Howie Schwab

Howard "Howie" Schwab, (born 1960)[1] "The Sultan of Sports Trivia", is best known as the sports trivia expert and final adversary on ESPN's Stump the Schwab show.[2]

Biography

Schwab is a native Long Islander, born and raised in Baldwin, New York.[1] A 1982 graduate of St. John's University, Schwab served as the editor-in-chief of College & Pro Football News Weekly in the mid-1980s before joining ESPN in 1987.[3] By 1995, he was the coordinating producer for the network's website, ESPN.com. Beginning in 1998, Schwab served as a coordinating producer for ESPN studio production, which entailed duties on programs including SportsCenter and Outside the Lines. Schwab also served as the resident Couch Potato on ESPN's First Take, on which he discussed the top sports television programming each weekend, evaluating the TV lineups of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on a 1–5 bags of chips rating system. Schwab also appeared with Merril Hoge and Matthew Berry on ESPNEWS' Sunday Fantasy Insider.

As part of cost-cutting efforts, Schwab was released from ESPN in June 2013.[4] In 2014, Schwab joined Sports Jeopardy! as a consultant and writer.[5]

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gollark: I have tried adding another task to start the MPD one if it stops somehow, but that somehow did nothing. I have tried vast quantities of `try`/`catch`es. I've tried turning on various async debugging options, removing the websocket interface, etc. Nothing works and I have no idea why.
gollark: AIOHTTP is fine, it's just that somehow all my interacting things will cause it to break for no apparent reason.
gollark: It used to use gevent, but I had issues, so it's on AIOHTTP now, but also stuff breaks unfathomably.

References
  1. "Chat with Howie Schwab". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. Siegel, Lee (2007-06-25). Not remotely controlled: notes on television. Basic Books. pp. 283–. ISBN 978-0-465-07810-3. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. Jones, Tom (2007-03-28). "He really is a know-it-all". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  4. "ESPN Cancels "Highlight Express" And "Unite," While Schwab, Hoenig Among Layoffs". Street & Smith's Sports Business Daily. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Howie Schwab joining Dan Patrick's Sports Jeopardy". 16 July 2014.


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