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'''Derrin Horton''' is an [[United States of America|American]] [[sportscaster]] based in [[Los Angeles, California]].  He was a sports anchor for [[KTLA]]. Horton has also been a play-by-play announcer and anchor for [[ESPN]] and [[Fox Sports Net]]. He is also a network and TV affiliate voiceover actor.

==Early life and education==
Horton was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], but grew up in [[Queens, New York]].<ref name="KTLA"/> He graduated from the [[Holy Cross High School (Queens)|Holy Cross High School]] in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing, New York]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://holycrosshs.org/about/notable-alumni/ |website=Holy Cross High School |date=24 February 2017 |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

Horton attended [[S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications]] at [[Syracuse University]] and graduated in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pfisterer |first1=Dominick |title='93 Hanson, '91 Horton and '97 Siciliano Talk Future of Sports Journalism |url=https://newhousesports.syr.edu/articles/93-hanson-91-horton-and-97-siciliano-talk-future-of-sports-journalism/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=[[Newhouse Sports Media Center]] |date=February 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> At Syracuse, he worked at the student-run [[WAER]] station & [[Citrus TV]], calling [[Syracuse Orange]] sports.<ref name="KTLA"/>

==Career==
Horton became a sportscaster for [[KCAL-TV]] in Los Angeles in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-tvcol29dec29,1,5318711.column?coll=la-headlines-sports |title = Fox's Long intrigued by Sugar Bowl side stories |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Sportscaster Derrin Horton Joins the Effort to Support Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's in the Los Angeles Basin |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sportscaster-derrin-horton-joins-the-effort-to-support-clinical-trials-for-alzheimers-in-the-los-angeles-basin-300347161.html |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=[[PRnewswire]] |date=October 19, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> This was before the [[CBS Corporation]] duopoly started and KCAL and [[KCBS-TV|KCBS]] consolidated their on-air and production teams.

He joined [[NFL Network]] at the start of the 2004 NFL season where he currently serves as an anchor, reporter and host. Horton provides in-depth interviews, post-game reports, and sideline reports for the Network. He also serves as the host and narrator for the Network's documentary series ''[[NFL Top 10]]''.

Horton was also on an episode of [[Spike TV]]'s Pros VS. Joes, in which he lost in overtime to [[Sal Masekela]].<ref name="KTLA">{{cite web |title=KTLA profile: Derrin Horton |url=https://ktla.com/author/derrin-horton/ |publisher=[[KTLA]] |access-date=28 October 2022 |date=4 January 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://ktla.com/author/derrin-horton/ KTLA Profile]

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