Garvey to Be Radio Talk-Show Host

Steve Garvey, the former baseball star, is becoming a radio talk-show host.

Garvey, 41, said Wednesday that he has signed a multi-year contract as host of a morning program for XTRA radio, owned by Noble Broadcast Group here.

The “XTRA Morning Update with Garvey and Co.” will start June 26, running from 5:30 to 9 a.m. It will include interviews with celebrities, calls from listeners, news and sports.

Garvey, a 10-time All-Star first baseman who played for the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, also has a marketing and investment company and has expressed interest in pursuing a political career.

Earlier this year, he was in the news when his former fiancee and another woman claimed they had been made pregnant by him. The allegations surfaced shortly after Garvey had broken off his engagement and married another woman, Candace Thomas.

Garvey has said he will take financial responsibility for the children if they are proven to be his.