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WNBA Play-by-Play Commentator
Mark Jones, who has worked a wide variety of assignments for ESPN since 1990, serves as a play-by-play commentator on college football and basketball telecasts and on the WNBA. For 2003, he is the lead WNBA playcaller on ESPN2 and on ABC, which made its debut with the league in the first of a six-year agreement.
Previously Jones hosted ESPN's "NBA Today" and, on occasion, served as an anchor/reporter on "SportsCenter." He made his ESPN debut in October 1990.
Besides working for ESPN, Jones has worked for ABC Sports (since August 1990), where his duties have included college football, college basketball, the World League and various events on "ABC's Wide World of Sports."
Prior to joining both ESPN and ABC Sports, he worked for The Sports Network (Toronto, Canada) from 1986-90, where he was the anchor on the sports desk and the host of the Toronto Blue Jays magazine show.
Jones, a native of Toronto, graduated from York University in Toronto with a bachelor of arts degree in economics in 1985. While at York, he was a four-year member of the basketball team.
Born November, 16, 1961, Jones is married.