Armen Keteyian
Encyclopedia
Armen Keteyian is an American
television journalist and author. He is currently CBS News
' Chief Investigative Correspondent based out of New York, reporting primarily for the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, while also contributing to 60 Minutes
.
of Armenian
descent. A 10-time Emmy award winner Armen Keteyian was named CBS News
' Chief Investigative Correspondent in February 2006 after spending nine years as a Sportscaster
for HBO and CBS Sports
. Keteyian is a 1971 graduate of Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI and graduated cum laude from San Diego State University
with a BA degree in journalism in 1976.
Keteyian began his journalism career as a sports and feature writer in San Diego, freelancing for the San Diego Union-Tribune and San Diego Magazine
(1980-82) after spending two years at the Times-Advocate in Escondido (1978-80). He then joined NBC Sports
as a reporter and producer, working on a wide range of programming, including the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
.
Prior to joining ABC News, Keteyian was a writer-reporter for Sports Illustrated
in New York (1982-89), where he specialized in investigations. While there, he reported on subjects including corruption in college football and basketball, sports gambling in America, point shaving scandals and the widening use of steroids in professional and amateur sports.
in New York
as a network correspondent in September 1989 and for eight years reported on hard-edged and issue-related sports stories for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
and other ABC News broadcasts. He has written or co-written nine books including, the New York Times best seller, Why You Crying?, the autobiography of actor/comedian George Lopez
, Money Players: Days and Nights Inside the New NBA
, a critically acclaimed account of the rise of the NBA under Commissioner David Stern
, and the New York Times best seller Raw Recruits.
Keteyian won a Women's Sports Foundation
Journalism Award for a 1993 ABC News report on the landmark Title IX battle at Brown University
. He also won 1993 and 1994 Emmy Awards in Sports Journalism and Overall Achievement for his reporting for ESPN
’s Outside the Lines
series.
as a special-features reporter in December 1997. Keteyian has been a sideline reporter for the Network's coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship since 1998 and annually contributes reports on key NCAA issues and features on teams and players during CBS Sports' Final Four
broadcasts.
For the 2004
and the 2005 NFL seasons
he served as the sideline reporter with the NFL broadcast team of Dick Enberg
and Dan Dierdorf
after spending six years as the lead sideline reporter with Greg Gumbel
and Phil Simms
. He also contributed reports for the NFL Pre-Game show The NFL Today
and served as a reporter for the CBS Television Network's coverage of Super Bowl XXXV
in February 2001 and Super Bowl XXXVIII
February 2004. He served as a reporter for CBS's coverage of the 1998 FedEx
Orange Bowl
, the 1998 Winter Olympics
in Nagano and has been the host and co-writer of the Tour de France
(2001-05).
Keteyian served as a contributor for the Super Bowl XLI
in February 2007, and appeared on The NFL Today on Sunday December 23, 2007 with a one-on-one interview with New England Patriots
Head Coach Bill Belichick
.
Of Keteyian's ten Emmys, two were for CBS News, including most recently (Sept 2010) Rape in America: Justice Denied, a two-part investigation into the shocking backlog of rape kits across the country. Four were for CBS Sports
, including three for coverage of the Tour de France
(2000-04) and one for a Super Bowl
pre-game piece about NFL quarterbacks and their sons (2005). He also has two Sports Journalism Emmys for Real Sports - a report on the financing of the Bank One Ballpark in Arizona
(1998) and a story on high school
basketball star Amare Stoudemire (2001).
, from 1998-2006, for which he has twice won Emmy Awards in Sports Journalism (for a report on the financing of the Bank One Ballpark in Arizona
(1998) and a story on high school
basketball star Amare Stoudemire (2001)), and for Inside the NFL
. The topics on which he reported over the years include point shaving on the North Carolina State University
basketball team; the lack of black quarterbacks in the NFL; the killing of show horses for insurance profit; the rise of unscrupulous player agents in college
sports; and the risks and realities of AIDS
in sports.
Additionally, Keteyian co-produced and co-wrote "A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers
," a 2002 documentary aired as part of HBO Sports' "Sports of the 20th Century" series.
United States
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television journalist and author. He is currently CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
' Chief Investigative Correspondent based out of New York, reporting primarily for the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, while also contributing to 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
.
Early life and career
Keteyian was born in Detroit, MichiganDetroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
of Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
descent. A 10-time Emmy award winner Armen Keteyian was named CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
' Chief Investigative Correspondent in February 2006 after spending nine years as a Sportscaster
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
for HBO and CBS Sports
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
. Keteyian is a 1971 graduate of Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI and graduated cum laude from San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
with a BA degree in journalism in 1976.
Keteyian began his journalism career as a sports and feature writer in San Diego, freelancing for the San Diego Union-Tribune and San Diego Magazine
San Diego Magazine
San Diego Magazine is a monthly publication concerning life in the San Diego region. This is the city’s longest running lifestyle publication and has continued to prosper and evolve throughout its 60-year history...
(1980-82) after spending two years at the Times-Advocate in Escondido (1978-80). He then joined NBC Sports
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is the sports division of the NBC television network. Formerly "a service of NBC News," it broadcasts a diverse array of programs, including the Olympic Games, the NFL, the NHL, MLS, Notre Dame football, the PGA Tour, the Triple Crown, and the French Open, among others...
as a reporter and producer, working on a wide range of programming, including the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
.
Prior to joining ABC News, Keteyian was a writer-reporter for Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
in New York (1982-89), where he specialized in investigations. While there, he reported on subjects including corruption in college football and basketball, sports gambling in America, point shaving scandals and the widening use of steroids in professional and amateur sports.
ABC News
He joined ABC NewsABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
as a network correspondent in September 1989 and for eight years reported on hard-edged and issue-related sports stories for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM was a Canadian American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer...
and other ABC News broadcasts. He has written or co-written nine books including, the New York Times best seller, Why You Crying?, the autobiography of actor/comedian George Lopez
George Lopez
George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
, Money Players: Days and Nights Inside the New NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
, a critically acclaimed account of the rise of the NBA under Commissioner David Stern
David Stern
David Joel Stern is the commissioner of the National Basketball Association. He started with the Association in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. He became Commissioner in 1984 succeeding Larry O'Brien...
, and the New York Times best seller Raw Recruits.
Keteyian won a Women's Sports Foundation
Women's Sports Foundation
The Women's Sports Foundation "is an educational nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King." Its stated mission statement is "To advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity."...
Journalism Award for a 1993 ABC News report on the landmark Title IX battle at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. He also won 1993 and 1994 Emmy Awards in Sports Journalism and Overall Achievement for his reporting for ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
’s Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines, or also referred to as OTL, is an American television program on ESPN that looks "outside the lines" and examines critical issues in American sports on and off the field of play....
series.
CBS Sports and CBS News
Keteyian joined CBS SportsCBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
as a special-features reporter in December 1997. Keteyian has been a sideline reporter for the Network's coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship since 1998 and annually contributes reports on key NCAA issues and features on teams and players during CBS Sports' Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
broadcasts.
For the 2004
2004 NFL season
The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005...
and the 2005 NFL seasons
2005 NFL season
The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006...
he served as the sideline reporter with the NFL broadcast team of Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg
Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster. He currently provides play-by-play for telecasts of San Diego Padres baseball on 4SD, following a long career calling various sports for such networks as NBC, CBS, and ESPN...
and Dan Dierdorf
Dan Dierdorf
Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football....
after spending six years as the lead sideline reporter with Greg Gumbel
Greg Gumbel
Greg Gumbel is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network...
and Phil Simms
Phil Simms
Phillip Martin "Phil" Simms is a former American football quarterback, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League with the number...
. He also contributed reports for the NFL Pre-Game show The NFL Today
The NFL Today
The NFL Today is an American sports series that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season...
and served as a reporter for the CBS Television Network's coverage of Super Bowl XXXV
Super Bowl XXXV
Super Bowl XXXV was played on January 28, 2001 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 2000 regular season. The American Football Conference champion Baltimore Ravens defeated the National Football Conference champion New York...
in February 2001 and Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 regular season....
February 2004. He served as a reporter for CBS's coverage of the 1998 FedEx
FedEx
FedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...
Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 75th playing on January 1, 2009...
, the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
in Nagano and has been the host and co-writer of the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
(2001-05).
Keteyian served as a contributor for the Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI was an American football game that featured the American Football Conference champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League champion for the 2006 season...
in February 2007, and appeared on The NFL Today on Sunday December 23, 2007 with a one-on-one interview with New England Patriots
2006 New England Patriots season
The 2006 New England Patriots season was the 37th season for the team in the National Football League and 47th season overall. They finished with a 12–4 record and a division title before losing to the Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs....
Head Coach Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick
William Stephen "Bill" Belichick is an American football head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. After spending his first 15 seasons in the league as an assistant coach, Belichick got his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991...
.
Of Keteyian's ten Emmys, two were for CBS News, including most recently (Sept 2010) Rape in America: Justice Denied, a two-part investigation into the shocking backlog of rape kits across the country. Four were for CBS Sports
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
, including three for coverage of the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
(2000-04) and one for a Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
pre-game piece about NFL quarterbacks and their sons (2005). He also has two Sports Journalism Emmys for Real Sports - a report on the financing of the Bank One Ballpark in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
(1998) and a story on high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
basketball star Amare Stoudemire (2001).
HBO Sports
He also was a featured correspondent for HBO Sports' Real Sports with Bryant GumbelReal Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995. The show was "spawned by the fact that sports have changed dramatically, that it's no longer just fun and games, and that what happens off the field, beyond the scores, is worthy of some serious...
, from 1998-2006, for which he has twice won Emmy Awards in Sports Journalism (for a report on the financing of the Bank One Ballpark in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
(1998) and a story on high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
basketball star Amare Stoudemire (2001)), and for Inside the NFL
Inside the NFL
Inside the NFL is a weekly cable television sports show that focuses on the National Football League. It originally aired on HBO from 1977 through 2008...
. The topics on which he reported over the years include point shaving on the North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
basketball team; the lack of black quarterbacks in the NFL; the killing of show horses for insurance profit; the rise of unscrupulous player agents in college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
sports; and the risks and realities of AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
in sports.
Additionally, Keteyian co-produced and co-wrote "A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers
1968 Detroit Tigers season
The Detroit Tigers won the 1968 World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3. The 1968 baseball season, known as the "Year of the Pitcher," was the Tigers' 68th since they entered the American League in 1901, their eighth pennant, and third World Series championship...
," a 2002 documentary aired as part of HBO Sports' "Sports of the 20th Century" series.
Personal life
Keteyian lives in New Canaan, CT, with his wife, Dede, and their two daughters.External links
- Keteyian's CBS News Bio
- http://www.cbssports.com/cbssports/team/aketeyian
- http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_sports/release?id=17494
- "Primary Source" Keteyian's blog at CBS News Investigates
- Did Contractor Expose Troops To Toxin?, CBS Evening News Exclusive: American Soldiers Are Dying Of Lung Cancer - And May Have Been Knowingly Exposed, WASHINGTON, 22.Dec.08, Armen Keteyian