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Pam Oliver | |
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 Oliver in December 2021 | |
| Born | (1961-03-10)March 10, 1961 (age 64) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Florida A&M University |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Pam Oliver (born March 10, 1961)[1] is an Americansportscaster known for her work on the sidelines for variousNational Basketball Association (NBA) andNational Football League (NFL) games.
Oliver was born in Dallas, Texas.[2] She attendedNiceville High School inNiceville, Florida, where she excelled intennis,basketball, andtrack and field.[2] AtFlorida A&M University, she was an All-American in both the 400-meter and the mile relay.[2]
Oliver began her broadcasting career atWALB inAlbany, Georgia in 1985 as a news reporter.[3] The next year, Oliver moved toWAAY-TV inHuntsville, Alabama. After that stop, Oliver moved toWIVB-TV inBuffalo, New York in 1988. Two years later in 1990, Oliver moved toWTVT inTampa, Florida, where she began her career as a sports anchor in 1991. Oliver moved toKHOU-TV inHouston, where she continued to be a sports anchor.
In 1993, Oliver joinedESPN. In 1995, Oliver joinedFox Sports, where she worked as a sideline reporter with the network's number-one broadcast team,Pat Summerall andJohn Madden.[4] In 2005, Oliver joinedTNT as a sideline reporter for their NBA Playoffs coverage and worked as a Sideline Reporter for the NBA Playoffs on TNT until 2009.[5]
On July 14, 2014, Fox moved her to the network's #2 NFL broadcasting team, whileErin Andrews took over as sideline reporter on the #1 crew.[6] In early 2015, Fox extended Oliver's sideline reporting job with the #2 team through the 2016 season.[7] Oliver has continued in that role as of the 2025 season. She was the #2 team for most of the 2023 season; however, in Week 6 of the 2023 NFL, she was the #3 team for the Lions-Buccaneers game along withAdam Amin andDaryl Johnston.
On September 4, 2025, the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame announced[8][9] Oliver's membership in its Class of 2025, noting, "She has long been recognized as one of the premier sports reporters on network television and is the longest tenured NFL sideline reporter. With widespread respect and admiration across the industry, her straightforward and candid interviewing style consistently delivers topical and substantive reports." She was inducted on December 16, 2025.
Oliver, 53, was a sports anchor for WTVT in the 1990s...
