Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ryan Burr (born March 17, 1972, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a sports television journalist for ESPN. Burr works as an anchor on SportsCenter, and is a host of various other programs on the network. Burr grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated in 1994 from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, earning a bachelor degree in Broadcast Journalism. While a student at Syracuse, Burr regularly worked as a television play-by-play announcer, studio host, and radio personality for several media outlets. In 1994, Burr began working as a play-by-play announcer and studio host for Time Warner in Clearwater, Florida. Prior to joining ESPN, Burr worked at Fox Sports Net in Pittsburgh, (serving the pre-game host for the Pirates and Penguins telecasts) and ABC affiliate WTVG-TV in Toledo, Ohio. Previously he was sports director WKTV-TV in Utica, New York where he received a local AP Broadcaster-of-the-Year award, and at Channel 9 in Tampa, Florida. Burr left FSN in Pittsburgh in August 2005 for Bristol, Connecticut. He began working for ESPNews.