Samantha Ryan
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Samantha (Sam) Ryan is an American sportscaster based in New York City where she works as a sports anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV and CBS Sports. She served as a sports anchor and reporter for WABC-TV, WFAN radio, News 12 Long Island, WVIT in Hartford, Connecticut, and Fox Sports Net New York. Ryan then joined ESPN and ABC Sports in 2003, serving as sideline reporter for their coverage of the National Hockey League and college football. In 2004, she started working on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. In 2005, she served as the reporter for Monday Night Football while Michele Tafoya was on maternity leave. In June 2006, she was hired by CBS Sports and WCBS-TV in New York.
She attended Sachem High School, graduating in 1987. An alumnus of the NYIT (Old Westbury, NY), her senior project was titled "Gender Bias in Sports Broadcasting and Media Coverage." Also majored in communications at Hofstra University (Long Island, NY).
She is married and has two children, Nicklaus and Jensen.
[edit] External links
- ESPN Bio Page. Retrieved on 2006-06-12.
- Mediaweek - ESPN's Ryan Joins CBS Sports. Retrieved on 2006-06-12.
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