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American sportscaster (born 1969)
Sam Ryan
Born Samantha Ryan
(1969-02-05 ) February 5, 1969 (age 55) Occupation
Sportscaster Spouse Jeff Ryan Children 2
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
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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 .
^
a
b
"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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