Tom Rinaldi is a reporter for ESPN based in New York. He has contributed to "Sportscenter," "Outside the Lines," "College Gameday," "Sunday NFL Countdown," and is also a fill in host on "Cold Pizza."

Rinaldi joined ESPN in May 2003 following a four-year stint as a reporter for CNN/SI from 1998-2002. He has also worked as a reporter for KATU-TV in Portland, Ore. from 1996-1998.

Rinaldi has won three Regional Emmy Awards, three Associated Press Awards and a USA Today Feature-of-the-Year Award. He did his undergraduate work at Penn, and then got his graduate degree at Columbia. He is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y.