Matthew grew up outside Philly, and, yes, he’s that fan. He went from rooting
for the local teams as a kid to reporting on them as an NBC sports guy. He covered
the 2008 World Series (the Phillies won), an NFC Championship game (the Eagles lost),
and a boatload of March Madness tourneys.
But he’s not always on the sidelines of life. Growing up, there was never a day he
wasn’t playing stick ball in the front yard, riding ATVs, or fishing at his family’s
cabin. He has lived on a sailboat in Los Angeles, spent a month in the Alaskan
wilderness learning to mine for gold, and traveled the world creating adventure