Rob Knox joins ESPN

I first met Rob Knox when we both worked at the Daily Times - he as a sports writer, me as an advertising manager. 

He left DT to work at his alma-mater Lincoln University where he became their Sports Information Director. From there, he moved on to Kutztown University as their Sports Information Director.

A few months ago, I caught a very small mention on Delcotimes.com congratulating Rob for joining ESPN. As much as I thought that was a big deal, that was the last I heard of it.

Somewhere around Christmas, a co-worker and I made the run to pick up dinner for the crew at Famous Dave’s. To my surprise, that’s where I ran into Rob Knox having dinner with his family. Of course, I had to put in my request for an interview.

Rob and I finally connected this week on a phone call where he shared his ESPN story with me. 

Rob works out of their Bristol, Connecticut facility and is responsible for obtaining the information from games that is used on the many ESPN platforms: TV, radio, print, web, and whatever else they have. 

While watching the games, his staff compiles the stuff that is passed on to the on-air personalities who report the sport news to us on TV like they were watching all those games themselves. 

Rob’s group is also responsible for that banner on the bottom of the screen that gives scores and stats while the ESPN program is in progress.

With only 5 months under his belt, Rob says he’s still learning everyday. He’s excited about the opportunity to work with ESPN because of the variety of career paths he could pursue with them. 

Before we hung up, Rob said that he feels very blessed to be where he is today having been raised in the Chester housing projects on welfare.

And he is following the Chester Clippers basketball team very closely. 

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