Tracy Wolfson | |
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 Wolfson at the 2013 U.S.Army–Navy Game | |
| Born | (1975-03-17)March 17, 1975 (age 50) Congers, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | CBS Sports sideline reporter |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | David Reichel |
| Children | 3 |
Tracy Wolfson (born March 17, 1975) is an Americansportscaster forCBS Sports. She is the lead sideline reporter for theNFL on CBS.
Wolfson grew up inCongers, New York, and attendedClarkstown High School North, inNew City, New York.[1][2] She graduated from theUniversity of Michigan in 1997 with a degree in communications.[2]
Wolfson's on-air career began at WZBN inTrenton, New Jersey, as a sports anchor. She also appeared as a reporter forLong Island News Tonight (LI News Tonight), a local Long Island college-run news station. She later worked forMSG Network as an anchor and reporter as well as coveringgolf,college football andarena football forESPN from 2002 to 2003.
Wolfson is the lead field/floor reporter for all live CBS Sports football and basketball broadcasts. She works with the lead on-air talent team in each of the sports she covers.
She was the CBScollege football sideline reporter from 2004 to 2013,[3] considered to be part of one of the best college football broadcast teams in the country.[4] As a sideline reporter, Wolfson primarily interviewed coaches at the end of each half and also gave updates on player injuries. Additionally, she is an anchor on the CBS Sportsdesk as well as a reporter forcollege basketball,auto racing,skiing,ice skating,gymnastics,tennis,track and field androdeo.[5] Since 2004, she has covered the NCAA Men's BasketballFinal Four. Wolfson did postseason sideline reporting for theNBA on TNT from the 2011–2016 NBA Playoffs and is a contributor to theNFL on CBS by filing reports on theSuper Bowl and sideline reporting for preseason games withGreg Gumbel andDan Dierdorf orIan Eagle andPhil Simms, such as the Seahawks-Packers preseason game in 2013.[6]
Wolfson's voice is also featured during sideline reports in NCAACollege Hoops 2K8 on the Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 game consoles.
On May 22, 2014, it was announced that Wolfson would be joining Jim Nantz and Phil Simms as an NFL sideline reporter on Thursday night and some Sunday afternoon games starting in the 2014 season.[7]
She was the floor reporter for the NCAA men's basketball championship games in 2016 on TBS and 2017 on CBS.
Wolfson has been the sideline reporter forSuper Bowls XLVII,50,LIII,LV, andLVIII.
In 2005, she was asked to be a part of Mississippi State University's College Sports Speaker series[8] and has been a spokeswoman and M.C. for several Foundation for Diabetes Research events since 2005.[9] In 2004 she was named one of the "Best New Faces" of the NCAA tournament inUSA Today.[10]
She resides inTenafly, New Jersey[11] with her husband, David Reichel and their three sons.[12] Wolfson is Jewish.[2]