Joe Amorosino is 7NEWS Sports Director. As such, he is responsible for anchoring weeknight sportscasts for 7NEWS (M-Th, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 11 p.m.) and for 7NEWS at 10 p.m. on CW56. He also hosts the weekly sports show "Sports Xtra" (Sun., 11:25 p.m.,) and also manages the 7NEWS sports department.

Joe is an Emmy award-winning sports reporter, who's covered all three Patriots Super Bowl wins (2002, 2004, 2005,) both of the Red Sox recent World Series wins (2004, 2007,) and the Celtics most recent NBA Championship win (2008). His 2003 interview with Bruins bruiser, P.J. Stock received national attention when what was supposed to be an instructional story on fighting in the NHL resulted in an unplanned brawl between Amorosino and Stock.

Joe joined 7NEWS in March 1998 as a Sports Reporter and was named weekend Sports Anchor three years later in March 2001. He came to 7NEWS from WPRI-TV in Providence, R.I., where he was weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter. Before that, he was Sports Director/Anchor for Cape 11 News in Yarmouth, MA.

Joe is a 1992 graduate of Boston University, and is the recipient of the prestigious "Young Alumni Council Award" for 2000. He is a 1988 graduate of Don Bosco High School in Boston. He currently lives in the Boston area.

Profile

What are you listening to right now?
Nirvana
Rage Against the Machine
Beastie Boys

What's on your DVR?
Entourage
Flight of the Conchords

What are your favorite films?
True Romance
Fight Club
Boondock Saints

What are your favorite books?
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
What is the What by Dave Eggers
The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan

If you could interview anyone in history, who would it be?
Lt. Michael Schall, an American Patriot who fought in the Revolutionary War and crossed the Delaware River with Gen. George Washington on Christmas Eve 1776. He's my German ancestor and we share a direct blood line.

What are your favorite cities in the world?
Boston
Florence
Sorrento
Chinchon

What are your favorite foods?
Sushi
Seafood

What is always in your refrigerator you cannot live without?
Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice

What is one thing you still dream to do?
Meet Courtney Love

What is one thing about you most people would be surprised by?
I played Tony the Tiger in a 1987 Kellogg's commercial.