Twelve Women Who Pioneered the Era of Female Sports Broadcasters and Journalists
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Twelve Women Who Pioneered the Era of Female
Sports Broadcasters and Journalists
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Phyllis George1974 CBS
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Jayne Kennedy replaced Phyllis George on The NFL Today in 1978, becoming the first African-American female to host a network sports television broadcast.
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Leslie Visser, an accomplished sportswriter for the Boston Globe, came into national prominence when she joined CBS in 1984 as a part-time reporter.
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Gayle Gardner began working for ESPN in 1983 as a SportsCenter anchor, becoming one of the first women to regularly anchor a nightly network sports broadcast.
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Mary Carillo started working for the USA Network, working as an analyst for major professional tennis tournaments in 1980.
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Gayle Sierens became the first woman to do play-by-play for an NFL football game in 1987
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Robin Roberts began her career as a television sports journalist in 1983, working as a sports anchor for WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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Hannah Storm was hired by NBC to report on a variety of venues, including the Olympic Games, NBA and WNBA basketball, and the NFL.
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Cassie Campbell, a former Canadian female hockey player, started her career as a sportscaster with Hockey Night in Canada, becoming a rinkside reporter in 2006.
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Doris Burke, a former basketball player and graduate of Providence College, currently works as a sideline reporter and color analyst for ESPN college basketball.
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Lisa Guerrero, former Los Angeles Rams cheerleader, began her television career as a sports-anchor on Los Angeles' KCBS station in 1997.
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Bonnie Bernstein has become one of the most recognizable and highly respected journalists in sports. Since starting her career in 1995 in Chicago, Bonnie has covered a variety of sports, working as a lead reporter for CBS for NFL and NCAA Men's basketball, and most recently as a host of College Football Live, and regulary substituting as a host for NFL Live and Outside the Lines.