- John McClain, who grew up in Waco and graduated from Baylor, left the Waco Tribune-Herald to join the Houston Chronicle in October 1976 to cover the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association. His first Oilers' training camp was 1977. He has covered the Oilers, NFL and Texans for the Houston Chronicle.
He does eight weekly sports talk shows in Houston, Austin, Waco and Nashville. He appears on three weekly sports talk shows on the Texans' flagship, Sports Radio 610, and three on the Titans' flagship, 104.5 The Zone. He's a contributor to The Sports Xchange, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, the NFL Network and Sirius Radio.
Former president of Pro Football Writers of America, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee, and member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee.
He has a plaque in the Pro Football Hall of Fame after winning the 2006 Dick McCann Memorial Award for long and distinguished reporting on the NFL
Member of the Screen Actors Guild with appearances in The Rookie, The Longest Yard, Invincible, The Game Plan, Secretariat, Cook County and Spring Breakers- IMDb mini biography by: empeter
- He's nothing but a pun, a jerk and a loser.
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