| rdfs:comment | - Rossi Morreale (born April 22, 1977 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is a television personality and former college football player. Morreale was a wide receiver & punt returner for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team, lettering from 1997-1999. After graduation, he came out to Hermosa Beach, California on vacation for the summer. After becoming a "Manny" for three little girls. he was offered a job selling commercial printing for Applied Graphics Technologies and decided to stay in California. Since 2009, Morreale has hosted AT&T U-verse Sports and Buzz for AT&T U-verse TV customers.
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| abstract | - Rossi Morreale (born April 22, 1977 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is a television personality and former college football player. Morreale was a wide receiver & punt returner for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team, lettering from 1997-1999. After graduation, he came out to Hermosa Beach, California on vacation for the summer. After becoming a "Manny" for three little girls. he was offered a job selling commercial printing for Applied Graphics Technologies and decided to stay in California. In 2001, after stumbling into the casting/management office of Marki Costello, his charm and wit were quickly realized and he was immediately cast in a reality show by Marki. Morreale appeared on the second season of Temptation Island as one of the "singles" meant to tempt committed female contestants. Following that, he was offered a job in Marki's casting office, searching for singles to be contestants on reality shows. After multiple reality shows, he became the casting assistant to find the next host of TLC's Junkyard Wars. After watching people audition for two days...He knew he was born for this. He auditioned for the show after the casting director left the room and without her knowledge...and so his hosting career was born. Between 2002 and 2005, he began presenting the U.S. version of Junkyard Wars on TLC. In 2003, Morreale was listed in People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive issue. He then went on and hosted G4's series: Sweat, G4 Sports and Formula Drift. After that, Morreale then went on to host TBS' Big Playstation Saturday and Weekend Extra. He also became a correspondent for entertainment news programs such as Extra and On Air with Ryan Seacrest. In 2006, Morreale starred in the music video Somebody Like You by the band Pop Evil. He then hosted the syndicated game show Temptation, an ill-fated spin-off based on Sale of the Century in 2007. In 2008, Morreale hosted season one of the CMT reality tv series Can You Duet, a talent search for undiscovered country music talent. In 2009 and 2010, Morreale went on to host seasons 1 & 2 of Dating in the Dark on ABC, based on a Dutch format called Daten In Het Donker. In 2012, Morreale began hosting NBC's Escape Routes along with his co-host Justine Ezarik (a.k.a iJustine). Since 2009, Morreale has hosted AT&T U-verse Sports and Buzz for AT&T U-verse TV customers. In 2013, Morreale currently host American Airgunner, the first and only televised show to feature airgun shooting sports on the Pursuit Channel.
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