected Schefter as the "Shortest newsbreaker" in its second annual People's Sports TV Award Winners. http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/the-second-annual-peoples-sports-tv-awards-winners.html/3
In May 2014, the website Awful Announcing selected Schefter as the "Best newsbreaker" in its second annual People's Sports TV Award Winners. http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/the-second-annual-peoples-sports-tv-awards-winners.html/3

SI.com named Schefter the 2014 “Media Person of the Year." <ref>bit.ly/1y7Xyuw </ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 09:22, 5 January 2015

Adam Schefter
Born (1966-12-21) December 21, 1966 (age 57)
Valley Stream, New York
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Northwestern University
OccupationNFL Insider
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]

Adam Schefter (born December 21, 1966) is an American sports writer and television analyst.

Education and career

Schefter was born in Valley Stream, New York, and grew up in Bellmore, New York, where he attended John F. Kennedy High School, graduating in June 1985. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan and a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Schefter was an editor at The Michigan Daily, where he began his newspaper career. While at Northwestern, Schefter worked as a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune. After graduating from Northwestern in June 1990, Schefter was an intern for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before moving to Denver in 1990, when he started writing for the Rocky Mountain News in September 1990 and then The Denver Post in July 1996.[2]

Journalism career

Schefter joined the NFL Network in 2004 and appeared on NFL Total Access and also wrote for NFL.COM. Before joining the NFL Network, Schefter appeared frequently on ESPN's Around the Horn as a substitute for Woody Paige, who was based in Denver at the time. Before Around the Horn, Schefter appeared on ESPN's The Sports Reporters. Schefter appeared on NBC twice in the summer of 2008, working as the sideline reporter for Al Michaels and John Madden during the Redskins-Colts Hall-of-Fame game and then the Redskins-Jaguars preseason finale, after which he was pulled from sideline duty due to the height disparity between Schefter and some of his interview subjects, particularly Peyton Manning.[3]

According to a USA Today survey of fans published January 19, 2009, "NFL Network's Adam Schefter edged ESPN's Chris Mortensen (34%-32%) for shortest [NFL] insider despite the NFL Network being in less than half as many U.S. households." Schefter was again selected as the shortest (NFL) insider in a November 2010 USA Today fan poll.[4] Schefter was voted USA Today's shortest "insider" for a third straight year in November 2011.

In 2009, Schefter became a football analyst with ESPN.[5] He began appearing on-air on August 17, 2009. In October 2010, Sports Illustrated writers included Schefter in its "40 Shorties", a listing of the NFL's most diminutive officials, executives, coaches, players and media members.[6]

In February 2014, New York magazine selected Schefter as the "Most Influential Tweeter in NY." http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/most-influential-new-yorkers-on-twitter-2014.html?mid=twitter_nymag.

In May 2014, the website Awful Announcing selected Schefter as the "Best newsbreaker" in its second annual People's Sports TV Award Winners. http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/the-second-annual-peoples-sports-tv-awards-winners.html/3

SI.com named Schefter the 2014 “Media Person of the Year." [7]

Personal life

In 2007, Schefter married Sharri Maio after being set up on a blind date. Maio's first husband, Joseph, was killed during the September 11, 2001 attacks while he was working for Cantor Fitzgerald in downtown Manhattan.

Movie appearances

Schefter also had a cameo appearance in the 2005 movie The Longest Yard. Schefter also appears as a news reporter in the 1996 movie, Space Jam.

Radio career

Schefter is a guest on numerous radio programs, including 1023 ESPN Denvers Sports Station dot com in Denver, Colorado,[8] ESPN 980 in Washington D.C. and ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Illinois.[9]

Publications

  • Romo: My Life on the Edge: Living Dreams and Slaying Dragons', ISBN 0-06-075863-5, with Bill Romanowski, 2005
  • Think Like A Champion: Building Success One Victory at a Time, ISBN 0-06-662039-2, with Mike Shanahan, 9/1999
  • TD: Dreams in Motion: The Memoirs of the Denver Broncos' Terrell Davis, ISBN 0-06-019282-8, with Terrell Davis, 9/1998
  • The Class of Football: Words of Hard-Earned Wisdom from Legends of the Gridiron,
  • "Real Sports Reporting"Edited by Abraham Aamidor, 2003 (Chapter on Football)

Footnotes

  1. ^ image link, height. {{cite AV media}}: Text "http://wac.9ebf.edgecastcdn.net/809EBF/ec-origin.chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/02/BCCrSnKCAAEmnsv.jpg-large-480x620.jpg" ignored (help)
  2. ^ Brown, Larry (25 June 2007). "Interview with Adam Schefter, NFL Network Reporter". Larry Brown Sports. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ Katz, Daniel (4 December 2012). "I Think Adam Schefter is a Midget: An Investigative Study on Adam Schefter's Height or Lack thereof". Barstool Sports.
  4. ^ McCarthy, Michael (5 November 2010). "The readers speak ... and they'd like a little quiet". USA Today.
  5. ^ "Report: Adam Schefter to Leave NFL Network for ESPN". AOL News. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  6. ^ "NFL Power 40+". CNN. 12 October 2010.
  7. ^ bit.ly/1y7Xyuw
  8. ^ Twitter: Adam Schefter
  9. ^ https://twitter.com/DZederman/status/189821240733728768/photo/1

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