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Spandan Daftary

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Spandan "Spoon" Daftary (born April 13, 1981 in New Castle, Pennsylvania) is a three-time Emmy Award–winning producer of television sports shows.

Professional career

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Spandan worked on ESPN's Sportscenter in 2003[1] and 2004 when the show won consecutive Sports Emmy awards for "Outstanding Daily Studio Show".[2] He worked on ESPN2's Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith, which was cancelled by the network in January 2007. He moved to Foxsports, where he worked on the NFL Kickoff show.[2]

High-school athletics

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Spandan started at forward for Sewickley Academy's 1999 Section Championship squad. The head coach of the team, Victor Gianatta, gave Spandan the nickname, "Spoon".

References

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  1. ^ THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS THE 25th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY AWARDS
  2. ^ a b "Spandan Daftary". Foxsports. Retrieved August 24, 2023.