Morris Davenport — Senior Vice President of ESPN Audio at ESPN

Mr. Morris Davenport, also known as Mo, serves as Senior Vice President of ESPN Audio at ESPN, Inc. since August, 2007. Mr. Davenport served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of ESPN Radio at ESPN, Inc. since August, 2007. Mr. Davenport responsible for all aspects of ESPN Radio content, including talk programming, event play-by-play coverage, podcasts and other online content, commentators and production, as well as distribution, ad sales and marketing initiatives for ESPN Radio's 700 affiliated stations and five owned stations. Previously, he served as a vice president, remote production, overseeing the day-to-day administration non-professional sports on ABC and ESPN. He assumed the role in March 2006. He also played a role in the launch of ESPN HD, ESPN's 24-hour high-definition television simulcast service of ESPN launched March 31, 2003. In September, 2007, he was honored by CableWorld Magazine as one of the 'Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable'. In 2003, he was #95 on Sports Illustrated's list of most powerful minorities in sports. The All-American Football Foundation named the Outstanding TV Sports Executive in 1999. In addition, he is a two-time Emmy winner for his work on animation (also ESPN's first Emmy) and for technology on the famed '1st and 10' line used in football. Mr. Davenport joined the network in February 1985 as an associate producer. He was a key force behind ESPN's critically acclaimed NCAA men's basketball tournament coverage and the extensive women's NCAA basketball tournament coverage, and began to work extensively on ESPN's college football coverage when he was promoted to producer in January 1986. In 1988, Mr. Davenport was promoted to coordinating producer, a position he held until 1996 when he became a senior coordinating producer, remote production, for ESPN and ESPN2. Prior to joining ESPN, he worked for three years as a production assistant at ABC Sports where his assignments included Major League Baseball, college football, Wide World of Sports and boxing. From 1979-81, he was an account executive at WQLR-FM in Kalamazoo, Mich. He also serves on the board of Camp Focus, a group designed to build the self-esteem, leadership, sports, academic and etiquette skills of fatherless boys between the ages of 8 and 15. He graduated from Western Michigan University, where he lettered four years in college football as a defensive back.