Stan Verrett is an anchor on the ESPN

ESPN

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 and ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS

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 networks in the United States

United States

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. Most of Verrett's appearances are on SportsCenter

SportsCenter

SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...

at 11 p.m or 1 a.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday. He has also hosted studio segments on ESPN's college basketball

College basketball

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 and college football telecasts, and has appeared as a sideline reporter, working ArenaBowl XXII

ArenaBowl XXII

ArenaBowl XXII was played on July 27, 2008 at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana . It was the 22nd and final championship game in the history of the original Arena Football League. This was the fourth neutral site ArenaBowl in AFL history and the second ArenaBowl in the state of Louisiana...

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Biography

He was also known as "Stan The Man", a radio DJ on WOWI

WOWI

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 103 Jamz in the Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads

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, VA area. While in the area, Verrett was a sports anchor on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate WVEC-TV 13 and also had a stint on local NBC

NBC

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 affiliate WAVY-TV 10.

Verrett was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana

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. His boyhood home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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He attended St. Augustine High School

St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)

St. Augustine High School or "St. Aug" is an all-boys parochial high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1951 and covers grades 6 through 12 .-History:...

 and Howard University

Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

Verrett is a member of Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...

 fraternity.

In April 2009, Verrett began working from ESPN's new L.A. Live studios, anchoring the 10:00 p.m. PST SportsCenter along with Neil Everett

Neil Everett

Neil Everett Morfitt, known professionally as Neil Everett, is a sportscaster for the ESPN cable network. He is co-anchor of the West Coast edition of SportsCenter.-Biography:...

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