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Line 1: {{short description\|American sports journalist}} {{pp-protected\|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=April 2021}} {{BLP sources\|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person Line 5 ⟶ 7: \| image_size = \| name = David Aldridge \| caption = Aldridge in 2009 \| birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required if adding EXACT DATE OF BIRTH for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->{{birth ~~date~~based ~~and~~on age as of date\|52\|~~1965~~2017\|024\|1023}} \| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. \| death_date = \| death_place = \| education = [[American University]] \| occupation = [[Sports ~~journalism\|Sports columnist~~journalist]]<br~~>Television~~ ~~Personality<br~~/>[[~~Reporter~~Sideline reporter]] \| years_active = 1987–present \| spouse = \| parents = \| children = }} '''David Aldridge''' (born <!-- Valid citation required if adding EXACT DATE OF BIRTH for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->{{birth based on age as of date\|52\|2017\|4\|23\|noage=yes}})<ref>{{cite news \|last=Carlson \|first=Jenni \|date=2017-04-23 \|title=Collected Wisdom: David Aldridge \|work=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] \|page=2B \|quote=Age: 52.}}</ref> is an American sports journalist who works as a writer for ''[[The Athletic]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theathletic.com/author/david-aldridge/\|title=David Aldridge\|author=<!--Not stated-->\|publisher=The Athletic\|access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref> He was previously a reporter for [[Turner Sports]], contributing to their [[NBA on TNT\|NBA]] and [[Major League Baseball on TBS\|MLB]] coverage. Other outlets that Aldridge has written and contributed for include [[ESPN Inc.\|ESPN]], [[NBA TV]], [[NBA.com]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', and [[TBD (website)\|TBD]]. In 2016, he was awarded the [[Curt Gowdy Media Award]] by the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.american.edu/soc/news/david-aldridge-receives-of-basketball-hall-of-fame-award.cfm\|title=David Aldridge Receives of Basketball Hall of Fame Award\|last=Kaney\|first=Devan\|date=February 26, 2016\|publisher=American University\|access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref> '''David Aldridge''' (born February 10, 1965 in [[Washington, D.C.]]) is a reporter for the Turner television networks [[NBA on TNT\|TNT]], [[Major League Baseball on TBS\|TBS]] and [[TBD (website)\|TBD]]. He is also a former reporter of NBA TV and ESPN. ==Biography== ===Education and early career=== Aldridge was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="ath" /> He is a graduate of [[DeMatha Catholic High School]] and [[American University]] and worked as a writer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', where he spent nine years. During that time Aldridge was a beat writer covering [[Georgetown University basketball]], the [[Washington Bullets]], and the [[Washington Redskins]]. He also covered the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], national [[college basketball]] and [[college football\|football]], the [[Super Bowl]], the [[Stanley Cup playoffs]], the [[World Series]], the [[Indianapolis 500]], and the [[U.S. Open tennis championships]]. ~~To this day he~~He is ~~still an avid~~a fan of [[American Eagles men's basketball\|American University men's basketball]]. ===ESPN=== Before joining [[Turner Network Television\|TNT]] in 2004, Aldridge reported for ESPN for eight years, primarily covering the [[National Basketball Association\|NBA]] while occasionally doing [[National Football League\|NFL]] pieces. He wrote for ESPN.com and contributed to ESPN Radio. Aldridge frequently appeared on [[SportsCenter]] as well as ''NBA 2 Night'' (now ''[[NBA Fastbreak]]'') and ''NBA Today.'' Aldridge conducted interviews for the ''SportsCenter'' "[[Sunday Conversations]]" with [[LeBron James]], [[Allen Iverson]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[Karl Malone]] and many others. He worked as an NBA [[sideline reporter]] both for [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] and ESPN in 2003 and 2004. ===''The Philadelphia Inquirer''=== Aldridge worked at ~~the~~ ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' from 2004 to 2008, covering the National Football League and National Basketball Association as a reporter and columnist. He was part of the ''Inquirer'' team that received a second-place award for the series "The Future of Pro Sports" in 2005 from the Society of Professional Journalists, Greater Philadelphia Chapter. He was initially scheduled to be one of dozens laid off at the paper in January 2007,<ref>[http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2007/01/most_of_the_nam.html blogs.philly.com] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209150759/http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2007/01/most_of_the_nam.html \|date=February 9, 2007~~-02-09~~ }}</ref> but was retained. ===Turner Sports=== He ~~works~~worked as the "Insider" for [[TNT (American TV network)\|TNT]]'s ''[[Inside the NBA]]'' and ~~does~~did sideline reporting work during the regular season, [[NBA All-Star Weekend\|All-Star Weekend]] and the [[NBA ~~Playoffs~~playoffs]]. He iswas also co-host of the weekly show ''The Beat'' on [[NBA TV]], and iswas a commentator for other ''[[NBA on TNT]]'' features. He ~~has~~also worked as a sideline reporter for television broadcasts of college football games and the Major League Baseball divisional series. ===''The Tony Kornheiser Show''=== From February 2007 through June 2008, heAldridge appeared on ''[[The Tony Kornheiser Show]]'' on [[Washington Post Radio]] and later [[WWWT]] in Washington, D.C. as co-host. He returned as sometime co-host of the latest incarnation on [[WTEM]] in September 2009. As of 2016, he is a regular co-host on the show. === ''The Athletic'' === In late 2018, Aldridge left Turner Sports to join the staff of ''[[The Athletic]]'' as a writer.<ref name="ath">{{Cite web \|last=Aldridge \|first=David \|date=September 10, 2018 \|title=David Aldridge: At home in D.C., covering the teams and city that I love \|url=https://theathletic.com/511808/2018/09/10/david-aldridge-at-home-in-d-c-covering-the-teams-and-city-that-i-love/ \|access-date=June 16, 2019 \|website=The Athletic}}</ref> ==References== Line 48 ⟶ 54: {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldridge, David}} [[Category:African-American ~~writers~~sportswriters]] [[Category:American writers]]▼ [[Category:American newspaper reporters and correspondents]] [[Category:American television reporters and correspondents]] ~~[[Category:American sportswriters]]~~ [[Category:American University alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~National Basketball Association~~NBA broadcasters]] [[Category:~~1965~~Sportswriters ~~births~~from Washington, D.C.]] ~~[[Category:Journalists from Washington, D.C.]]~~ [[Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters]] [[Category:DeMatha Catholic High School alumni]] [[Category:College football announcers]] [[Category:College basketball announcers in the United States]] ▲[[Category:21st-century African-American writers]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]