Lisa Salters
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Alisia "Lisa" Salters (born March 6, 1966)
Salters has reported worldwide for ESPN, including a series of reports from the
Career
Pre-broadcasting career
Salters was first a broadcast journalist prior to becoming a sportscaster. In 1995, she was named the first West Coast correspondent for the ABC affiliate news service, NewsOne. Among many notable stories, she covered the O.J. Simpson civil and criminal trials, the Oklahoma City bombing trials, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the crash of TWA flight 800 for the network. It was not until ESPN reached out in 2000 about a general assignment position that she decided to transition to sports journalism.[4]
Broadcasting career
Salters joined ESPN as a general assignment reporter in March 2000. She serves as sideline reporter and co-producer for Monday Night Football and the lead sideline reporter for ESPN's coverage of the NBA on ABC. In addition, Salters is one of the featured correspondents on ESPN's newsmagazine show,
At ESPN, Salters' reports have been regularly featured on the award-winning "Outside the Lines" series. She led the network's comprehensive coverage of the murder conspiracy trial of
In
During the build-up to
On December 1, 2007, Salters was covering the
Prior to joining ESPN, Salters served as a
ESPN Monday Night Football
In 2012, ESPN announced that Lisa Salters would join Monday Night Football replacing Suzy Kolber as a full-time solo sideline reporter joining Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden. In 2018, ESPN announced a new Monday Night Football commentating team which will include Salters as sideline reporter and joined by Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland.
Personal life
Salters was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania,[2] and graduated from Penn State University in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. She played guard for the Lady Lions basketball team from 1986 to 1987, where she holds the distinction of being the shortest player in school history at 5'2".[9]
Salters is a graduate of Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, where she is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. Salters is a cousin of former University of Pittsburgh and Dallas Cowboys star running back Tony Dorsett.
On October 13, 2017, Salters was inducted into the Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.[10]
References
- ^ "Alisia "Lisa" Salters joins ESPN as a general assignment reporter". psu.edu. March 2000. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Mullan, Gracie (March 31, 2023). "Women's History Month: 10 Influential Penn State Alumnae". Onward State. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Brown, Sloane (January 4, 2014). "ESPN broadcaster Lisa Salters' 10 favorite things". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Women In Broadcasting, Part 4: Lisa Salters & Beth Mowins". NBA.com.
- ^ "ESPN Names Magazine Show 'E:60'". multichannel.com.
- ^ "nominated". emmyonline.org. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
- ^ "Ray Of Hope". go.com.
- ^ "The Big Picture: Ex-Penn Stater gets war story for ESPN", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2003
- ^ Brennan, Mark (March 20, 2005). "PSU Grad Shines at ESPN". FightOnState.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ Kohler, Katie (October 17, 2017). "Class of 2017: 10 inducted into Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame". Times Herald. Retrieved October 23, 2017.