Gregg Doyel
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Gregg Doyel | |
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| Born | Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Known for | Sports writer |
Gregg Doyel is an American sports columnist for the Indianapolis Star, formerly a national sports writer for CBSSports.com.
Gregg Doyel was born in Hawaii. He grew up in Mississippi, where his father was a law professor at the University of Mississippi. Doyel attended high school in Georgia and attended college at the University of Florida. At Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia, he was named all-state twice in baseball (1987, 1988) for coaches Bubber Adams and Bobby Henley, and once in soccer (1986) for coach Sharad Apte.
Journalism and broadcasting career
Before coming to the Star, he was a national columnist for CBSSports.com.[1] Doyel was also the site's college basketball writer before becoming a columnist. He has written two books, titled Kentucky Wildcats: Where Have You Gone? and Coach K: Building the Duke Dynasty. Before working at Sportsline.com, he was a sports writer with the Tampa Tribune, Florida Marlins beat writer at the Miami Herald and an ACC basketball writer with the Charlotte Observer. On May 21, 2007, it was announced that Doyel would host a radio program on Cincinnati's WCKY (AM) in the 9 am – noon time slot with Mo Egger.[2] He hosted the WCKY show until he was discharged in the wake of a budget cut on December 13, 2007.[3] Doyel also briefly co-hosted WLW's Sunday Morning SportsTalk with Ken Broo, but voluntarily left the show because he was traveling excessively for CBSSports.com.