Marc Fein is a sports journalist,sports news anchor, and television sports studio host, currently one of the main studio hosts for the NBA TV

NBA TV

NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...

 show, NBA Gametime Live

NBA Gametime Live

NBA Gametime Live is a television program, that is the flagship program of NBA TV. The show began airing on October 30th, 2008.-Background:...

. He is also the host of its show, The Beat, and has been the substitute host for Ernie Johnson on the NBA on TNT. *

Broadcasting career

Prior to his present work at NBA TV, Fein was at one time the exclusive studio host for and NASCAR on TNT

NASCAR on TNT

NASCAR on TNT is the tagname for any NASCAR series race that has been broadcast on Turner Network Television by Turner Sports.-Prior to 2001:...

 Live!. He formerly hosted TBS College Football and TBS Baseball

Braves TBS Baseball

Braves TBS Baseball or Braves Baseball on TBS is a Major League Baseball broadcast on the TBS cable network by Turner Sports, featuring Atlanta Braves regular season games...

. He hosted Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

 broadcasts on Turner South

Turner South

Turner South was an American cable television network launched on October 1, 1999 by Turner Broadcasting System as the first regional entertainment network developed especially for viewers in the southern United States...

 before the station was sold to NewsCorp.

Prior to joining Turner Sports, Fein worked as a sports anchor, host and reporter for KDFW-TV in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

. He also hosted a pre-game show for the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...

 and Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

. Before joining KDFW

KDFW

KDFW, virtual channel 4 , is the Fox owned-and-operated television station in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex designated market area....

, Fein worked at CNN

CNN

Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

 and CNNSI; and contributed a weekly column for CNNSI.com.
In 2009, he filled in for Chip Caray on selected Braves

2009 Atlanta Braves season

The 2009 Atlanta Braves Season features the Braves' attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. The Braves are once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 24th season managing the team...

 games on Peachtree TV.
In 2011, he moved back to Dallas and is one of the current news anchors at KXAS.

Education

Fein, who was raised in South Florida, was in the class of 1986 at Ransom Everglades School and is a 1991 graduate of the University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

, where he holds a Bachelors Degree in Communications.

External links

• Marc Fein Biography, TBS.com