VINCE CELLINI

Biography

    Vince Cellini, an 18-year veteran of sports television, is an anchor for CNN/Sports Illustrated. He, alongside Fred Hickman, co-anchors Sports Tonight Monday through Friday from 11-11:30 p.m. (ET) on CNN. He assumed this position after hosting CNN's NFL Preview and This Week in the NBA. Cellini joined CNN Sports in 1989.

    Cellini hosted TNT's NFL studio shows from 1995 to 1997, which included TNT's Pro Football Today and an hour-long post game show. Also during that time period, he hosted TBS' Wednesday night NBA games and the Inside the NBA post-game show. In 1996 and 1997, he hosted all Inside the NBA shows following games on TBS and TNT, where he was often joined by former and current NBA coaches and players. In 1994 and 1995, Cellini hosted Calling All Sports, CNN's first-ever interactive sports 'call-in' show where he interviewed both athletes and viewers.

    Cellini earned a CableAce award as a contributor to CNN Sports Tonight in 1996. He was a CableAce nominee for 'Best Sports Host' in 1995 and 1997.

    Before joining CNN, Cellini worked as a sports anchor and reporter at WJW-TV in Cleveland from 1982 to 1989, where he was a three-time regional Emmy nominee for sports reporting. He was also a talk show host for WWWE Radio in Cleveland. Cellini was voted one of Cleveland's most watched media members in 1987.     Born in Cleveland, Cellini received a bachelor's degree in communications from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, in 1981. While there, he set three receiving records as a football tight end, including most touchdowns receiving, for season and career, and yards per catch in a season.