Education
Anderson graduated from Green Bay Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Anderson graduated from Green Bay Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Since Brian Kenny"s departure to the MLB Network, he mostly appears on the 6-8pm edition with Lindsay Czarniak. He also co-hosted the television series Wipeout. Anderson has a journalism degree from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.
He is active within the MU Alumni Association and can often be seen at Missouri Tigers sporting events.
Anderson was the Grand Marshal at Missouri"s 2002 homecoming football game, in which Missouri beat the University of Kansas. He was the Graduation Speaker at the School of Journalism"s December 2007 graduation ceremony.
One of the reasons Anderson decided to attend Missouri was so that he could compete as a high jumper on the track and field team As a student, Anderson worked at KOMU-television, but any work on the sports desk was voluntary.
After graduating, he spent time in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working for KTUL-television and KOTV-television, and he also worked in Phoenix at KPHO-television before joining Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. From 2008 to 2014, he and John Henson hosted Wipeout, a reality game show on American Broadcasting Company. Anderson is an avid fan of Wisconsin sports teams, especially the Milwaukee Brewers, and usually voices some measure of support for them when handling their highlights.
John Anderson was also awarded the Bill Teegins Oklahoma Sportscaster of the year award in January 2012.