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Sam Ryan
Born
Samantha Ryan

February 5, 1969 (1969-02-05) (age 55)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSportscaster

Samantha "Sam" Ryan (born February 5, 1969) is an American sportscaster who has been with MLB Network since September 2011.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Ryan is an alumna of the New York Institute of Technology[2] and also majored in communications at Hofstra University.[3]

Broadcast and Cable experience

Ryan joined MLB Network as a studio host and reporter in September 2011 and appears regularly on MLB Network's game productions, The Rundown, Quick Pitch and other studio programming.

Ryan worked for WVIT Hartford, WFAN, ABC Radio Network in 1996, Fox Sports N.Y. in 2000, WABC-TV, ABC in September 2002,[4] ESPN in 2003,[5] and CBS Sports and WCBS-TV in June 2006.[6][7]

Awards

She won a local Emmy award for "Outstanding Series Feature-soft" in 1999 and a local AP award in 2000.[5]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Barmash, Jerry. "WCBS-TV's Sam Ryan Balances Work And Family," New York SportsBeat, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "On-Air Personalities - MLB Network". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Sam Ryan". American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  5. ^ a b "Sam Ryan - Sideline reporter". ESPN. 2005-11-25. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  6. ^ "Sam Ryan". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  7. ^ 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.