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Erin Andrews
Andrews at a 2007 college football game
Born (1978-05-04) May 4, 1978 (age 46)
Lewiston, Maine
EducationUniversity of Florida
OccupationTelevision sports reporter for ESPN
AgentCareer Sports & Entertainment
Notable creditNational sideline reporter
TitleSideline Reporter
Websitehttp://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Andrews_Erin.htm Erin Andrews ESPN

Erin Andrews (born May 4, 1978, in Lewiston, Maine) is an American sportscaster.[1] In 2007 and 2008, she was voted "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" by Playboy Magazine.[2]

Biography

Education

After attending Bloomingdale High School, near Tampa, Florida,[3] 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.[4] Andrews was also a member of the Dazzlers, the Gator basketball dance team, from 1997–2000.[1]

Early career

Andrews 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.[1] She 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.[1]

ESPN

Andrews joined ESPN in May 2004 as a reporter for the network's National Hockey League coverage.[1] Since the 2004 season, she has served as sideline reporter for the ESPN College Football Saturday telecast, the Saturday Primetime college basketball game and Big Ten college basketball coverage.[1] 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.[5] The ball was hit by Alex Cora of the New York Mets.[5] She was rushed to the hospital, but she only suffered bruises.

Nude Video Leak

On July 16, 2009 a video posted on the site "NSFW POA" hinted that a naked blonde woman videotaped through a hotel peephole was a popular sports personality.[6]

On July 17, 2009 Andrews authorized her attorney to issue a statement via PRNewswire verifying that the woman in the video was her and that the video was made without her knowledge or consent.[7] Blogger Don Chavez determined that the video was originally uploaded to French video site Dailymotion on February 17, 2009, and had been available via Google search for months.[8]

On July 20, 2009 TMZ reported that the voyeur video of Andrews was being shopped around.[9] Don Chavez's research continued with the possibility of additional videos, additional victims, and a response from the uploader before his Dailymotion account was deleted/removed.[10].

Legal council for Andrews and ESPN acted quickly to both remove the video from sites that had posted it and and work with authorities in an attempt to locate and prosecute the perpetrators of the privacy invasion.[11] The event has sparked conversation about double standards for female sports reporters, the effects of privacy invasion, and their impacts on the future of female sports reporting.[12]

Personal life

Andrews 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. Her father is a six-time Emmy Award winner.[13] 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. [14]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erin Andrews.
  1. ^ a b c d e f Bio on Andrews, ESPN.com, Retrieved on August 7, 2007
  2. ^ Playboy.com - Playboy.com - America's Sexiest Sportscaster 2008
  3. ^ "Erin Andrews: Minding Your P's & Q's And A Lot More".
  4. ^ Erin Andrews Profile, zetataualpha.org, Retrieved on August 7, 2007
  5. ^ a b Casey, Mike (2009-07-10). "Erin Andrews hit by foul ball; panic at Newsday". Newsday. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  6. ^ "ESPN Lawyers Try to Smoke Out Creepy Amateur Peephole Videographer".
  7. ^ "Statement on Behalf of Erin Andrews".
  8. ^ "What You Don't Know About the Naked Erin Andrews Hotel Videos".
  9. ^ "Erin Andrews Nude Video Peddled for Profit".
  10. ^ "Erin Andrews Peephole Video Update: Who Was The Source".
  11. ^ "Erin Andrews Nude Video for Sale to Highest Bidder".
  12. ^ "Assault on Erin Andrews' Privacy Scary For All Female Journalists".
  13. ^ http://www.wfla.com/personalities/andrews.htm
  14. ^ "Statement of Behalf of Erin Andrews".
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