Dan Le Batard

Dan Le Batard: Biography in Details

Who is Dan Le Batard?

Brilliant sportswriter Dan Le Batard is a host for a radio station and a TV reporter. Dan is also a sportswriter.

He is known as an ESPN and Miami Herald host.

Currently, he is a host of the show, Highly Questionable for ESPN.

Dan Le Batard: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Dan Le Batard was born on the 16th of December 1968, in Jersey City, New Jersey to Gonzalo Le Batard and Lourdes.

His father Gonzalo Le Batard is a radio host and his parents were Cuban immigrants.

Dan is fluent in Spanish, which he learned from his parents.

They moved to Central Islip, New York. Later his family settled in Miramar, Florida.

Batard has a brother, David Le Batard. David is a Miami-based artist professionally known as LEBO.

Education

Dan Le Batard was enrolled in Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory.

Later, he joined the University of Miami. In 1990, he graduated there with a Degree in Journalism and Politics.

Dan Le Batard: Professional Life and Career

Dan Le Batard initiated his career after graduating from the University of Miami in 1990.

At the age of 22, he started working as a sports columnist for the Miami Herald.

He reported on the “Miami Hurricanes Football Team Pell Grant scandal” as his first work in the Miami Herald.

This boosted his career and he also started hosting a different radio show.

In 1998, he supported the opening of “ESPN The Magazine”.

Moreover, Batard is able to make a popular name for himself through his skillful writing and hosting.

Working at the Miami Herald and ESPN raised his fame to a top level.

Presently he hosts and co-hosts shows like “Highly Questionable” and “Pardon the Interruption”.

Dan Le Batard: Net Worth and Salary

Batard has an estimated net worth of $2 million and his monthly income is $40,000.

Dan Le Batard: Controversy

Batard had been in some controversies due to his professional career. The Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting handed him a one-year ban. It was because he gave away his voting right to select baseball players to a sports news site, ‘Deadspin’.

Another controversy surrounded him on August 7, 2014, when he referenced a billboard in Akron, Ohio which read “You’re Welcome, Lebron.

Love, Miami”. This became controversial and he got suspended for 2 days from ESPN.

Body Statistics

Dan Le Batard has light eyes with auburn hair.

Twitter

Dan Le Batard has more than 341k followers on his Twitter.

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