Michael Jenkins (sportscaster)

Michael Jenkins (sportscaster)

Michael Jenkins (born December 7, 1973 in Arlington, Texas) is an sportscaster for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Bethesda, Maryland. He is the primary anchor for the network's Geico SportsNet Central 1:00AM news show and also covers local feature stories.

Biography

Jenkins spent most of his childhood years in Breckenridge, Texas. He graduated from Breckenridge High School where he served as class president and was voted "Best All-Around" his senior year. His first broadcasting job came as an 8th grader when he was hired to host a Sunday morning gospel show on a local AM radio station. He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.

After graduating, Jenkins moved to Denison, Texas, to work as an anchor/reporter for KTEN-TV. He later moved to Boise, Idaho and worked as a reporter for KTVB-TV.

Jenkins returned to Austin, Texas, as an anchor/reporter for KVUE-TV in 1998 and worked as a journalism professor for four years at Austin Community College. He also served as a voice for the Texas Lottery and hosted a local talent show called "Gimme the Mike". While working at KVUE-TV, Jenkins was a four-time recipient of the RTNDA/Edward R. Murrow Award for both sports and news reporting. He also won a national award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for his story about real-life cowboys.

In 2004, Jenkins moved to Washington, D.C. to join CSN Washington as an anchor/reporter and has since won two Capital Region Emmy Awards, one for Best Sports Reporter and one for Best Sports Anchor.

Jenkins works with Relay for Life and the Children's Inn at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland and is a cancer survivor himself, having been diagnosed with a Wilms' tumor in 1981. He also has a Facebook fan club.

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