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Mychael Urban

American baseball writer

Mychael Urban was a San Francisco native and longtime Bay Area sportswriter, radio and TV personality. Known best for his multimedia coverage and analysis of the San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's and Major League Baseball, he also covered the NBA's Golden State Warriors, the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and the NHL's San Jose Sharks.

Among other varied assignments, he was contracted to work five Olympic Games for NBC, contributed to ESPN and its magazine, and authored a best-seller.

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Biography

Education

Mychael was a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where he majored in Communications with a Journalism emphasis and was a left-handed pitcher for the Dons’ NCAA Division I baseball team, earning a spot on the All-West Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete list of honors.

Immediately after graduating from Woodside High School —- where he played four sports, was a first-team All-County selection in baseball and basketball, and earned All-Bay Area honors in the latter —- he accepted an offer to attend and play baseball at USF.

The following year he transferred to Cañada College in Redwood City, where he played basketball and baseball for the Colts and became the first athlete in school history — and remains the only athlete — to win a Central Coast Conference championship in two sports. He then returned to USF, where he was the sports editor of the school newspaper, was a color analyst for USF basketball radio broadcasts, and hosted a late-night program on KUSF-FM while earning his degree and playing baseball for two more years.

Media

After working as a writer, editor and photographer for a variety of newspapers for eight years after graduating from USF, Urban moved his career online with Quokka Sports in San Francisco, helping to develop and populate in advance of the Sydney (Summer) Games, during which he served as the co-managing editor of a team of more than on two continents.

He then served as senior writer/editor for , the official website of the NCAA basketball tournament, as well as NBC's Four days after Quokka disbanded, he was hired by and covered the Oakland A's as a traveling beat writer for two seasons before being promoted to National Writer.

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In October he left to become the first "MLB Insider" for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (now NBC Sports Bay Area), providing online coverage of both Bay Area baseball teams in addition to serving as an in-studio analyst and on-site reporter for pre- and post-game telecasts. He also hosted the network's weekly offseason "Hot Stove Show.” He currently provides content for startups and

Radio

Mychael has been a fixture on local Bay Area radio since , first with KNBR and then The Game.

He hosted KNBR's weekend edition of "SportsPhone " before and after every San Francisco Giants broadcast from thru In , Urban was replaced full-time by Marty Lurie, who was hired part-time in , in part because Urban's work writing and TV work for CSNBA prevented him from hosting his pre- and post-game radio shows during the Giants’ postseason run, which culminated in the team's first World Series title since moving to the West Coast from New York for the start of the season.

KNBR brought Urban back after the All-Star break, but he left for more regular air time at The Game shortly thereafter. While at The Game, he frequently co-hosted “The Wheelhouse" with John Lund, who now works for KNBR, and was a regular part-time host and co-host, filling in when needed in every time slot. Urban also hosted "Inside the Bigs" every weekend during the baseball season from to

"Aces" Book

Mychael was the author of the book "Aces: The Last Season on the Mound with the Oakland A's Big Three: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito.” It was published and released by Wiley & Sons in March and made the San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller list.

Personal

Urban spent the summer of as the pitching coach for the Slovakian National Baseball Team, which finished fifth at the European Championships in Hull, England.

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The team had never before finished higher than 13th in a major international competition, and under Urban's leadership, Slovakia's pitching staff had the lowest team ERA in the tournament. Urban also has coached at the high school and youth levels, and from to provided pitching lessons for children ages 6– Mychael was born in San Francisco, grew up in Redwood City, and later lived in Houston.

In October , he left full-time media to work for Generations Healthcare, for whom he was a licensed Nursing Home Administrator, running Skilled Nursing facilities in Daly City and San Jose. In August he left the healthcare industry in an effort to return to full-time media work.[1]

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