- Ryan Phelan
Ryan Phelan, (born
1975 , is anAustralia n television presenter best known as the main host ofNetwork Ten 'sSports Tonight .Career
He was born in Ayr,
Queensland and moved toBrisbane when he was 6 years old. He always had an interest in English and Drama while growing up but it was not until he was 15 that he realised he wanted to be a journalist. He set out to achieve this goal by gaining work experience with newspapers. After beginning as an errand-boy, he worked up to a co-hosting job on local TV station,Briz 31 .He relocated to
Sydney and worked as a presenter forSky Racing where he produced, wrote and hosted the award-winning harness racing program, "In the Gig". After three years working at Sky he was offered a job as a reporter forSports Tonight a show on the mainstream television network, Ten. Eight months after reporting for the show, he landed the coveted role of presenter. AlongsideSports Tonight , Phelan reported forNetwork Ten on various other sports events includingClipsal 500 , the 2003 US Women's Open, the finalMelbourne Cup covered by Ten in 2001 and the 2005City to Surf .In 2005, he won the
Cleo Bachelor of the Year competition run by "Cleo" Magazine. [cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/bachelor-of-the-year/2005/09/16/1126750109147.html | title = Bachelor of the year | work =The Age | date = September 16, 2005 | accessdate = 2007-08-04]In late 2006, Phelan resigned from Channel Ten to take up a role with US sports network ESPN where Phelan co-hosted Sportscenter (Pacific Rim Edition).
After leaving ESPN in 2007, Phelan then became part of the Fox Sports News team. He presented the sport during the summer of 2007/08 on the
Nine Network 's Today Show filling in forCameron Williams . Phelan did not end up getting a role on Wide World of Sports, and in mid-2008, joinedFox Sports , and began hosting Fox Sports News and Monday Night NRL.TV Roles
*
Briz 31 (1996 - 1997): host
*Sky Racing (1997 - 2001): host of various horse-racing programs, including "In the Gig" and "Sky Raceday"
*Sports Tonight (2001 - 2006): host (2002 - 2006); Reporter (2001)
*ESPN (2006 - 2007): co-host of ESPN's Sportscenter (Pacific Rim Edition)
* Today Show (summer 2007 - 2008): sports host (whileCameron Williams was on holiday)
*Fox Sports (2008 - present): host of Fox Sports News and Monday Night NRLPersonal life
Phelan married at the age of 18 but was divorced 8 years later. He has 2 children.
References
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