Craig Minervini Biography
Craig Minervini is an American sportscaster based in Miami, Florida. He is a host of Marlins Live and former host of Panthers Live. He and former wife Martha Sulgalski had two sons (Chase and Maxwell) and one daughter (Spencer). Martha Sugalski has been a journalist and news anchor since the late 1980s.
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Minervini called the games of the NHL’s Florida Panthers games for the radio. He calls select Miami Marlins (Major League Baseball) play-by-play when Rich Waltz is on MLB Network. He was sports anchor for WNBC-TV and for WTVJ-TV. He also has done play-by-play for various other sports including Notre Dame football on NBC, CBS Sports Spectacular, College World Series on ESPN, Major League Soccer, XFL on TNN, boxing on TNN, mixed martial arts on TNN, Syracuse Chiefs AAA baseball, and Syracuse Orange football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer.
From 1987 to 1988, Minervini also served as host and interviewer for the World Wrestling Federation (now known today as WWE) under the name Craig DeGeorge. DeGeorge was also partnered with Dick Graham for the WWF’s Philadelphia Spectrum broadcasts that aired monthly on PRISM from 1987 until his exit. As DeGeorge, he also worked in the Universal Wrestling Federation as a commentator.
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Fox Sports Net Welcomes Craig Minervini to the Marlins’ Telecast Team
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“We are delighted Craig has joined Fox Sports Net’s talented team of announcers for Marlins baseball. He has covered South Florida sports for more than a decade and will make an exceptional addition to our network,” noted Heard.
Minervini is a veteran of local sports news, most recently as a sports anchor for WTVJ, the NBC affiliate in Miami. There, he also hosted highlight shows such as Sunday Sports Final, Hurricane Football Final, The Jimmy Johnson Show, and The Dave Wannstedt Show. He has covered the Marlins since the club’s inception, and during his tenure at WTVJ, Minervini was nominated for a regional Emmy Award for a feature story on the team. Prior to joining NBC, Minervini served as sports anchor and reporter at WPBF, the ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach.
Minervini brings with him extensive experience beyond the news desk. He has called play-by-play for Notre Dame football, the XFL, WWF, the Miami Fusion, and Syracuse Chiefs (AAA) baseball. He also serves as the South Florida correspondent for MSG Network.
A graduate of Syracuse University, Minervini earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He joins Dave O’Brien and Tommy Hutton for 95 regular season Marlins games and three Spring Training games telecast on Fox Sports Net.
Fox Sports Net Florida reaches more than 3.9 million households in Florida. Fox Sports Net Florida is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Fox Sports Net Florida’s programming includes Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays; the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers; the University of Miami, and the University of South Florida, along with select NASCAR and PGA Tour coverage.
Fox Sports Net reaches more than 78 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and Fox. Rainbow Sports Networks incorporates Rainbow’s 50% ownership of Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports National Advertising, and the ownership and management of Fox Sports Net regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets: Chicago, Florida, Ohio, New England, and San Francisco.
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FOX Sports Florida, the regional television home of the Florida Panthers hockey team, announced Craig Minervini has joined its roster of Panthers on-air talent for the 2015-16 season. In his new role, Minervini will return to the broadcast as host, a position he previously held with the Panthers from 2003-12.
Currently, Minervini serves as pre-and-postgame host, as well as reporter, on FOX Sports Florida’s Miami Marlins broadcasts. Alongside play-by-play announcer Steve “Goldie” Goldstein, color analyst Denis Potvin, and analyst Randy Moller, Minervini will provide a seasoned and familiar voice to Panthers’ television broadcasts.
A Huntington, N.Y. native, Minervini has called South Florida home for many years. He is an Emmy Award winner and a proud alumnus of Syracuse University, where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism. Minervini worked for WWF as a commentator/interviewer in 1987-88. He also had a part in the Kevin James movie “Here Comes the Boom” in 2012.
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