In January 2008, Kaplan was named the host of Chicago Tribune Live on Comcast SportsNet. In December 2010, after the removal of Metheny, Kaplan signed a new long-term contract to stay at WGN Radio as the primary host of a new evening talk show called WGN Sports Night. It was the longest-running sports talk show in Chicago (began in 1982), until March 2010 when the former Program Director Kevin Metheny, who was characterized in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton opted to replace the program with a non-sports oriented talk show. After Waddle left to join ESPN Radio in February 2007, Kaplan hosted the show on a solo basis until March 2010. He and former Chicago Bears star Tom Waddle co-hosted the show for just over 10 years which at the time was the longest on air sports talk duo in Chicago radio history. He became the host of Sports Central at WGN in 1995 and it quickly became Chicago radio's #1 rated sports talk show. Kaplan worked at Chicago sports radio station WMVP-AM before joining WGN (AM)'s sports staff as a reporter in 1995. He was also a scout for two NBA teams: the Indiana Pacers and the Seattle SuperSonics. He was an assistant on head coach John McDougal's staff at Northern Illinois University from 1982 to 1986 for NIU's Men's Basketball Team. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. Kaplan grew up in Skokie, Illinois and is a graduate of Hamline University in St. He also has a highly popular YouTube page where he posts what he has popularized as the reKAP after every Cubs, White Sox, Bears and other Chicago and major sporting events. David Kaplan is an American columnist, radio and television personality who currently co-hosts Kap and J.
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