| John Schriffen | |
| Birth Name: | John David Schriffen |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1984 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Genre: | Play-by-play |
| Sport: | College basketball College football KBO League baseball Major League Baseball |
| Alma Mater: | Dartmouth College Howard University |
| Team: | Chicago White Sox (2024–present) |
| Employer: | ESPN NBC Sports Chicago |
John David Schriffen (born October 3, 1984) is an American sports broadcaster for the White Sox on NBC Sports Chicago and ESPN,[1] calling collegiate sports and KBO League baseball for the network. Previously Schriffen acted as a reporter for CBS Sports and hosted That Other Pre Game Show on CBS Sports Network. Schriffen, who is biracial, becomes the second Black television play-by-play announcer in MLB, joining Seattle’s Dave Sims.
Schriffen graduated from the Dwight School, and also attended the prestigious Hunter College High School for gifted students, in his hometown of New York City.Schriffen graduated from Dartmouth College, where he played for the baseball team, and studied journalism during his junior year at Howard University.[2]
Schriffen began his career as a sports anchor and reporter for News 12 in New York City. Before joining ABC News, Schriffen spent several years at WRC-TV in Washington D.C where he later worked as a contributing ABC News correspondent across all ABC news platforms including Good Morning America,[3] having earlier interned for ABC's sister network ESPN.[4]
Schriffen’s grandfather, Alphonso Deal, was president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP.