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 JIM HUBER
Biography
Jim Huber is an anchor and reporter for CNN/SI, the 24-hour sports news network from CNN and Sports Illustrated. In addition to his work for CNN/SI, he hosts CNN's PRO GOLF WEEKLY and SPORTING LIFE WITH JIM HUBER.
Huber came to CNN in 1984 after six years as sports anchor for WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. During that time, he also worked for CNN's sister network, TBS Superstation, as the writer of two documentaries chronicling the Atlanta Braves' pennant
stretches: "It's a Long Way to October" and "A Tale of Two Seasons," the latter winning a CableACE. Huber spent the first 10 years of his career in print journalism, first with the Miami News, where he was the Miami Dolphins beat writer, and then with
the Atlanta Journal, where he wrote features and profiles on the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Falcons.
The veteran sports reporter has won two Georgia Emmys, six Sportscaster of the Year awards from the Associated Press, five United Press International awards, a Unity Award in Media, two Sigma Delta Chi awards, a Gold award from both the New York and Hous
ton Film Festivals and two CableACEs. While co-anchoring SPORTS TONIGHT with Nick Charles, the show was awarded two CableACEs for best sports information program. He has also been nominated for a Sports Emmy, the highest award in sports journalism.
Huber attended Presbyterian College in South Carolina and is the author of "The Babes of Winter" (1975, Strode Publishing).
-CNN/Sports Illustrated-
June 1999
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