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Tom Rinaldi

Tom Rinaldi has been a national correspondent at ESPN since 2002. Among other honors, he has won fifteen national Sports Emmy Awards and six national Edward R. Murrow Awards. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in New Jersey, with his wife, Dianne, their son, Jack, and daughter, Tessa.
The Red Bandanna
The Red Bandanna (Young Readers Adaptation)

Tom Rinaldi on discovering the story of 9/11 hero Welles Crowther

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The Red Bandanna
The Red Bandanna (Young Readers Adaptation)

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Tom Rinaldi on discovering the story of 9/11 hero Welles Crowther

Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

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