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He formerly wrote for The Daily Show on Comedy Central^[2]^[3] and Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons on HBO. Free won an Emmy Award for his work on the Daily Show in 2015. He is a former college basketball player.^[4]

Early life

Free grew up with his mother and grandmother in Compton, California.^[1] He attended Dominguez High School, where he played basketball. In 2002, the Los Angeles Times called him the "team's best player".^[5] He chose to remain local and decided to play college basketball for the Long Beach State 49ers. Their program was struggling, and Free liked his chances of earning a starting role. Injuries sapped his dream of playing professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he had no interest in playing overseas.^[1] While he was out injured with a torn meniscus in his right knee that required surgery, he entertained the team with his humor, which was a prelude to his career in comedy.^[6] While in college, Free took a Comedy Writing class and performed at Laugh Factory in Hollywood and The Ice House Club in Pasadena, California.^[2]^[7]

Professional career

Free began writing for The Daily Show in October 2012.^[2] After coming in second place in a contest to win a position working for the show, he was invited by Executive Producer Rory Albanese to tour the show's set, which Free treated as a consolation prize.^[8] During his visit, he was surprised backstage when Jon Stewart offered him a full-time writing job.^[2] Free won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series on The Daily Show in 2015 after being nominated in the two years prior.^[9]^[10] He has also had recurring roles on the shows Tosh.0 and Chelsea Lately.^[2] In 2016, Free wrote on the HBO show Any Given Wednesday. In 2017, Free was hired as a writer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. In November 2018, he publicly apologized for old tweets that had been criticized as offensive, in particular anti-semitic.^[11]^[12]

Personal life

In 2011, Free came out as bisexual, one of the few Division I college basketball players who have come out.^[2]^[13]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3579257/|title=IMDb: Travon Free|website=IMDb}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite news|last=ZumMallen|first=Ryan|title=Former 49er Free Charging The Comedy Game|date=March 14, 2013|work=Gazettes.com|url=http://www.gazettes.com/sports/lbsu/feature-former-er-free-charging-the-comedy-game/article_0cf1a8be-8d42-11e2-a38e-001a4bcf887a.html|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MO0OYWr6|archivedate=January 4, 2014|deadurl=no}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=About Travon Free|work=ComedyCentral.com|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/travon-free|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MO0YN6lx|archivedate=January 4, 2014|deadurl=no}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://thinkprogress.org/former-cal-state-long-beach-center-travon-free-on-coming-out-in-college-sports-ef4bf8492cd9/|title=Former Cal State — Long Beach Center Travon Free On Coming Out In College Sports|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{cite news|last=Bolch|first=Ben|title=Otis Says Return 'Unbelievable'|date=December 12, 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/12/sports/sp-otis12|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MO2bd7GF|archivedate=January 4, 2014|deadurl=no}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Marcia C.|title=Laughs are as big as the comedian|date=July 18, 2006|newspaper=Orange County Register|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/free-115392-night-comedy.html|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MO1b1dL2|archivedate=January 4, 2014|deadurl=no}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Lee|title=At Long Beach State, It’s Players, Not Games, That Get Away|date=March 14, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/sports/ncaabasketball/14long.html?fta=y&_r=0|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MUc8QoFE|archivedate=January 9, 2014|deadurl=no}}
8. ^¹²³{{cite news|last=Guardabascio|first=Mike|title=Travon Free goes from Compton to Long Beach State to the Daily Show|date=July 6, 2015|newspaper=Long Beach Press-Telegram|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150704/travon-free-goes-from-compton-to-long-beach-state-to-the-daily-show|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6dSfHdNPM|archivedate=December 1, 2015|deadurl=no}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Colurso|first=Mary|title=Emmy Awards 2015: See photos, full list of winners including Jon Hamm, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage|date=September 20, 2015|website=AL.com|url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/09/emmy_awards_2015_live_updates.html|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6dSfBXvct|archivedate=December 1, 2015|deadurl=no}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Travon Free|website=Emmys.com|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/travon-free|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6dSfHdNPM|archivedate=December 1, 2015|deadurl=no}}
11. ^https://www.thewrap.com/comedian-and-camping-producer-travon-free-apologizes-for-old-offensive-jokes-on-twitter-feed/
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/travon-free-hbos-camping-producer-apologizes-for-a/|title=Camping producer|website= Washington Times}}
13. ^{{cite news|last=Zeigler|first=Cyd|title=Former Long Beach State baller is bisexual|date=January 25, 2011|work=OutSports.com|url=http://www.outsports.com/2011/1/25/4050856/former-long-beach-state-baller-is-bisexual|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6MO4USJVB|archivedate=January 4, 2013|deadurl=no}}