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In 2018 Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team to call an NFL game, which they did for an Amazon Prime stream of Thursday Night Football. [27] Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL game in 2012, in a pre-season matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers. [28]
Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953) is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter.Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, [1] and the only sportscaster in history who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open ...
Maia Chaka 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) [1] is a former official in the National Football League (NFL). She wore uniform number 100. She was the first black woman hired by the NFL as an on-field official. [2] [3] The native of Rochester, New York [4] became the league's third female on-field official after Shannon Eastin and Sarah Thomas.
Sarah Thomas (née Bailey; born September 21, 1973) [2] [3] is an American football official, currently for the National Football League (NFL).. Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. American sports journalist and announcer Beth Mowins Mowins in 2015 Born Elizabeth Mowins (1967-05-26) May 26, 1967 (age 57) Syracuse, New York, U.S. Education Lafayette College (B.A.) Syracuse University (M.A.) Title Play-by-Play announcer and reporter for ESPN, CBS, and Marquee Sports ...
Rachel Bonnetta (born 8 October 1991 [2]) is a Canadian stand-up comedian.She was formerly a reporter and a former television host for NFL Network in the United States. She joined Fox Sports in 2016, hosting the @TheBuzzer digital series firstly, [3] then Fox Bet Live (formerly Lock It In) [4] on Fox Sports 1 and Visa Sunday Live Show, a highlights package of weekly NFL game action, on Facebook.
In addition to radio networks run by each NFL team, select NFL games are broadcast nationally by Westwood One (known as Dial Global for the 2012 season). These games are broadcast on over 500 networks, giving all NFL markets access to each primetime game. The NFL's deal with Westwood One was extended in 2012 and continued through 2017. [131]
Patricia Palinkas – First woman to play professional football, debuting on August 15, 1970, as a holder for her placekicker husband on the Orlando Panthers of the minor-league Atlantic Coast Football League. [7] She played two games in the preseason but left after Steve Palinkas was injured and cut from the team. [11] [12]