Sports talk’s Zarzour to speak at Raleigh Sports Club

Taylor Zarzour.
Taylor Zarzour.
Taylor Zarzour, host for the nationally broadcast “Bleacher Report” on Sirius XM Radio, will be the keynote speaker at the Raleigh Sports Club Wednesday, Oct. 22 at Bradley Hall in Highland United Methodist Church at 1901 Ridge Road.

Buffet lines open at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting is from noon until 1 p.m. Attendance fee for members is $15 while guest fee is $25.

Zarzour started as a sports reporter for WEAR TV in Pensacola, Fla., in 2000-01. From there he went on to host the Morning Show for Sports Radio 560 in Nashville, Tenn., for a year, before returning home to Mobile where he served as the program director and afternoon host for Sports Radio 105.5 until 2004.

He first came to North Carolina in June of 2004, serving as Program Director and Morning Host for Triangle Sports Talk 1490/1090 in Raleigh/Durham until the summer of 2006. From there he became the Sports Director for Curtis Media Group in Raleigh, while also hosting his own daily sports talk show.

In January of 2011, Taylor moved to Charlotte to work for 610 WFNZ, hosting The Drive each weekday afternoon. Taylor graduated from Huntingdon College (Montgomery, AL) in 2000, with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He lives in Charlotte with his wife and two daughters.

Shaye McAuliffe, a tennis player at Middle Creek, will be honored as the Student Athlete of the Week.

The annual membership fee is $70, which helps to fund the club’s scholarship fund. Each week from late August to early April meetings include a Southern buffet, door prizes, pick sheets and introduction to a deserving Student Athlete as well as hearing from a prominent sports figure as our guest speaker.
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