Joe Cook Joins WAPT Jackson As Sports Director

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WAPT Jackson, Miss., has hired Joe Cook as sports director. He will anchor the weekday evening sports segments of the 16 WAPT News and joins the long-running Blitz 16 high school football program on Friday nights.

Cook brings an array of experience, including coverage of the Iditarod sled dog race and Midnight Sun Basketball game while working in Anchorage, coverage of NCAA basketball in Omaha, and coverage of Super Bowl LIII, the Masters, and the NBA All-Star Weekend from Columbia, S.C.

An alumnus of Norfolk State, Joe has landed interviews with sports greats ranging from basketball’s Magic Johnson, to football’s Bruce Smith and coach Marty Schottenheimer, to 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey.