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Tommy Sanders (born April 20, 1954)〔(fishfaceradio.com ), Tommy Sanders video interview, 8/29/2009, accessed 9/6/2010. Also available for download as an (mp3 audio file )〕 is an American sportscaster and host of ''ESPN Outdoors'', the ESPN network's four-hour block of outdoors programming that airs nationally every Saturday morning. ==Biography== Sanders debuted on ESPN when ''ESPN Outdoors'' was launched in January 1990. He introduces each program and the short features which are aired between the shows. These features often have an environmental and/or educational theme. He serves in a similar role on ESPN2’s Sunday morning outdoors programming block. Sanders also hosts the Stihl Timbersports Series (since 1990),〔(ESPN.com ), ''The Old Days'', 3/11/2010, accessed 9/6/2010.〕 the FLW Tournament series (since 1996) and the Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament series, all airing on the ESPN family of TV networks. In addition, he co-hosts Saltwater TV, a weekly webcast at ESPNOutdoors.com.〔(ESPNOutdoors.com ), Saltwater TV, accessed 9/6/2010〕 Other programs featuring Sanders include ''The Bassmasters'' (co-hosted with Mark Zona, airing weekly on ESPN2) and ''Hooked Up'' (a webcast seen at bassmasters.com.) A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Sanders graduated in 1976 from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, earning a bachelor of arts degree in English and theater. While at Hendrix he helped launch the campus radio station, KHDX, in 1973. He attended graduate school at New York University from 1980 to 1981, studying film and television.〔fishfaceradio.com, ''op. cit.''〕 Sanders began his career in television as a writer and producer for Arkansas Educational Television from 1979–1980, and worked for seven years (1980–1987) as a freelance writer and on-air host of industrial and educational films. From 1987-1992, Sanders was a partner in The Works, a recording studio in Little Rock, Arkansas.〔fishfaceradio.com, ''op. cit.''〕 Sanders' future status with ESPN remains unclear following the network's 3 August 2010 announcement that it plans to sell B.A.S.S. LLC, which runs the Bassmasters Fishing series, to a group of investors led by Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland. McKinnis is also a sportscaster and a colleague of Sanders who hosted ''The Fishin' Hole'' on ESPN from 1980 to 2007.〔(ESPN reaches agreement in principle to sell BASS ), 8/3/2010, accessed 9/6/2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Sanders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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