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CBS Sports’ lead NFL and NCAA basketball reporter Tracy Wolfson. (Photo courtesy of CBS Sports)

NFL

Tracy Wolfson shares what most viewers don’t know about sideline reporting

Lauren Jbara on Bally Sports South.

MLB

TNT Sports’ Lauren Jbara talks joining MLB Postseason coverage: ‘It was a pinch-me moment’

ESPN's Kayla Burton conducting an interview with DC UFL beer snake leader Evan.

UFL beer snake leader interview features on-the-spot pivot from ESPN’s Kayla Burton

"I was shirtless holding the beer snake before Birmingham and their shirtless boys, all right?"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 2, 2024 0
Holly Rowe (L) interviewing LSU's Angel Reese (C) and Flau'jae Johnson (R).

Holly Rowe had a perfect interview with Flau’jae Johnson on rap and basketball

"She does rap, her new single is 'It Ain't My Fault,' but today, this win was your fault." "It is our fault!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 30, 2024 2

The 2023 Awfulies: Best and worst sports media moments of the year

In both instances, entire swaths of media members swarmed to the issue to make their voices heard.

By Sean Keeley and Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 20, 2023 2
Suzy Shuster (L) and Amy Trask on “What The Football.” (The Rich Eisen Show on YouTube.)

NFL

Suzy Shuster talks ‘What The Football,’ Amy Trask, Real Sports, and ‘overlooked and underestimated’ female sports fans

Steve Kerr denying he knows Richard Jefferson during a NBA on ESPN interview.

Steve Kerr on Richard Jefferson in sideline interview: ‘Never heard of him.’

"I'm sorry, who was this guy you're talking about? Richard who?"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 23, 2023 4
FOX Sports reporter Erin Andrews on the sideline before Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium.

Erin Andrews’ spokesperson responds to past comments about making up reports

"For her entire career, Erin Andrews has worked very closely with coaches, players, and P.R. staffs to ensure accuracy in her reporting."

By Sean Keeley OnNov 19, 2023 7
Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Newspapers

Andrea Kremer: Charissa Thompson comments ‘made a mockery’ of sideline reporting

Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

NFL

Charissa Thompson lost touch with the context, history, and privilege involved in sideline reporting

Charissa Thompson

Sports media world shocked by Charissa Thompson admitting to fabricating sideline reports

"This is not normal or ethical."

By Brendon Kleen OnNov 16, 2023 26
A CFL on TSN feature on Darrell and Tracey getting married in front of a Ticats' plant sculpture.

CFL gets Castellanosed, with sideline feature on plant sculpture weddings interrupted by touchdown

Kenzie Lalonde's sculpture wedding feature was interrupted by a 64-yard catch and run TD from Hamilton's Tyreik McAllister.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 8, 2023 0

ESPN

The XFL’s focus on access provides opportunities for players, as well as sideline reporters

Guardians head coach Terrell Buckley

XFL coach Terrell Buckley calls out his own team during in-game interview

"I got guys out there that are not competing, that are not making plays."

By Sean Keeley OnFeb 27, 2023 0
Saskatchewan Rush goalie Alex Buque in a TSN interview.

NLL goalie Alex Buque lives up to ‘Have the censor button close by!’ billing

"There is nothing like an Alex Buque post-game interview. Have the censor button close by!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 6, 2023 0
Michele Tafoya responds to Lisa Guerrero

Michele Tafoya has ‘hesitations’ about whether Lisa Guerrero had a ‘devastating’ miscarriage

"I don’t know why you would wait to publish a book 15 years after the fact to reveal this to your best friends. And so, I have my hesitation about, was this truly a devastating miscarriage?"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 27, 2023 13
Pam Oliver

Pam Oliver returning to Fox sidelines for 29th NFL season

"I’ve kind of been assured for as long as I want to do this job, I can."

By Sean Keeley OnJan 26, 2023 2
Lisa Guerrero

Lisa Guerrero reveals she suffered a miscarriage during a Monday Night Football broadcast: ‘I felt such shame and embarrassment’

"When I felt a dampness between my legs, I thought, ‘Oh, I got my period.’ And then I remembered I was pregnant. I was having a miscarriage."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 1
Mike Leach giving a press conference on dinosaur hands.

Looking back at five memorable Mike Leach media moments

From mascot fights to dinosaur arms to inner pirates, Leach certainly had some memorable quips.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 13, 2022 3
Allison Williams

Former ESPN sideline reporter Allison Williams joins Fox Sports

"Having to step away from the sport and profession I love this past year has re-affirmed and reinvigorated the passion I have for this job."

By Brandon Contes OnAug 2, 2022 0
Charissa Thompson

Charissa Thompson and Erin Andrews discuss how NFL coaches have often told them nothing, leading to interesting “reports”

"I was like 'Oh f*ck, this isn’t gonna work.'"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 13, 2022 0

Pam Oliver on chronic migraines: ‘I’ve fought through it more than I’ve failed getting through it during a football game’

"I feel like they've gotten better, just from the standpoint of having fewer. But...they continue to plague me."

By Sean Keeley OnNov 12, 2021 3
Allison Williams leaves ESPN.

Allison Williams is leaving ESPN over COVID-19 vaccine mandate, says “I am so morally and ethically not aligned with this.”

"In addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection¹, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this. And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 16, 2021 3
AJ Ross in a 2016 video from her time at WABC.

AJ Ross talks her first March Madness sideline reporting role, taking her playing experience into sports media: “It’s a dream come true.”

"I couldn't be more elated and excited."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 18, 2021 0
Lisa Guerrero

Lisa Guerrero recounts her traumatic experience as Monday Night Football sideline reporter

“I considered killing myself,” Guerrero told the New York Post's Andrew Marchand.

By Ian Casselberry OnFeb 3, 2021 16

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