This marks Jason Jackson’s seventh season as television host and courtside reporter for Miami HEAT telecasts on Sun Sports.  He also serves as a host for Sun Sports' Emmy award-winning Inside the HEAT series.

Jackson, a six-time Emmy winner, is a versatile broadcasting veteran of over 20 years. For three seasons (2004-2007), on both 790 the Ticket and 560 WQAM, Jackson hosted the post-game coverage for Miami Dolphins' radio broadcasts.  He has hosted sports talk shows for both stations, as well.

Prior to joining the HEAT, Jackson hosted The Jax Show, a syndicated, afternoon drive, sports talk radio show, in southern New England.

From 1995-2002, Jackson was an anchor/reporter at ESPN. He anchored NBA 2Night, NBA Matchup and co-hosted ESPN Radio’s Gameday. Jackson served as host for ESPN’s coverage of the NBA All-Star Game and the NBA Finals from 1997-2002.  He was also a regular contributor to SportsCenter, ESPNews and ESPN.com’s NBA page.

Before joining ESPN, Jackson worked at WSVN-TV in Miami as a sports reporter/anchor from 1994-1995. Prior to that, he was news director, anchor and a talk show host at WFAL-AM and WBGU-FM in Bowling Green, OH from 1990-1994.

Jackson is a 1994 graduate of Bowling Green State University. He was born in Delaware, OH, grew up in Cleveland, OH and later, Cincinnati, OH. He currently resides in Coral Gables, FL, with his wife, Shirelle, and their two boys, Justin and Jordan.