Damon Amendolara

{{Short description|American sports radio host (born 1979)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|06|21}}

| birth_place = Warwick, New York

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| alma_mater = Syracuse University

| show = The D.A. Show With Babchik

| station = Mad Dog Sports Radio

| timeslot = 6–9 am (ET)

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| style = Sports radio

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| website = {{URL|https://www.damonamendolara.com/}}

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Damon Lawrence Amendolara (born June 21, 1979) is the morning host (6–9 am ET) for Mad Dog Sports Radio on Sirius XM.

He was previously the morning host for CBS Sports Radio Network,{{Cite web|url=http://sportsmedianews.com/damon-amendolara-to-host-weekday-overnight-show-on-cbs-sports-radio/|title=Damon Amendolara to Host Weekday Overnight Show on CBS Sports Radio|date=16 November 2012}} heard across North America. He was promoted to that time slot in March 2017.{{cite web|last1=Fang|first1=Ken|title=CBS Sports Radio announces new weekday lineup in the wake of Doug Gottlieb's departure|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/cbs-sports-radio-announces-new-weekday-lineup-wake-doug-gottliebs-departure.html|publisher=Awful Announcing|accessdate=14 March 2018|date=March 20, 2017}} He previously worked as the evening host for WBZ-FM in Boston. He also acted as the sideline reporter for Major League Soccer telecast of the New England Revolution. He is a contributor to the NFL Network, MLB Network,{{cite web|title=Latest on Stanton trade rumors|url=https://www.mlb.com/video/latest-on-stanton-trade-rumors/c-1868564883?tid=6479266|website=MLB.com|accessdate=November 29, 2017}} NFL Films, SportsNet New York and WFAN radio in New York. The new CBS Sports Radio Network launched on January 2, 2013, with Amendolara as the overnight host, and is syndicated across CBS Sports Radio over 150 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2869712&spid=24698 |title=Radio Ink Magazine |access-date=2015-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106085415/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2869712&spid=24698 |archive-date=2015-01-06 |url-status=dead}}

D.A. was named the 9th best national sports radio show{{Cite web|url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2019/01/31/the-bsm-top-20-national-sports-radio-shows-of-2018/|title=The BSM Top 20 National Sports Radio Shows of 2018|date=2019-01-31|website=Barrett Sports Media|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-25}} in 2018, the 13th best national sports radio show in 2017{{cite web|last1=Barrett|first1=Jason|title=The Top 20 National Sports Radio Shows of 2017 Are…|url=http://sportsradiopd.com/2018/02/the-top-20-national-sports-radio-shows-of-2017-are/|website=Barrett Sports Media|accessdate=14 March 2018|date=February 1, 2018}} and the 17th best in 2016,{{cite web|last1=Barrett|first1=Jason|title=The Top 20 National Sports Radio Shows of 2016 Are…|url=http://sportsradiopd.com/2017/02/the-top-20-national-sports-radio-shows-of-2016-are/|website=Barrett Sports Media|accessdate=14 March 2018|date=February 2, 2017}} according to Barrett Sports Media. On October 5, 2018, the Boise, Idaho City Council declared "Damon Amendolara Day,"{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/opinion/columnists/scott-slant/boise-state-football-it-wasnt-supposed-to-be-this-way/277-601974929|title=Boise State football: It wasn't supposed to be this way|publisher=KTVB|date=8 October 2018|access-date=2019-11-25}} based on the popularity of the show on affiliate KTIK and part of a three-day show celebration.{{Citation|title=Running Boise's Blue Turf, Hiking Table Rock, City Council "Damon Amendolara Day"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkBpQyfSRCc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/gkBpQyfSRCc |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}{{cbignore}} He was part of Comcast's{{cite web | url=http://thedashow.com/2012/09/d-a-joins-comcast-sportsnet-new-england-patriots-studio-team/ |title=HOME}} Pre Game Live and Post Game Live, alongside Mike Felger, Ty Law and Troy Brown. He was also a guest host for Sports Tonight on CSNNE, and a regular panelist shows like Sports Sunday, and The Baseball Show. Amendolara was hired for the launch of the Sports Hub in Boston in August 2009 as the evening host, 6–11 pm.

Before Boston, Amendolara hosted nights in Miami on Sportsradio 560 WQAM starting in '08. On Friday, August 7, 2009, The Miami Herald announced that Amendolara was leaving Miami to host a show on a new FM sports station in Boston, which later was revealed as WBZ-FM.

From 2003 to 2008, D.A. worked in Kansas City at 610 Sports, hosting the morning drive show. He was hired as the evening anchor for KCSP at the launch of the station in September 2003. In August 2004, Amendolara became the host of the morning show at 610 Sports. There he also anchored the station's Chiefs programming, including the Chiefs players shows. On Monday, December 17, 2007, The Kansas City Star reported that D.A. had left 610 Sports.

From 2001 to 2003, he worked at the ESPN Radio affiliate in Fort Myers, FL where he hosted The D.A. Show, and was the play-by-play announcer for the Fort Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins minor league team). Also while at ESPN, he hosted the SportsCenter updates in the afternoon, and hosted the pregame/postgame shows for the Florida Firecats of the Arena Football League.