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'''Gayle Gardner''' (born ca. 1950) is an [[United States|American]] [[sportscaster]] who has worked for [[ESPN]] and [[NBC Sports]] beginning in 1987 until 1993. |
'''Gayle Gardner''' (born ca. 1950) is an [[United States|American]] [[sportscaster]] who has 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.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/richard_deitsch/08/06/media.0806/, Sports Illustrated], "London calling - What England lacks in TV programs, it makes up for in salacious tabloids", by Richard Deitsch, August 6, 2004, Retrieved March 3, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/womeninsportscasting.html American Sportscasters Online], "Women in Sportscasting: A Brief History", by Lou Schwartz, Retrieved March 3, 2012.</ref> |
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===ESPN=== |
===ESPN=== |
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After being aired hired by [[ESPN]] in 1983, Gardner served as a ''[[SportsCenter]]'' anchor for three years |
After being aired hired by [[ESPN]] in 1983, Gardner served as a ''[[SportsCenter]]'' anchor for three years. |
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In 2004 (to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''SportsCenter''), Gardner returned to anchor a special "[[List_of_SportsCenter_segments_and_specials#Special|old school]]" edition of ''SportsCenter'' alongside [[Stuart Scott]]. |
In 2004 (to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''SportsCenter''), Gardner returned to anchor a special "[[List_of_SportsCenter_segments_and_specials#Special|old school]]" edition of ''SportsCenter'' alongside [[Stuart Scott]]. |
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Gayle Gardner (born ca. 1950) is an American sportscaster who has 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.[1][2]
ESPN
After being aired hired by ESPN in 1983, Gardner served as a SportsCenter anchor for three years.
In 2004 (to celebrate the 25th anniversary of SportsCenter), Gardner returned to anchor a special "old school" edition of SportsCenter alongside Stuart Scott.
NBC Sports
As previously mentioned, Gardner worked for NBC from 1987-1993. Among the assignments that she undertook included anchoring NBC's New Year's Day college football bowl game coverage, NFL Live! (Gardner joined the show alongside Bob Costas and Ahmad Rashad in 1988), Major League Baseball: An Inside Look[3] (Gardner by the way, was on hand at Toronto's SkyDome to host the pregame coverage of NBC's final edition of the Major League Baseball Game of the Week (Blue Jays-Orioles) on September 30, 1989), NBC's 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics[4] coverage, NBC's tennis coverage (i.e. the French Open[5] and Wimbeldon), and NBC's "Prudential Sports Updates".
Other notable assignments
On August 3, 1993, Gardner became the first woman to do televised play-by-play of a baseball game when she called the action of a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds.[6]
Gardner later worked on the Food Network before writing a screenplay. She spent three years on the Food Network. Then a series of misfortunes struck.[7]
Personal life
Her lower lip was nearly severed when a taxi in which she was riding was involved in an accident and she was thrown against a partition between the driver's compartment and the passenger's.
Then she had a fall in which she suffered a torn rotator cuff. In still another incident, she developed internal bleeding that required four operations.
Altogether, she has been unable to work for many years. Gardner says, "It's grimmer than I'm telling you," she said. "I was a wreck."
She says she has been encouraged by NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol telling her she will be considered for a future Olympics assignment. "For a person who needs to get back into the job market, this SportsCenter role is a good thing," she said. "I'm rusty, but I hope something comes of it."
Awards and honors
She has won 4 Sports Emmy Awards for her work as a sportscaster.[8]
References
- ^ Sports Illustrated, "London calling - What England lacks in TV programs, it makes up for in salacious tabloids", by Richard Deitsch, August 6, 2004, Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ American Sportscasters Online, "Women in Sportscasting: A Brief History", by Lou Schwartz, Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ Zelasko, 34, is the first woman in more than a decade to host major-league baseball for a network. (Gayle Gardner did it for NBC in 1989.)
- ^ Costas, Enberg, Storm and Gayle Gardner will share weekend afternoon coverage. Gardner joins Ahmad Rashad, Kathleen Sullivan and Don Criqui to host the cable coverage.
- ^ 1989 French Open Gayle Gardner Interview of Chris Evert (11min) (Quality: Good)
- ^ Sportscasting Firsts
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