Education
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University.
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, NFL Films and WFAN radio in New New York
The new Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Radio Network launched on January 2, 2013 with Amendolara as the overnight host, and is syndicated across Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Radio over 150 radio stations in the United States. and Canada.
"Doctorate.A." was also part of Comcast"s, Pre Game Live and Post Game Live, alongside Mike Felger, Ty Law and Troy Brown. He also is a guest host for Sports Tonight on CSNNE, and was 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, 6p-11p. 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 2003-2008, Doctorate.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 Doctorate.A. had left 610 Sports.
From 2001-2003, he worked at the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida where he hosted The Doctorate.A. Show, and was the play-by-play announcer for the Fort Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins minor league team). Also while at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, he hosted the SportsCenter updates in the afternoon, and hosted the pregame/postgame shows for the Florida Firecats of the Arena Football League.
Doctorate.A. has devoted much of the show to raising money for local charities with a focus on children, with "The Doctorate.A. Show Cares." He has coached and helped sponsor the Spartans, a youth soccer team in the Miramar (Florida) Police Athletic League (whose last-place finish became a popular and humorous topic on the show). The effort has reached out to organizations such as The Boys & Girls Club of Kansas City, The Bridge Home, Children"s Mercy Hospital and The KCMO Little League.
He has raised close to $10,000 since starting it in 2006.
He is an honorary board member for the Room to Dream Foundation in Boston. Born in Warwick, New York to an Italian and Slovak family, Amendolara graduated from Syracuse University in 2001 with a degree in broadcast journalism from the South. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.