Erin Andrews

Erin Andrews
Andrews at a 2007 college football game
Born	(1978-05-04) May 4, 1978 Lewiston, Maine
Education	University of Florida
Occupation	Television sports reporter for ESPN
Agent	Career Sports & Entertainment
Notable credit	National sideline reporter
Title	Sideline Reporter
Website	http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Andrews_Erin.htm Erin Andrews ESPN

Erin Andrews (born May 4, 1978, in Lewiston, Maine) is an American sportscaster. In 2007 and 2008, she was voted "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" by Playboy Magazine.

Biography

Education

After attending Bloomingdale High School, near Tampa, Florida, Andrews graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications in 2000. While there she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Andrews was also a member of the Dazzlers, the Gator basketball dance team, from 1997–2000.

Early career

She began her career with FSN Florida as a freelance reporter from 2000–01, before serving as a Tampa Bay Lightning reporter for the Sunshine Network from 2001–02. Andrews then worked as a studio host for Turner Sports from 2002–04, covering the Atlanta Braves and college football for TBS and Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks for Turner South.

ESPN

Andrews joined ESPN in May 2004 as a reporter for the network's National Hockey League coverage. Since the 2004 season, Andrews has served as sideline reporter for the ESPN College Football Saturday telecast, the Saturday Primetime college basketball game and Big Ten college basketball coverage. In 2005, she added Major League Baseball sideline reporting to her duties. She also provides reports and features on Great Outdoor Games coverage, covers Men's college baseball, and is a familiar sight during the College World Series. On July 8, 2009, Andrews was struck by a foul ball in the chin. The ball was hit by Alex Cora of the New York Mets. She was rushed to the hospital, but she only suffered bruises.

Nude Video Leak

On July 20, 2009 TMZ reported that a voyeur video, recorded through a hotel room peephole, containing footage of a nude Erin Andrews was being shopped around. The video leaked on the Internet a short time later. Legal council for Erin and ESPN acted quickly to both remove the video from sites that had posted it and to gather evidence to locate and prosecute the perpetrators of the privacy invasion. The event has sparked conversation about double standards for female sports reporters, the dangers of privacy invasion, and their impacts on the future of female sports reporting.

Personal life

Erin was born in Lewiston, Maine, and moved to Tampa, Florida as a young girl, when her father (Steve Andrews) took a job as an investigative journalist for WFLA-TV. Erin's father is a six-time Emmy Award winner. On July 17, 2009, a statement was released on behalf of Andrews confirming that she had been videotaped nude in a hotel room without her consent or permission.