Mike Hall (sportscaster)
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Michael James Hall (born February 1982 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American sports broadcaster who is the top on-air personality at ESPN's newest network, ESPNU, a network devoted to college sports. The network launched on March 4, 2005, a startup date ESPN cleverly tagged, "03/04/05". At ESPNU, Hall anchors pregame, halftime, and postgame shows, in addition to season previews.
Hall is perhaps best known for being the winner of the first season of ESPN's reality television show Dream Job. For his efforts, Hall won a one-year contract to be an anchor on ESPN's popular sports news program SportsCenter, and a new Mazda3. On the night that he won, March 28, 2004, Hall also took a sports quiz to raise his salary. His salary started at $70,000. He then answered 5 trivia questions, each correct answer worth $5,000, to bump his first-year salary to $95,000.
On May 15, 2004, Hall graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia. At 1 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on July 20, 2004, Hall began his stint as an official SportsCenter anchor alongside Linda Cohn, having already done some work for ESPNews.
Hall is a former Ultimate competitor. While at Missouri-Columbia, Hall was in an improvisational comedy group called "Comedy Wars." He says that if he hadn't won, he might have looked into becoming an actor. On April 27, 2005, Hall returned to take part in "Comedy Wars" in a guest performance.
Hall should not be confused with Mike Hill, an ESPN soccer broadcaster.
