Andrea Kremer
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Born | Andrea Kremer February 25, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Sports journalist |
Spouse | John Steinberg |
Children | 1 |
Andrea Kremer (born February 25, 1959) is a multi-
In 2018, Kremer received the
Early life and career
Kremer was born February 25, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Friends Select School in Pennsylvania and then became a student at the University of Pennsylvania. While at the University of Pennsylvania, Kremer became a member of the sorority Phi Sigma Sigma and pursued her passion for ballet, performing with the Philadelphia Civic Ballet Company.
Kremer began her career in 1982 as the sports editor of the Main Line Chronicle in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, the state's largest weekly newspaper. Upon completing a story on NFL Films, the television production arm of the National Football League, Kremer's mother urged her to apply for a position.
She left the Chronicle in 1984 to join NFL Films as its first female producer. Her first assignment was working on the HBO program
Career
ESPN
In 1989, she became ESPN's first female correspondent.[4] She served as their Chicago-based correspondent, then moved to Los Angeles to work as correspondent in 1994.
At ESPN, she worked on SportsCenter, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, and Outside the Lines, in addition to pieces on ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, and ESPNEWS. She moderated roundtable discussion and conducted interviews as a substitute host for Up Close. Many of her stories addressed topics such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and drug abuse.
NBC Sports
Kremer left ESPN in 2006 to become a sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football and to contribute to the studio program Football Night in America.
She was a reporter on NBC's coverage of the
She served as the sideline reporter for Super Bowl XLIII in February 2009. In 2011, she left Sunday Night Football and was replaced by Michele Tafoya.
Kremer has been a correspondent for
During her time at .
Kremer became a regular contributor to NFL Magazine with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason.[7] The magazine folded after four issues.[8]
NFL Network
In 2012, Kremer joined NFL Network as a Chief Correspondent and led the network's coverage and in-depth reporting on health and safety. She reported on defensive back Darrelle Revis return from an ACL injury. She interviewed Johnny Jolly during his prison sentence for drug abuse charges and return to the field with the Green Bay Packers. She also did a story on Laurent Robinson's concussion.
'We Need to Talk
In 2014, Kremer joined the team of We Need to Talk,[9] the first all-female nationally televised weekly sports show. Airing in prime time, the weekly show featured a rotating group of female panelists discussing all topics and news in sports. At the conclusion of the program's inaugural season, the show won a Gracie Grand Award for On Air Talent: Sports Program.
Along with Hannah Storm, she made sports history by becoming the first all-women booth to call an NFL game. They called their first game on September 27, 2018, and called five Thursday Night Football seasons on Amazon Prime Video.
Awards and honors
Kremer was named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award,[10] presented annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, recognizing longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football. She was presented with the award at the 2018 Enshrinement Ceremony on Saturday, August 4 in the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
Kremer has received eight Emmy Awards in her career (1996, 2001, 2003 x2, 2005, 2021, 2022 x2). In 2012, she received a
Kremer was named "the best TV interviewer in the business of covering the NFL" by the Los Angeles Times. TV Guide named "among TV's best sports correspondents" whose work is "distinguished by her eagerness to calmly ask tough questions and her refusal to pursue the same old story." In addition, she was listed as one of the "10 greatest female sportscasters of all time" by The Matador Sports.[14]
Personal life
Kremer teaches "The Art of the Interview", a course of her own design, in the School of Journalism at Boston University.[15] In 2015, she was appointed Andrew R. Lack Fellow [16] at Boston University. She has lectured at Stanford, Winthrop, DePaul, and Endicott College.
Kremer has spoken at events for Amarantus Bioscience,
Kremer is married to University of Massachusetts Boston archaeologist John Steinberg and they have a son together, William.[17]
References
- "Andrea Kremer". Mahalo.com: Questions, Answers, How Tos and Coupons. June 10, 2010.
- "Andrea Kremer". The Pennsylvania Gazette. November 6, 1997.
- "Bio: Andrea Kremer - Sunday Night Football- Nbcsports.msnbc.com". Sports News Headlines - NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, NASCAR - Scores, Game Highlights, Schedules & Team Rosters - Nbcsports.msnbc.com. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- Gurian-Preck, David (March 25, 2008). "NBC's Kremer a First Wherever She Went". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Archived from the original on June 4, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- "NFL Announces Launch of NFL Magazine". Mosul Dolfin. November 15, 2011.
- ^ "Iconic Sports Journalists Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer to Provide Commentary and Analysis for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video in More Than 200 countries and Territories" (Press release). September 25, 2018.
- NFL.com.
- ^ "Andrea Kremer Named Winner of Prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".
- ^ "Andrea Kremer — NFL Network: On Air Talent". nfl.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ^ "2012 Olympic Broadcasters: Your Comprehensive Guide to NBC's 115 Talking Heads". June 29, 2012.
- ^ "The most shocking moments from Bikram Choudhury's 'Real Sports' interview on HBO - Metro US". November 2016.
- ^ Nogle, Kevin (November 15, 2011). "NFL Announces Launch of NFL Magazine". The Phinsider. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ NFL (April 10, 2012). "NFL Magazine folds after just four issues | The Pigskin Report". Thepigskinreport.com. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ "CBS Sports Network to Bow Women's Sports Talker". August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Andrea Kremer Named Winner of Prestigious Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site".
- ^ "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel".
- ^ "Andrea Kremer inducted into Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on February 21, 2018.
- ^ "11/24/14: NFL Network goes deep on unscripted". November 24, 2014.
- ^ "10 greatest female sportscasters of all time | TheMatadorSports.com and EyeonCollegeFootball.com- College Football Headlines, News, and Rumors".
- ^ "Emmy-winning reporter Andrea Kremer teaches new course | College of Communication".
- ^ "Andrew R. Lack Fellow | College of Communication".
- ^ Smallwood, John. "Philly native Andrea Kremer still making history in broadcasting with Amazon's NFL assignment". inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
External links
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