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Gayle Gardner (born c. 1950) is an American sportscaster who worked for ESPN and NBC Sports beginning in 1987 until 1993. Gardner is considered a pioneer in sports broadcasting, having been the first female sports anchor to appear weekly on a major network.
Gayle Gardner is a retired sportscaster who worked with ESPN and NBC. She was an anchor for SportsCenter for three years before NBC hired her. While she worked at NBC, she covered the NFL, Major League Baseball, tennis, college football, and the Olympics.
Jul 15, 2021 · Later that same year, Gayle Gardner became the first woman to broadcast a televised game between Colorado and the Cincinnati Reds. It took almost three more decades before...
- Chris Berman (1979-present) There’s something about consistency. Berman, for all his shtick, is a novelty at ESPN. He arrived at the network a month after it launched and has been a mainstay since.
- Dick Vitale (1979-present) Fired by the Detroit Pistons, the garrulous and generous Vitale was out of coaching in December,1979. It was then that ESPN’s Scotty Connal offered him a job to do color on college basketball telecasts, but Vitale was reluctant to accept it.
- Roy Firestone (1980-94) With not many play-by-play options available, ESPN’s evening programming often originated from the studio. The most entertaining for my money was hosted by Roy Firestone, a gripping interviewer who conducted thousands such programs on ESPN.
- Bob Ley (1979-present) If there are two names almost interchangeable with ESPN’s early SportsCenters it’s Berman and Ley. A special penchant for the esoteric and journalism, Ley also covered soccer, the NCAA Basketball Selection Show and along with George Grande, he anchored the first ever wall-to-wall coverage of the NFL Draft in 1980.
Gayle Gardner (born ca. 1950) is an American sportscaster who worked for ESPN and NBC Sports beginning in 1987 until 1993. Gardner is considered a pioneer in sports broadcasting, having been the first female sports anchor to appear weekly on a major network.
Dec 25, 1991 · Gayle Gardner is the country's highest-paid female sportscaster, with a $300,000-a-year contract at NBC. She talks about her struggles, achievements and future plans in this 1991 article.
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Oct 10, 1987 · Gayle Gardner will become a network sportscaster Jan. 1. "It was a long time coming," she said. Gardner, 37, has been outspoken for a long time about the lack of opportunities for female...
