Jim Huber is the Emmy-award-winning essayist and commentator for Turner Sports -- TNT and TBS -- covering Wimbledon, NASCAR, the NBA, golf tournaments, and figure-skating competitions. Huber was with CNN for sixteen years, during which time he won a national Emmy, two Cable ACE awards, and an Edward R. Murrow award. He has been in the media through newspapers, radio, and television since 1964.
Huber came to CNN in 1984 after six years as sports anchor for WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. During that time, he also worked for CNN's sister network, TBS Superstation, as the writer of two documentaries chronicling the Atlanta Braves' pennant stretches: "It's a Long Way to October" and "A Tale of Two Seasons," the latter winning a CableACE. Huber spent the first 10 years of his career in print journalism, first with the Miami News, where he was the Miami Dolphins beat writer, and then with the Atlanta Journal, where he wrote features and profiles on the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Falcons.
The veteran sports reporter has won two Georgia Emmys, six Sportscaster of the Year awards from the Associated Press, five United Press International awards, a Unity Award in Media, two Sigma Delta Chi awards, a Gold award from both the New York and Houston Film Festivals and two CableACEs. While co-anchoring SPORTS TONIGHT with Nick Charles, the show was awarded two CableACEs for best sports information program. He has also been nominated for a Sports Emmy, the highest award in sports journalism.
In 2001, Huber authored the highly acclaimed, A Thousand Goodbyes, a memoir on the death of his father.
Huber attended Presbyterian College in South Carolina. He and his wife, Carol, have been married for thirty-five years and have one son, Matthew.
Won a national Emmy, two Cable ACE awards, and an Edward R. Murrow award.
