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."
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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.
ESPN’s Shelley Smith shared a story of her niece getting hit in the head with ice at a past Oregon-Oregon State game
"Once I was here with my niece Vanessa, who was wearing a Ducks' jacket, and she got hit on the head with a chunk of ice. It didn't knock her out, but it knocked her silly."
Report: NBC Sports Regional Networks to move away from in-game reporting outside broadcast booth
As per Kevin Kinkead of Crossing Broad, "the NBC Sports Regional Networks are completely doing away with sideline reporters at the end of the season."
Seattle Dragons center Dillon Day drops F-bomb during XFL live sideline interview
Who says this ain't your daddy's XFL?
Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams used his halftime interview to ask CBS to sub in Tony Romo on color commentary
"Is Nantz calling the game?" "He is." "Can we sub Tony Romo in for Coach so it's like NFL on Sunday with you, Nantz and Romo? Get Coach out of there!"
Chris Mack apologizes for his handling of Allison Williams’ halftime interview question, which upset Buster Olney and Randy Scott
Williams asked "What are you seeing that's allowed Virginia Tech to get back in this late in that first half?" Mack responded "Well, they're one of the top teams in the country."
ESPN’s Kris Budden responds to Atlantic article of “It’s almost impossible to be a mom in TV news,” talks juggling parenting and career
Budden made some good points here about how she does balance TV work and motherhood, and how that's definitely possible. But the structural challenges for working mothers brought up in The Atlantic's article should also be addressed.
SEC Network’s Laura Rutledge got dragged (literally) by Georgia’s mascot, then run over by a player, but tweeted through it
This was certainly a rough day at the office.
Browns’ radio broadcast sideline reporter Nathan Zegura suspended for eight weeks after argument with official (updated)
Multiple reports say Zegura criticized an official from the sidelines in the Browns' Week 2 game. He's now not on their radio broadcast for Week 3.
Chris Paul tells Kristen Ledlow in postgame on-air interview: “I’ve been here before, 3-1. Shit went bad real quick.”
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton says “I wish I could have done better” over his interview with Dana Jacobson
"In the minutes immediately following, I was interviewed by Dana Jacobson of CBS. I did not initially respond to her questions as I would have liked and she was doing her job in asking them. ...I wish I could have done better."
Kristen Balboni talks joining Stadium full-time as reporter and studio host, saying “I think what Stadium is doing is really inventive”
"It's so cool because on their live events side, their partnership with Facebook, there's no commercials and there's no halftime show, so I'm getting all that time and experience."
