Dana Jacobson

Dana Jacobson born (1971-11-05) November 5, 1971 (age 52) is an ESPN anchorwoman. She joined the network as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p.m edition of SportsCenter. In March 2005, she was named co-host of Cold Pizza, and transitioned with the show as it became ESPN First Take. Jacobson provided sideline reporting for ESPN's coverage of NBA Sunday night games.

Early life

Jacobson was born and raised in Michigan where she attended Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Subsequently, she attended and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa in 1989. Jacobson graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and communications. She has an older brother, Mark, who also graduated from the University of Michigan.

Her first television job was in Traverse City, Mich., at WPBN/WTOM-TV, where she spent two years as a fill-in news anchor and weekend sports anchor, producer and editor.
Reported on a number of stories in Northern California, including profiles of Sacramento Kings top players Mike Bibby, Chris Webber and Jason Williams
Covered a wide range of professional sports including the NFL and NBA as a weekend sports anchor at KXTV-TV, ABC’s Sacramento affiliate station (1998-02).
Hosted KXTV’s News10 Red Zone
Served as a sports reporter for KXTV's Monday Night Football show (1996-98).
Hosted The NBA Insiders, a weekly two-hour radio show for KHTK-AM (2000-02).
Filled in for Dan Patrick on his radio show broadcast on ESPN radio weekdays from 1pm - 4 p.m. Eastern time, during the 2005 holiday season.
Hosted ESPY Awards Red Carpet Show for ESPN360.
Hosted X Center in Los Angeles and Aspen.
Filled in occasionally for Mike Golic on the ESPN Radio show Mike and Mike in the Morning.

Controversy

At a roast for co-workers Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic in January 2008, an intoxicated Jacobson cursed the University of Notre Dame ^[1]. Jacobson reportedly said "Fuck Notre Dame," "Fuck Touchdown Jesus," and "Fuck Jesus" in an attempt to talk trash to Mike and Mike co-host Mike Golic, a former Notre Dame football player. [[1]] ESPN has released a statement apologizing for any offense given to the Notre Dame Football program while not specifically addressing the remarks that Jacobson made nor releasing any video or transcripts of her remarks.