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Vic Lombardi
He was 10 years old and was watching a local newscast ... "It just clicked" says CBS4 sports anchor Vic Lombardi. He says he grew up in Colorado always wanting to work in Denver TV. (See a videotape of Lombardi pretending to be reporting for CBS when he was a teenager.)
Born on Denver's North Side in 1969, Lombardi interned at CBS4 as a student and later joined CBS4 in June of 1998. He graduated from Holy Family High School in Denver, attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated from Notre Dame University in 1991. Before landing a job in his hometown, Lombardi worked as a sports reporter in South Bend, Ind., Austin, Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz.
Already, he is a 19-time Emmy Award winner. The most exciting stories he's covered? Lombardi says the 1998 Super Bowl. "Need I explain?" he asks, as well as the 1994 World Cup. Lombardi says living and working in Denver means everything. "I'm home again with my family." Vic is married to Terri, a Denver schoolteacher. They have one son, Dante, and two daughters, Alexis and Isabella.
Lombardi also spends a lot of time with his large Italian family. His father came to the U.S. from Italy with a sixth grade education and became very successful in the U.S. That, says Lombardi, provides a great deal of inspiration. Lombardi says his biggest challenge in life was landing his job in Denver, and his greatest disappointment was not getting the job earlier.
Listen to Vic do sports weekday mornings on 92.5 THE WOLF.