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David Aldridge | |
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.jpg) Aldridge at the 2024Gaithersburg Book Festival | |
| Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 60–61) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | American University |
| Occupation(s) | Sports journalist Sideline reporter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
David Aldridge (born 1964 or 1965)[1] is an American sports journalist who works as a writer forThe Athletic.[2] He was previously a reporter forTurner Sports, contributing to theirNBA andMLB coverage. Other outlets that Aldridge has written and contributed for includeESPN,NBA TV,NBA.com,The Washington Post,The Philadelphia Inquirer, andTBD. In 2016, he was awarded theCurt Gowdy Media Award by theBasketball Hall of Fame.[3]
Aldridge was born inWashington, D.C.[4] He is a graduate ofDeMatha Catholic High School andAmerican University and worked as a writer forThe Washington Post, where he spent nine years. During that time Aldridge was a beat writer coveringGeorgetown University basketball, theWashington Bullets, and theWashington Redskins. He also covered the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, nationalcollege basketball andfootball, theSuper Bowl, theStanley Cup playoffs, theWorld Series, theIndianapolis 500, and theU.S. Open tennis championships. He is a fan ofAmerican University men's basketball.
Before joiningTNT in 2004, Aldridge reported for ESPN for eight years, primarily covering theNBA while occasionally doingNFL pieces. He wrote for ESPN.com and contributed to ESPN Radio. Aldridge frequently appeared onSportsCenter as well asNBA 2 Night (nowNBA Fastbreak) andNBA Today. Aldridge conducted interviews for theSportsCenter "Sunday Conversations" withLeBron James,Allen Iverson,Shaquille O'Neal,Karl Malone and many others. He worked as an NBAsideline reporter both forABC and ESPN in 2003 and 2004.
Aldridge worked atThe Philadelphia Inquirer from 2004 to 2008, covering the National Football League and National Basketball Association as a reporter and columnist. He was part of theInquirer 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,[5] but was retained.
He worked as the "Insider" forTNT'sInside the NBA and did sideline reporting work during the regular season,All-Star Weekend and theNBA playoffs. He was also co-host of the weekly showThe Beat onNBA TV, and was a commentator for otherNBA on TNT features. He also worked as a sideline reporter for television broadcasts of college football games and the Major League Baseball divisional series.
From February 2007 through June 2008, Aldridge appeared onThe Tony Kornheiser Show onWashington Post Radio and laterWWWT in Washington, D.C. as co-host. He returned as sometime co-host of the latest incarnation onWTEM in September 2009. As of 2016, he is a regular co-host on the show.
In late 2018, Aldridge left Turner Sports to join the staff ofThe Athletic as a writer.[4]
Age: 52.