Norman Chad

Norman Chad, born in 1958, is an American sportswriter and television commentator best known for poker. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Seymour and Cuban-born Perla Chad, and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1981. For twelve years he wrote a syndicated newspaper column in which he made National Football League picks against the spread, choosing the winners by flipping a coin, and most years he still ended with a winning record. Since 2003 he has appeared on most of the ESPN poker broadcasts, including coverage of the World Series of Poker and The United States Poker Championship. He is recorded here as a working journalist whose career moved from print columns to long-running broadcast commentary.