Lisa Salters
Lisa Salters | |
|---|---|
 Salters in November 2009 | |
| Born | Alisia Salters March 6, 1966 |
| Education | Pennsylvania State University(BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Sportscaster,Sports anchor |
| Notable credit(s) | E:60,Monday Night Football,NBA on ABC,Outside the Lines,World News Tonight,Good Morning America |
Alisia"Lisa"Salters(born March 6, 1966)[1][2]is an Americanjournalistand formercollege basketballplayer. She has been a reporter forESPNandESPN on ABCsince 2000. Previously, she covered theO. J. Simpson murder caseforABCand worked as a reporter atWBAL-TVinBaltimorefrom 1988 to 1995.[3]
Salters has reported worldwide for ESPN, including a series of reports from theMiddle Eastprior to theIraq War.In addition, she has hosted ESPN's coverage of the2006 Winter OlympicsfromTurin, Italy,and ESPN's coverage of the2002 FIFA World Cup.She is a sideline reporter and co-producer forABC's coverageof the NBA and ESPN'sMonday Night Football.
Career
[edit]Pre-broadcasting career
[edit]Salters was first a broadcast journalist prior to becoming a sportscaster. In 1995, she was named the first West Coast correspondent for the ABC affiliate news service, NewsOne. Among many notable stories, she covered the O.J. Simpson civil and criminal trials, the Oklahoma City bombing trials, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the crash of TWA flight 800 for the network. It was not until ESPN reached out in 2000 about a general assignment position that she decided to transition to sports journalism.[4]
Broadcasting career
[edit]Salters joined ESPN as a general assignment reporter in March 2000. She serves as sideline reporter and co-producer forMonday Night Footballand the lead sideline reporter for ESPN's coverage of the NBA on ABC. In addition, Salters is one of the featured correspondents on ESPN's newsmagazine show,E:60,which debuted October 2007.[5]In 2008, she was nominated for aSports Emmy Award[6]for the story "Ray Of Hope".[7]
At ESPN, Salters' reports have been regularly featured on the award-winning "Outside the Lines" series. She led the network's comprehensive coverage of the murder conspiracy trial ofCarolina Pantherswide receiverRae Carruthin December 2000 through January 2001. Additionally, Salters was ESPN's reporter at the2002 FIFA World CupinSouth KoreaandJapan,where she broke the news on the U.S. National Team's starting lineup a day before its first match in againstPortugal.Salters reported from the2004 Olympic GamesinAthens, Greeceand hosted ESPN's coverage of the2006 Winter OlympicsGames inTorino, Italy.
In2006,she served as the lead sideline reporter for ABC's coverage of theNBA on ABCand worked the2006 NBA Finalson television as that season she filled in forMichele Tafoyawho was onmaternity leave.Salters returned to her role as its secondary sideline reporter the following year as Tafoya returned to her old role. In2007,she worked the2007 NBA Finalson radio. In2009,she was back to being its lead sideline reporter wheneverDoris Burkewas not there.
During the build-up toOperation Iraqi Freedomthrough the commencement of theIraq War,Salters covered sports-related stories in and aroundU.S. Central CommandinQatarforOutside the Lines,SportsCenterandESPNEWS.[8]She returned to the war zone in 2004 when ESPN tookSportsCenteron the road and broadcast live fromCamp Arifjan,a U.S. Army base inKuwait.
On December 1, 2007, Salters was covering theBig 12 Championship Gameat theAlamodomeinSan Antonio,Texas.In one of her sideline reports during the first half she mentionedMissouriquarterbackChase Daniel'sfrustration due to Missouri being stymied by theOklahomadefense, saying Daniel was "upset" and "fuming." However, a technical blunder caused Salters' microphone to be broadcast over the stadium's PA system. The camera shifted to Chase Daniel, who was visibly perplexed and curious as to who was talking about him and why it was being heard throughout the entire stadium.ABCTV announcerBrent Musburgerthen mused, "Lisa was talking to a lot more folks than she anticipated." The likely explanation was that Salters' mic was to have been hooked up to the PA for the upcoming halftime contest, and her microphone was inadvertently left on the PA after a pregame sound check.[citation needed]
Prior to joining ESPN, Salters served as aLos Angeles-based correspondent for ABC News from 1995 to 2000 and provided news coverage forWorld News TonightwithPeter Jenningsand other ABC News broadcasts. At ABC News, she covered theOklahoma City bombingtrials, theMatthew Shepardmurder, the crash ofTWA Flight 800,and both the civil and criminal O. J. Simpson trials.
ESPN Monday Night Football
[edit] | This section of abiography of a living persondoes notincludeanyreferences or sources.(February 2024) |
In 2012, ESPN announced that Lisa Salters would joinMonday Night FootballreplacingSuzy Kolberas a full-time solo sideline reporter joiningMike TiricoandJon Gruden.In 2018, ESPN announced a newMonday Night Footballcommentating team which will include Salters as sideline reporter and joined byJoe TessitoreandBooger McFarland.
Personal life
[edit]Salters was born inKing of Prussia, Pennsylvania,[2]and graduated fromPenn State Universityin 1988 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. She playedguardfor theLady Lionsbasketball team from 1986 to 1987, where she holds the distinction of being the shortest player in school history at 5'2 ".[9]
Salters is a graduate ofUpper Merion Area High Schoolin King of Prussia, where she is a member of the school's Hall of Fame. Salters is a cousin of formerUniversity of PittsburghandDallas Cowboysstar running backTony Dorsett.
On October 13, 2017, Salters was inducted into the Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"Alisia" Lisa "Salters joins ESPN as a general assignment reporter".psu.edu.March 2000.RetrievedDecember 27,2023.
- ^abMullan, Gracie (March 31, 2023)."Women's History Month: 10 Influential Penn State Alumnae".Onward State.RetrievedDecember 27,2023.
- ^Brown, Sloane (January 4, 2014)."ESPN broadcaster Lisa Salters' 10 favorite things".Baltimore Sun.RetrievedMarch 4,2015.
- ^"Women In Broadcasting, Part 4: Lisa Salters & Beth Mowins".NBA.
- ^"ESPN Names Magazine Show 'E:60'".multichannel.
- ^"nominated".emmyonline.org.Archived fromthe originalon May 2, 2008.RetrievedJune 10,2008.
- ^"Ray Of Hope".go.Archived fromthe originalon October 21, 2007.
- ^"The Big Picture: Ex-Penn Stater gets war story for ESPN",Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,April 3, 2003
- ^Brennan, Mark (March 20, 2005)."PSU Grad Shines at ESPN".FightOnState.RetrievedMarch 4,2015.
- ^Kohler, Katie (October 17, 2017)."Class of 2017: 10 inducted into Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame".Times Herald.RetrievedOctober 23,2017.
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