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词条 Robert Lee (sports announcer)
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  1. Early life

  2. Early career

  3. Sports broadcasting

  4. Name controversy

  5. Personal life

  6. References

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}}Robert Lee is an American sportscaster for ESPN.[1] Lee received a considerable amount of publicity when he was asked by ESPN to move from announcing a University of Virginia versus William and Mary football game to another college football game. This happened as a result of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville over the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee who he has the same name as.[2][3]

Early life

From 1995 to 1999, Lee attended Syracuse University. He received his B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Early career

Lee was formally the Assistant Sports Information Director for Siena College. He was the main primary television, newspaper and radio media contact for seven of Siena's athletic programs.[4] Lee was also a daily television show host for Capital OTB during 2012 Saratoga horse racing season. There he conducted interviews with trainers, jockeys and other horse professionals.

Sports broadcasting

Since 2000, Lee has been the play-by-play announcer for Siena's Men’s Basketball team on television and radio. He also hosted a weekly radio show with interviews with Siena's basketball coaches. As well as calling men's basketball for Siena's Men's Basketball team, Lee also is an announcer for Time Warner and ESPN. Lee started announcing football and basketball games for Time Warner in 2003 and for ESPN in 2016. In his time at ESPN, Lee has called games online for ESPN 3 or on national television for ESPNU. Lee has called games for conferences including the Big South, MAAC, Ohio Valley Conference, ACC, American Athletic Conference and the A-10. He has also called several FCS football playoff games.[5]

Name controversy

In August 2017, after the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally protesting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee turned violent, ESPN removed Lee from covering the September 2 football match at the University of Virginia, reassigning him to the Youngstown State versus Pittsburgh University game.[1][7] The decision was leaked to the website Outkick the Coverage,[6][7] and was ridiculed on social media.[8] ESPN released a statement saying the assignment switch came "simply because of the coincidence of his name."[9] Fox News labeled the reassignment "pathetic," and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee mocked ESPN's decision.[6]

Personal life

Lee currently lives in Albany, New York with his wife and daughter. He is also fluent in Mandarin.[10]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=de Menezes|first1=Jack|title=ESPN remove Asian-American presenter Robert Lee from Charlottesville game as name is same as Confederate general|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/espn-robert-lee-remove-presenter-charlottesville-confederate-general-racist-asian-american-name-a7907701.html|accessdate=August 23, 2017|work=The Independent|date=August 23, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/business/media/robert-lee-university-virginia-charlottesville.html?mcubz=1 |title=ESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee From Virginia Game Because of His Name |publisher=New York Times|author=Matthew Haag|date=2017-08-23 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/business/media/robert-lee-university-virginia-charlottesville.html?mcubz=1 |title=After Charlottesville, ESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee From Virginia Game |publisher=Sports Illustrated |author=Daniel Rapaport|date=2017-08-23 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Former-Siena-announcer-pulled-off-ESPN-assignment-11951303.php |title=Ex-Siena announcer pulled off ESPN assignment because of his name — Robert Lee |publisher=Times Union|author=Pete Dougherty|date=2017-08-22 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2017/08/robert-lee-espn-announcer-e-confederate-general-same-name-university-of-virginia-game-calling/ |title=Robert Lee, ESPN Announcer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |publisher=Heavy.com |date=2017-08-23 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Robert Lee: ESPN under fire for taking announcer off UVA game |url=http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/23/media/espn-robert-lee-uva-game/ |publisher=CNN |date=August 23, 2017 |first=Brian|last=Stelter}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots|url=https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/msespn-pulls-asian-announcer-named-robert-lee-off-uva-game-avoid-offending-idiots/ |work=Outkick the Coverage |last=Travis|first=Clay |date=August 22, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41022954 |publisher=BBC |date=August 23, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2017/08/23/robert-lee-espn-announcer-uva-game-pitt-youngstown-state/stories/201708230382 |title=Robert Lee, pulled off UVA game, is coming to Pittsburgh |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|first=Sean|last=Gentille|date=2017-08-23 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lee-27867447/|publisher=Linkedin.com |title=Robert Lee|date=2017-08-23 |accessdate=2017-08-23}}
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