A dream come true: WJZ’s Max McGee joins ESPN

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A dream come true: WJZ’s Max McGee joins ESPN

By Demetrius DillardSpecial to the AFRO A local sports broadcaster’s dream is coming true. Max McGee, a sports anchor and reporter with Baltimore’s WJZ, will soon be leaving town to work for the nation’s premier sports network. He will be joining ESPN as one of its newest sports anchors for the network’s signature news and […]

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