Tina Cervasio
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Tina Cervasio (born December 10, 1974) is an American sports anchor. She is the lead sports anchor for
Life and current career
Originally from Nutley, New Jersey, Cervasio graduated from the University of Maryland in 1996 with a B.A. degree in journalism.[1]
Cervasio is currently a sideline reporter on CBS Sports Network for College Football and College Basketball, a talk radio host at SiruisXM NBA Radio and Mad Dog Sports Radio, and the pregame and halftime host of New York Red Bulls broadcasts on MSG Network. Cervasio is also the host of “Red Bulls Insider,” a magazine-show on MSG, and handles part-time reporting and anchor duties on FOX 5 New York's “Good Day New York” and “Sports Extra.[2] And also had been a co host for DirecTV’s NFL Sunday ticket from 2001-2002 as well as a fill-in host when Spencer Tillman was doing select NFL on CBS games with Tim Brando.
Cervasio, a seven-time New York Emmy Award Winner, as part of the New York Knicks Broadcasts on MSG Networks, is known for telling exclusive stories in feature packages about players, including #STATFam on
Over her career, Cervasio has worked as a sideline reporter for the NFL on FOX and NBA on TNT. In 2007 at NESN, she earned a personalized World Series Ring as a team broadcaster, following the Boston Red Sox World Series Championship.
Cervasio left NESN when her contract expired at the end of March 2008. She expressed a desire to pursue other opportunities with less travel requirements so that she could be closer to her family.
Charities and foundations, events
In 2008, 2009 and 2013 Cervasio ran the New York City Marathon for Garden of Dreams Foundation. She regularly visits New York City Public Schools to motivate students with Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation, serves on the fundraising committee for the
Early career
According to Cervasio, her lifelong interest in sportscasting dates to a trip her family made to the
Cervasio worked at a variety of assignments after graduation. She was a reporter or host on
In August 2002, she served as sideline reporter for the
Cervasio regards her reporting on the
Personal life
She is married to Kevin McKearney.
References
- Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ "Tina Cervasio Website". Tina Cervasio.
- ^ "Cervasio leaving NESN". Boston Business Journal. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ Tina Cervasio joins MSG, MSG Plus Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kitchin, Jessica (May–June 2010). "Back Where She Belongs ... Jersey Girl Tina Cervasio on her Home Turf". Tina Cervasio.
- ^ Best, Neil (October 24, 2015). "Cervasio Won't Be Back as Knicks Courtside Reporter". Newsday.
- ^ Red Bulls Communications (March 1, 2016). "MSG Announces 2016 New York Red Bulls Telecast". www.newyorkredbulls.com.
- ^ "Inside Sport Group". Archived from the original on 2017-02-23.
External links
- Official website
- Tina Cervasio on Twitter
- Tina Cervasio InstaGram Page
- Talking Sports Business with Tina Cervasio, Italian Tribune May 2016
- Tina Cervasio's Bio On MSG website
- "Back to Where She Belongs", Park Place Magazine May/June 2010 Profiles[permanent dead link]
- "Tina in Second Gear; Knicks Reporter up to Marathon Challenge", The Rumble NY Post, October 26, 2009
- Susan Bickelhaupt (2007-03-16). "Baptism by fire for NESN's Cervasio". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-06-23.