TNT basketball analyst
Age: 52
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Basketball has always been part of David Aldridge's life.
He grew up in Washington, D.C. in the 1960s and 70s at the height of hoops. The Bullets were going to the NBA Finals. Lefty Driesell was coaching at Maryland, John Thompson at Georgetown. Even the high school scene was amazing.
Still, Aldridge never imagined he'd have a career in basketball. He was too small, too short, too slow. But the sport became his life, and after a decade covering almost every sport for the Washington Post, he became one of the foremost experts on the NBA, first with ESPN, now with TNT.