Neil Hartman

{{Short description|American sports television personality}}

Neil Hartman is the Director for the Center for Sports Communication and Social Impact at Rowan University and CEO and Executive Producer for Talow Media Group. He also is the director of Play By Play Camps. He was previously a longtime sports personality and was the primetime anchor for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia since its inception in 1997.{{Cite news |date=2020-08-09 |title=The rise and demise of Comcast SportsNet as told by those who worked there and loved it best |language=en |url=https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2020/08/the-rise-and-demise-of-comcast-sportsnet-as-told-by-those-who-worked-there-and-loved-it-best.html |access-date=2021-10-13}} On April 28, 2016, Hartman announced he was leaving Comcast SportsNet. Hartman's career spans over 35 years. Before joining CSN, Hartman was sports anchor and reporter for KYW-TV as well as WPHL-TV.

Hartman is best known for instigating Allen Iverson's famous "Practice" rant in May 2002{{Cite news |last=Hofmann |first=Rich |title='We talking about practice, man!': An oral history of Allen Iverson's epic rant |language=en |url=https://theathletic.com/1793096/2020/05/06/we-talking-about-practice-man-an-oral-history-of-allen-iverson-epic-rant/ |access-date=2021-10-13}}{{Cite news |last=Devlin |first=Pat |title=18 Years Later: The Chaos Behind the Scenes of Allen Iverson's 'Practice' News Conference |language=en-US |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/sixers/18-years-later-the-chaos-behind-the-scenes-of-allen-iversons-practice-news-conference/2387979/ |access-date=2021-10-13}}