Neil Everett

Neil Everett is a sportscaster for ESPN and he is best known for being the co-anchor of the West Coast edition of SportsCenter with Stan Verrett. Everett attended college at Willamette University and then transferred to the University of Oregon. Everett started broadcasting at KCST-FM in Florence on the central Oregon Coast. He soon left the media field and moved to Hawaii, where he worked as an athletic administrator at Hawaii Pacific University for 15 years. He returned to broadcasting as a sports director and reporter for KGMB, Honolulu’s CBS affiliate. Everett interviewed with ESPN in 2000, on the recommendation of a friend and the network hired him as a sports anchor. In March 2009, he moved to California to anchor the late-night Los Angeles edition of SportsCenter. During his time with SportsCenter, Everett has added Hawaiian surfing sayings and other state references to the show’s repertoire of catchphrases. He closes each show’s introductory by shouting “Right now!”