Erin Andrews | |
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.jpg) Andrews in November 2014 | |
| Born | Erin Jill Andrews (1978-05-04)May 4, 1978 (age 46) Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Florida (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Sportscaster, television personality |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Erin Jill Andrews[1] (born May 4, 1978)[2] is an American sportscaster and television personality. She rose to prominence as a correspondent on the American cable sports channelESPN after joining the network in 2004. She later joinedFox Sports in 2012 and has since become the lead sideline reporter for the network'sNFL broadcasting team. In 2010, she also gained further recognition from placing third on thetenth season ofABC'sDancing with the Stars and eventually co-hosted the show from 2014 to 2019 withTom Bergeron.
Andrews was born inLewiston, Maine, to Paula Andrews, a teacher, and Steven Andrews, a broadcast journalist.[3][4] Her family moved toSan Antonio, Texas when she was 5 years old, and then toValrico, Florida[5] 18 months later,[6] when her father, a six-timeEmmy Award winner, began working as an investigative reporter for the localNBC affiliate,WFLA-TV.[7]
Andrews describes herself as atomboy as a youth, living a life that always revolved around sports, watchingNBA games with her father growing up, particularlyBoston Celtics games.[6] Andrews citedHannah Storm,Melissa Stark,Lesley Visser, andSuzy Kolber as female sportscasters she looked up to who ultimately inspired her to become a sportscaster herself.[6]
Andrews attendedBloomingdale High School in Valrico, where she was a member of the dance team, student government, and theNational Honor Society.[4] While growing up, she also attended the Brandon School of Dance Arts inSeffner, Florida. Andrews has stated that being a tomboy, she did not have a lot of female friends in high school, opting to hang out with the boys, finding it more enjoyable to discuss sports with them.[6]
Following graduation from high school in 1996, Andrews attended theUniversity of Florida, graduating in 2000 with aBachelor of Arts (BA) degree in telecommunications.[8] While in college, she was a member of theZeta Tau Alpha sorority,[9] and theFlorida Gators Dazzlers dance team from 1997 to 2000.[8]
In 2000, Andrews was employed byFox Sports Florida as afreelance reporter. From 2001 to 2002, she served as aTampa Bay Lightning reporter for theSunshine Network. From 2002 to 2004, Andrews covered theAtlanta Braves,Atlanta Thrashers, andAtlanta Hawks for theTurner South network as a studio host and reporter.[8]
Andrews began working forESPN in April 2004 as a reporter forESPN National Hockey Night. She has also reported for theCollege World Series,Little League World Series, andGreat Outdoor Games. Andrews began serving as a sideline reporter forESPN College Football Saturday Primetime andBig Ten college basketball games, and in 2005, her job expanded to includeESPN College Football Thursday Primetime andMajor League Baseball sideline reporting. From 2008 to 2010, she reported for ESPN's and ABC's live coverage of theScripps National Spelling Bee.[8]
In 2010, Andrews competed on thetenth season of ABC'sDancing with the Stars with partnerMaksim Chmerkovskiy. They placed third out of 11 couples.[10]
In January 2011, Andrews signed an endorsement deal withReebok to promote its ZigTech brand.[11] Two weeks prior, as a sideline reporter during the2011 Rose Bowl, Andrews noted thatTexas Christian University Horned Frogs football players were slipping on the turf because of the newNike shoes they were wearing. Due to the perceived conflict of interest, ESPN announced revised endorsement guidelines for its journalists that required Andrews to end her endorsement deal with Reebok by the end of 2011.[12]
In November 2011, formerESPN executive Keith Clinkscales filed suit against ESPN Vice President Joan Lynch, claiming she had falsely alleged Clinkscales had masturbated while sitting next to Andrews on an airplane flight earlier that year. Andrews was reported to have disclosed the incident to a number of people but chose not to pursue the matter with ESPN's HR department because she was still shaken by public disclosure of herstalking experiences.[13]
Andrews hosted the first hour of ESPN'sCollege GameDay onESPNU, and had been aGood Morning America correspondent on ABC since 2010, though she had not appeared on the show since covering the Oscars in February 2011.[14]
On June 29, 2012, it was announced that Andrews was leaving ESPN to joinFox Sports. She was the first host ofFox College Football's studio show and was joined by analystsEddie George andJoey Harrington. Andrews also became a contributor onFox NFL Sunday and served as a field reporter for most major sporting events aired on Fox, such as theMLB All-Star Game, theWorld Series, theNFL Playoffs, andDaytona 500.[15] With the launch ofFox Sports 1 on August 17, 2013, Andrews became the guest host ofFox College Football Kickoff andFox College Saturday, a direct competitor toESPN College Gameday, which previews the weekend's biggest college football games.[16][17] Andrews also contributed to the daily studio showFox Football Daily.[18] Beginning with the2014 NFL season, Andrews became the sideline reporter on Fox's lead NFL broadcasting crew after replacingPam Oliver.[19] She later re-signed with Fox Sports in 2016 to report exclusively with Fox's NFL crew.[17]
In March 2014, Andrews replacedBrooke Burke-Charvet as co-host ofDancing with the Stars, joiningTom Bergeron for the show's18th season.[20] She and Bergeron remained in their roles through the show's28th season.[21]
Andrews has also co-hosted theCMT Music Awards twice, having hosted the 2015 ceremony with actressBrittany Snow on June 10[22] and the 2016 ceremony with NFL playerJ. J. Watt on June 8.[23]
She co-hosts the Calm Down podcast withCharissa Thompson since 2021.[24]
Andrews became a spokesperson for theKraft Foods Huddle to Fight Hunger campaign in 2010, which raised $2.86 million forFeeding America.[25]
In October 2011, Andrews teamed up withStubHub, the world's largest online ticket marketplace, to launch a new national campaign called Girls Night Out.[26]
In May 2013, she co-hosted theMusic Builds: CMT Disaster Relief Concert on theCMT network to raise money for theAmerican Red Cross in response to the April 27 tornadoes in Oklahoma.[27]
At the beginning of the2014 National Football League season, Andrews was named the new face ofCoverGirl and partnered with the cosmetic company for the new #Gameface contest, which the winner would be entered to win a pair of tickets to the 2015 Super Bowl.[28]
Andrews became anOrangetheory Fitness ambassador in October 2016.[29]
In October 2019,Fanatics teamed up with Andrews on a line of clothing.[30]
Andrews previously lived in Atlanta, Georgia, but now lives in Los Angeles, California.[31] She was voted "America's sexiest sportscaster" in 2007 and 2008 byPlayboy magazine.[32] She began a relationship with professional hockey playerJarret Stoll in December 2012.[33] The couple was engaged in December 2016 and married on June 24, 2017.[34][35]
In January 2017, Andrews announced that she had been diagnosed withcervical cancer in September 2016 for which she received treatment.[36] After two surgeries, she was pronounced cancer-free. At the time of her diagnosis, Andrews and Stoll had not discussed marriage or having children, but she says it put their relationship on the fast track. Andrews and Stoll chose to continue with a fertility plan ofin-vitro fertilization (IVF).[37] Andrews' son was born in July 2023 via surrogacy.[38]
After defeating cancer and informing the public of her experience, she partnered with a women's health diagnostics company, Hologic, to launch a campaign. The campaign, called We Can Change This STAT encourages women to go to the doctor for their annual exams, as well as getting men to encourage the women in their lives to take their exams.[39]
In 2008, Michael David Barrett, then 46, filmed Andrews in her hotel room through peepholes at the Nashville Marriott adjacent toVanderbilt University inNashville, Tennessee, and the Radisson Airport hotel inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. On July 16, 2009, one of these videos, in which Andrews appeared totally nude, was posted online and quickly wentviral.[40] Barrett was arrested by the FBI on October 2, 2009, for interstate stalking, and pleaded guilty to the charges on December 15, 2009. A second tape of Andrews was discovered on Barrett's computer showing her nude in her room at the Radisson in Milwaukee. This tape was never made public.[41][42] On March 15, 2010, Barrett was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, three years of probation, $5,000 in fines, and $7,366 in restitution.[43] He served his sentence at the Seattle Community Correctional Center and was released on July 3, 2012.[44]
Andrews sued Barrett,Marriott International,Radisson Hotels, and five other entities for negligence and invasion of privacy in connection with the videotaping.[40] In her lawsuit against Marriott, Andrews alleged that hotel employees disclosed the dates of her stay to Barrett and assigned him a room next to hers.[45] In 2011, Andrews worked with U.S. SenatorAmy Klobuchar to enact a new federal anti-stalking law.[46] Andrews was still trying to have the video removed from the Internet in July 2011.[47]
In March 2013, Andrews's lawyers filed a motion inLos Angeles Superior Court seeking to quash asubpoena from Marriott "seeking her payroll records, contracts, performance reviews, any disciplinary reports, as well as other employment information from her current employer, Fox."[45] The attorneys said that Marriott is also seeking "physician letters, notes, annual physicals, and other related medical records" and that the request was an attempt to "harass and embarrass" Andrews.[45]
In October 2015, Andrews filed a suit against the Nashville Marriott and Barrett for $75 million.[48][49]Jury selection for the hearing began on February 22, 2016.[50] On March 7, 2016, after a two-week trial, the jury awarded Andrews $55 million.[51] The jury found Barrett 51% responsible and the hotel management company (Windsor Capital Group) and its owner (West End Hotel Partners) 49% responsible.[52] As of early 2016, Barrett was living in his father's basement.[53] During the trial, Andrews testified that her employer ESPN would not allow her to return to broadcasting until she had spoken publicly about the incident on television, against her will, due to rumors it was apublicity stunt.[54]
The journalist was voted 'America's Sexiest Sportscaster' by Playboy in 2007 and 2008.
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