Tom Rinaldi: Biography in Details
Who is Tom Rinaldi?
Tom Rinaldi is a reporter and journalist who hails from America.
He is best recognized as a reporter for ESPN and ABC based in New York who has contributed to ESPN’s golf coverage, SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, College GameDay as well as Sunday NFL Countdown.
Moreover, he has won 15 national Sports Emmy Awards and six national Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Tom Rinaldi: Bio, Age, Early Life, Childhood
Tom Rinaldi was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
He was raised in northern New Jersey in a little town called Cresskill, about eight miles from the George Washington Bridge.
He is a Native American who grew up in Cresskill, New Jersey.
His aim since childhood was to become a reporter. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a bank teller.
Education
Regarding his education, he was educated at Philly School and Morris High School in the Bronx.
Later, he did his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania before going on to receive his graduate degree at Columbia University.
He majored in English.
Tom Rinaldi’s Career, Profession
Tom started his career in high school as an English teacher and a coach.
He started working as a reporter for WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana from 1993 to 1996 and then worked at KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon from 1996 to 1998.
Further, he joined CNN/SI, worked there for four years, and later moved to ESPN, where he covered ESPN’s golf, College GamesDay, Sunday NFL Countdown, SportsCenter, and much more.
He conducted the first interview with Tiger Woods on November 27, 2009, which led to Woods’ public disclosure of his extra-marital affairs.
Likewise, he also was the first person to interview Manti Te’o where he had been catfished.
Also, he has won three Regional Emmy Awards, three Associated Press Awards, and a USA Today Feature-of-the-Year Award.
Furthermore, he has also made huge amounts of money from other works such as web magazine writing.
Moreover, he has also written pieces for ESPN ‘The Magazine’ and also for ESPN.com.
Recently in the year 2016, he published his first book, “The Red Bandanna,” the tales of 9-11 heroes Welles Crowther, which had previously been a Tom TV feature, and his book sold high amounts of copies.
Salary, Net Worth
Thus, with his exceptional reporting skills, he earns a decent amount of $200 thousand USD per year raising his net worth value to $4 million as of 2023.
Tom Rinaldi’s Rumors, Controversy
At present, there are no rumors regarding his personal and professional life.
It seems he is doing his best job without harming others and he has seldom been involved in controversies of any sort hence maintaining a good public image.
Tom Rinaldi’s Body Measurement
He is an average guy with a decent height of 5 feet and 10 inches.
His hair color is light brown and his eyes are blue in color.
Also, there is no accurate information regarding his exact body weight and figure in detail.
Social media
Despite being a talented and reputed individual, he is not active on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
His fans and admirers are curious and eagerly waiting for him to be active on social media.
Tom’s Favorites
- His favorite cities include California, San Francisco, and Portland.
- Tom’s favorite restaurant is a Manhattan Italian restaurant called ‘Cesca, on 75th Street on the West Side.
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