Jim White (presenter)
James White (born 16 July 1957 in Glasgow) is a Scottish freelance radio and television presenter, known primarily for his work with Sky Sports.

Career
After completing a pre-entry journalist course at Napier College in Edinburgh, White began his media career with Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1974.

In 1979, he moved into television as Entertainment reporter STV flagship Scotland Today programme.  In 1986, he was appointed sports reporter and one of his first assignments was to travel with the Scottish team to the World Cup Finals in Mexico. In 1988, he became the main host of Scotsport. In 1990 White presented coverage of Scotland's campaign in the 1990 World Cup Finals and in 1991 he was part of the team that won a Scottish BAFTA.

White joined Sky in 1998.

In June 2003 he travelled to Senegal with Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira to report on Vieira's Diambers charity.

White is best known for his round-the-clock presenting marathon on transfer deadline day.

His favourite colour is canary yellow.

White was fined £750 and banned from driving for a year in 2005 after refusing a breath test. He told police: "I'm providing f****** zero." 

In 2010 he was stopped from boarding a BA flight due to being drunk 

In September 2016 White took over Talksport's 10am to 1pm slot from Colin Murray.

On 28 August 2019, Jim came under fire for his reporting style of the news that Bury FC has been expelled from the EFL. He was seen reporting for Sky Sports in front of a countdown clock.