Bonnie Bernstein
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Bonnie Bernstein (born August 16, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sports reporter and anchor.
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[edit] Early life and career
Bernstein grew up in Howell, New Jersey. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in broadcast journalism, after being a four-time Academic All-American in Gymnastics. She received the Thomas M. Fields award for excellence in academics and sports. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Bernstein has worked for various radio and television channels: Before her first network job at ESPN, she was the weekday sports anchor at NBC affiliates KRNV-TV and KRNV in Reno, Nevada. Prior to working in Nevada she was the weekend news anchor in Salisbury, Maryland at ABC's WMDT-TV. She began her career in broadcasting as the news and sports director of WXJN-FM radio in Lewes, Delaware.
[edit] ESPN and CBS Sports
In 1995 she became a correspondent for ESPN's SportsCenter in Bristol, Connecticut; and in 1998 moved to CBS, where she has mostly covered NFL football games and interviewed players and coaches. She has covered five Super Bowls; during Super Bowl XXXVIII, she became the first sportscaster in history to cover the Super Bowl for both network television and radio syndication (for Westwood One) at the same time.
Bernstein has also covered the NBA Finals, Major League Baseball playoffs, the US Open, NCAA men's and women's basketball games and the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships; she hosted several half time shows; and worked as a reporter at CBS' NFL Today show.
In January 2006, Bernstein left CBS to pursue other broadcasting opportunities and develop Velvet Hammer Media, a company that helps aspiring or working journalists move up to the next level in their careers. She will still continue to cover the NFL for Westwood One, with her first broadcast of the 2006 season on November 23 for the game between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bernstein told blogger dl004d that her decision to leave CBS was due in part to the network's "minimalist philosophy toward sideline reporting."
[edit] Return to ESPN
On July 2, 2006, Bernstein rejoined ESPN as a dugout level reporter for Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. However, Bernstein revealed in an interview with realhoboken.com, a New Jersey based online magazine, that she will switch to ESPN's Wednesday Night Baseball coverage on a limited basis for the 2007 season due in part to her continuing recovery from a bout with deep vein thrombosis in October, 2006. [1] Bernstein also serves as a sideline reporter for college football on ABC and ESPN with Brad Nessler, Bob Griese and Paul Maguire, as well as doing features and studio hosting duties for various ESPN/ABC programs. However, on November 18, 2006, Bernstein joined the ESPN on ABC play-by-play team of Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Bob Davie, and Lisa Salters for the telecast of the game between the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University, and on January 1, 2007 for the telecast of the Rose Bowl between Michigan and The University of Southern California after working with Nessler, Griese, and Maguire on the ESPN telecast of the Champs Sports Bowl between Maryland and Purdue University on December 29, 2006. She also provided reports on SportsCenter on November 17, 2006 concerning Ohio State's reaction to the sudden passing of former Michigan head football coach Bo Schembechler.
On July 27, 2006, Bernstein filled in for ESPN's Jim Rome on his show, Jim Rome Is Burning. On September 11, 2006, Bernstein served as sideline reporter for the second game of the NFL Week One Monday Night Football doubleheader between the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders with Nessler, Dick Vermeil and Ron Jaworski.
On October 4, 2006, Bernstein served as dugout level reporter for the eventually rained out game two of the Major League Baseball American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees on ESPN in which she provided numerous updates and interviews throughout the controversial rain delay at Yankee Stadium. The game was made up the next day with Bernstein serving as dugout level reporter with her then Sunday Night Baseball colleagues Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
On December 9, 2006, Bernstein hosted the ESPN2 special Countdown to the Heisman prior to the Heisman Trophy presentation show on ESPN, where she interviewed the families of Heisman contenders University of Arkansas running back Darren McFadden and Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn, among other dignitaries during the telecast, hosted by College GameDay host Chris Fowler.
[edit] See also
- Official website
- Velvet Hammer Media website
- Article on SI.com by Michael Silver about Bernstein's reasons for leaving CBS and her plans for the future
- BONNIE BERNSTEIN JOINS ESPN AND ABC AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND MLB GAME REPORTER; BEGINS JULY 2
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