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Anthony (Tony) Raymond Andracki (born April 23, 1987) is the blonde-haired, blue-eyed heart throb of the Chicagoland journalism scene. He is currently a Senior Digital Producer for NBC Sports Chicago. He played club college baseball for the Illinois State Redbirds, where he also was a sports writer for The Vidette. He is a verified user of Twitter as of August 2018, and reached the height of his fame when Bonnie Hunt followed him on September 14th, 2018.

Early years
Anthony Andracki was born April 23, 1987, in Bloomingdale, Illinois. He made the honor roll at Wredling Middle School in 8th Grade (2001). Andracki attended St. Charles East High School.

Education
After graduating from St. Charles East, Andracki attended Illinois State University where he studied Journalism.

College career
Andracki worked as a sports writer at the ISU school paper, The Vidette. He became co-sports editor in 2010 along with Scott Gleeson. The bromance that bloomed between them during their years at the Vidette lives on and has inspired multiple pairs of co-sports editors at the paper since the end of their reign in 2011.

Professional career
Andracki made his professional debut first interning, and then working part-time for the then Comcast SportsNet Chicago in 2010. His career progressed into a Digital Producer and Fantasy Sports Analyst position, and then to Assistant for then Cubs Insider Patrick Mooney. Andracki is currently a regular contributor to the Cubs Talk Podcast.

2017
Andracki started a notable internet hullabaloo when he made a controversial Tweet about Jose Quintana of the Chicago Cubs driving in to work on Chicago's famous Lake Shore Drive. In the uproar that followed the infamous tweet, one Reddit user opined, "That tweet is only 111 characters. He could have spelt out "Lake Shore Drive" and still had 16 characters left. Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Tony Andracki doesn't know what he's doing. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing."

2018
Andracki was inducted into The Vidette Hall of fame alongside four other notable Illinois State University student journalists, Jim Kirk, Mitch Pugh, Sally McKee, and Bryan Bloodworth.

Personal life
Andracki is the son of Richard and Dawne Andracki. He has two sisters. He currently lives in Chicago with his girlfriend. He has several nicknames, including Andracula, Tonezone, T-money, Toner, and Andrack Attack, among others.