Leila Rahimi
Leila Rahimi | |
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 Rahimi in May 2024 | |
| Born | Denton, Texas,U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Texas |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Newscaster |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Television | KXII-TV Fox Sports Southwest KXAN-TV Fox Sports San Diego Comcast SportsNet Houston MLB Network Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia NBC Sports Chicago WMAQ-TV |
Leila Rahimiis an American television sports anchor and reporter.
Biography
[edit]Rahimi was born and raised inDenton, Texas.[1]After high school, she interned withDallas Mavericksannouncers Wally Lynn and Mike Fisher.[1]In 2002, she graduated magna cum laude from theUniversity of North Texaswith a degree in journalism.[2][3]From 2001 to 2005, she worked as an anchor/reporter withKTCK-AMSports Radio inDallas.In 2006,[1]she went to work as a sports anchor/reporter with CBS-affiliateKXII-TVinSherman, Texas.She held various positions atFox Sports SouthwestinDallasfrom 2001 to 2011.[2]In 2007, she accepted a position with NBC-affiliateKXAN-TVinAustin,Texas.[2]In 2012, she moved toSan Diegoto work forFox Sports San Diegowhere she served as the field reporter for theSan Diego Padresand produced a weekly program.[2]She then returned to Texas, working atComcast SportsNet Houstonas an anchor, reporter, and sideline reporter for theHouston Astrosand theHouston Rockets;while in Houston, she was nominated for severalEmmy awards.[2]In 2014 and 2015, Rahimi worked with theMLB Networkwhile inPhiladelphiaand was an anchor and reporter forComcast SportsNet Philadelphia.[2]In October 2015, she was hired as the anchor forNBC Sports Chicago,[2]where she, as of the2019-20 season,serves as the sideline reporter forChicago Bullsbroadcasts and hosted White Sox pre-game and post-game shows. In August 2020, Rahimi was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago as part of company-wide cutbacks atNBCUniversaldue to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.[4]
In January 2021 Rahimi was announced as a partner to long-timeWSCRhost Dan Bernstein on a new mid-day show dubbed "Bernstein and Rahimi".[5] She has since continued contributing to WSCR, making appearances on the "Bernstein and Holmes Show" (often referred to as "Leila Wednesdays" ) and occasionally filling in for either of them.
A year after she was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago, Rahimi returned to the NBCUniversal family in November as a part-time sports anchor and reporter for NBC-owned stationWMAQ-TV.She currently rotating their duties alongside Mike Berman and Jeff Blanzy in the station's weeknight newscasts, and currently co-hosting with Berman on the weekly sports news programSports Sunday,replacing their longtime main sports anchor Siafa Lewis, when he was hired byCBS-owned stationKYW-TVas weekday news anchor in the same month. Rahimi was second female co-host ofSports Sunday,behindPaula Faris.[6]
As of the2023-24 season,Rahimi has returned to sideline reporting duties for select Bulls home broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago.[7]
References
[edit]- ^abcDFW: "Leila Rahimi, formerly of 'The Ticket,' is a shooting star" by Jat BetsillNovember 17, 2010
- ^abcdefgCSN Chicago: "CSN Hires Leila Rahimi as Full-Time Anchor/Reporter" by Duane DudekOctober 28, 2015
- ^Houston's Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes: "Leila Rahimi" by Marcy de LunaOctober 21, 2014
- ^Phil Rosenthal (4 August 2020)."NBC Sports Chicago scales back programming amid staff layoffs, with Leila Rahimi, Laurence Holmes and 'Sports Talk Live' among the cuts".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved2020-08-04.
- ^"The Score promotes Leila Rahimi to midday co-host with Dan Bernstein - Robert Feder".robertfeder.Retrieved2021-03-17.
- ^"As Siafa Lewis exits, Leila Rahimi joins NBC 5 sports team".robertfeder.Retrieved2021-11-09.
- ^Leila Rahimi returns to Bulls broadcasts - X