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As a sports and business journalist, Reed's itinerant journey has landed him in four different states. He has had jobs with publications such as the Boston Globe, Cincinnati Inquirer, and Catalyst-Cleveland magazine where he was the editor-in-chief.
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That may have played a part in him choosing not to stay in Pittsburgh past high school. He matriculated to Coppin State College, a historically Black college/university in Maryland, that fall. He earned a degree in English in 2000.
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"You don't have to be from DC, Chicago, New York, Boston, or Miami in order to make it to ESPN," he said. "I'm a kid from a rust-belt city who grew up in a neighborhood with a lot violence, but also in a family that had a lot of love."
"I've told him for a long time that he would be great on television," Hill said. "He's established himself as a very good resource for the business end of Sports. He would be a true asset if that is something that he chooses to do."