Sam Ryan
American sportscaster (born 1969)
Sam Ryan
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Samantha Ryan
( 1969-02-05 ) February 5, 1969 (age 54)
Lake Ronkonkoma, New York
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Sportscaster |
Samantha Ryan (born February 5, 1969) is an American sportscaster who is a sports anchor for WABC-TV New York's Eyewitness News' weekend evening broadcasts.
Biography
Early life and education
Ryan is an alumna of the New York Institute of Technology [1] and also majored in communications at Hofstra University . [2]
Broadcasting career
Early in her career, Ryan worked for WBAB Babylon, New York , WVIT Hartford , and WFAN New York. She joined ABC Radio Network in 1996 and then Fox Sports New York in 2000. She started her first stint at WABC-TV ABC in September 2002. [3]
Ryan joined ESPN in 2003, [4] and CBS Sports and WCBS-TV in June 2006. [5] [6] She joined MLB Network as a studio host and reporter in September 2011 and appeared regularly on MLB Network's game productions, The Rundown , Quick Pitch , and other studio programming. [7] She gave on-air reports from the field in the League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017 on MLB Network and TBS . Ryan was with MLB Network until June 2018 when she returned to WABC.
Awards
Ryan won a local Emmy Award for "Outstanding Series Feature-soft" in 1999 and a local AP award in 2000. [4]
References
- ↑ Barmash, Jerry. "WCBS-TV's Sam Ryan Balances Work And Family," New York SportsBeat, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
- ↑ "On-Air Personalities - MLB Network" . Major League Baseball . Retrieved 3 April 2015 .
- ↑ "Sam Ryan" . American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23 . Retrieved 2008-03-23 .
- 1 2 "Sam Ryan - Sideline reporter" . ESPN. 2005-11-25. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25 . Retrieved 2008-03-21 .
- ↑ "Sam Ryan" . CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18 . Retrieved 2008-03-23 .
- ↑ Consoli, John (2006-06-08). "ESPN's Ryan Joins CBS Sports" . Mediaweek . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-01-04 . Retrieved 2008-03-21 .
- ↑ Huff, Richard. "CBS Ch. 2 sports anchor Sam Ryan will finally leave for hosting, reporting gig on MLB Network," Daily News (New York City), Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
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