He's also the host of a daily talk show, "Sports Central," on ESPN Radio 1430 in Altoona and 1450 in State College. Giger has been the Mirror's Altoona Curve beat writer since 1999 and took over the Penn State football beat in 2006. A native of Arkansas, Giger graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1996 and has been a sports journalist for 16 years. He has won more than 20 national and state awards from such organizations as the Associated Press Sports Editors, Football Writers Association of America and the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. He has won eight national awards in the past two years alone from the APSE and FWAA.