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Scott Stanchak has been an award-winning media personality and sports journalist for the last 10 years. During this time, he has appeared on such networks as Fox News, Time Warner, Cablevision and MTVU as a reporter and host. He's also spent time in front of the microphone as a radio D.J. (Clear Channel, WRPR), host (WDVR) and anchor (WGHT).
The New Jersey native is also an established sports writer, having composed articles and columns for a variety of print and online media outlets, including Yahoo! Sports, FoxNews.com, NBA.com/WNBA.com and The Hunterdon Democrat. His work has also been featured by ESPN Radio, Sporting News Radio, The Star-Ledger, Connecticut Post and many others.
Stanchak has broken a number of major news stories over the years. Most recently, he conducted the first one-on-one interview with Rickey Henderson since he was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also credited as the first to report about the Newark Bears folding by ESPN Radio, The Star-Ledger and many other local and national news outlets.
Stanchak's media credits extend behind the lens as well, where he's worked as a television producer and writer. Furthermore, the 27-year-old has a passion for developing original online content, which has led to positions with AT&T (host/reporter/producer), FoxNews.com (reporter/producer), the NBA (editor/writer). He's also the founder and editor of AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com, the number-one read coverage of the independent Atlantic League.
Over the years, Stanchak has sat down with some of the biggest superstars in the world for exclusive interviews, including LeBron James, Brett Favre, Donald Trump, Tom Brady, Sidney Crosby, Derek Jeter, Shaquille O'Neal, Terrell Owens, among hundreds of others. He's also covered games at almost every stadium in the New York metropolitan area, namely Yankee Stadium (old and new), Giants Stadium, Madison Square Garden and over a dozen more. This access has allowed Stanchak to report on everything from the NFL playoffs to minor league baseball championships.
Currently, Stanchak is a Team Sites Editor with the National Basketball Association, where he is overseeing individual team Web sites, as well as writing feature stories for NBA.com and WNBA.com. Stanchak is also creating unique content for his Web site, CheapSeatsRadio.net, an extension of his former WDVR radio show which covers all of the pro sports teams in the great New York City area.
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