News Reporter ~ Chris Collins       Chris Collins is the principle sports anchor for NECN and host of Sports LateNight with Chris Collins. A native of Peabody, Massachusetts, Collins graduated from Temple University, and began his career at KALB-TV (NBC) in Alexandria, LA, and later at WDJI-TV (CBS) in Milwaukee as a sports anchor. Joining NECN in 1998 as a weekend sports anchor, he later joined Mark Ockerbloom as the co-anchor of Sports LateNight. Collins writes a regular column for the Improper Bostonian. He also partners with the Massachusetts State Police Department in a seatbelt safety awareness campaign. Collins has conducted exclusive live interviews with Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Derek Lowe and Teddy Bruschi. He won national recognition for breaking the Notre Dame new head coach appointment story in 2001, and the Jeff Allison story in 2004. He was one of only two Boston sportscasters to predict the final score of the Patriots Super Bowl win in 2002.