LIAM  CANNY                  Address: TASIS, Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, Surrey, TW20 8TE Contact: 07813 875835 E-mail: lcanny@tasisengland.org

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FIBA World Cup 2014 Sept 2014 * Courtside commentator for live worldwide coverage the basketball World Cup in Spain

for FIBA.TV, ESPN and other networks. Madrid, Spain

FIBA Afrobasket and Eurobasket 2013 Summer 2013 * Courtside commentator for live worldwide coverage of this summer’s events in the Ivory Coast and Slovenia respectively for FIBA.TV, BT Sport, ESPN and other networks.

Euroleague Basketball London, UK

2010 - Present * Commentator for weekly Euroleague basketball games from Perform Media Studios * Coverage provided for Euroleague.TV, with highlights disseminated all over Europe

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2012 Caracas, VZ July 2012 * Live courtside commentator for worldwide coverage of the London 2012 qualifying games * Called games between senior men’s national teams including many NBA players * Conducted post-game interviews of players and coaches including David Blatt, Russian national team and tournament winning coach

FIBA Eurobasket 2011 – The European Championships of Basketball Sept. 2011 * Live courtside commentator for preliminary round coverage Lithuania * Called games between senior men’s national teams including many NBA players

* Networks covering games included FIBA TV.com, ESPN3 and ESPN America * Participated in all aspects of the tournament to include post-game media sessions * Extensively researched the backgrounds of players, pronunciation of names and histories of teams

FIBA Afrobasket 2011 – The African Championships of Basketball

August 2011 * Live courtside commentator for coverage of 40 games over 11 days in Antananarivo Madagascar * Games broadcast on English language networks across Africa and FIBA Africa TV.com

* Conducted pre and post-game interviews of players and coaches * Collaborated with TV production crew to enhance coverage of the tournament * Preparation for the tournament included detailed research and telephone interviews

FIBA U19 World Championships 2011 Riga, Latvia July 2011 * Live courtside commentator for worldwide coverage of the quarters, semis and finals * Worked closely with the TV producer to choose plays for highlights reel

FIBA World Cup of Basketball 2010 Izmir, Turkey Sept. 2010 * Courtside broadcaster for live preliminary round coverage on 15 games between the

men’s national teams from Lithuania, Spain, France, Canada, New Zealand and Lebanon * Networks covering games included ESPN3, NBA TV, Sky Sports New Zealand and TSN2 Canada among other English language networks worldwide * Guest producer on ESPN’s Daily Dime Live during knock-out round of the tourney * Recognised with Gary Kubiak Award by Slate Magazine podcast ‘Hang Up and Listen’

for the week of 7 September 2010 * Recognised as ‘The Star of the FIBA World Championships’ by Zach Harper of ESPN’s show the Daily Dime Live

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SOUND CLIPS: FIBA World Cup 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gYO-MuN0EU&feature=youtu.be FIBA World Championships 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcz4O9uXME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_yFL9n_EM

Euroleague 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55x7tCL5Q3c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu5qUMyW6m4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0htScIY7A

PUBLICATIONS: September 2014 ‘Price of Success’ * Eurobasket 2014 Official Website http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/coid_iFNQUtQqIL-XiLNRZ6xli2.articleMode_on.html 4 April 2013 ‘Basketball comes to Blighty’ * Euroleague Basketball Official Website

http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/london-2013/main-page/i/111617/7980/letter-from-london-basketball-comes-to-blighty

December 2012 ‘A Golden Opportunity’ * Global Sports Quarterly http://speakmagazines.com/a-golden-opportunity/ 17 September 2010 ‘Basketball in England’ – True Hoop Guest Blog Entry http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/19862/liam-canny-on-basketball-in-england 6 August 2009 ‘Gody’s Decision to Court the NBA was Ill-fated’ * South Bend Tribune Winter 2008 ‘Recalling Lockerbie’ * Notre Dame Magazine http://magazine.nd.edu/news/11227-all-aboard-flight-103/ 30 December 2008 ‘A Eulogy for High School Basketball’ * Nashua Telegraph EDUCATION:      

Cambridge University Cambridge, UK Master of Philosophy (Distinction) Major: International Relations

The Queen’s University of Belfast Belfast, NI

Master of Arts (Distinction) Major: Modern Irish History United States Coast Guard Officer Candidate School Yorktown, VA

Leadership training program to become a commissioned officer The University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN

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Bachelor of Arts, (Honours) Major: Philosophy/Business Administration INTERESTS: Euroleague, NBA, NCAA and FIBA Basketball, English Soccer