Lisa Salters

Lisa Salters is a reporter and analyst who works for the sports network ESPN and ABC Sports. She currently covers several sports, including NCAA Football and NBA basketball. During televised games, she often conducts sideline interviews with players and coaches. Recently, she conducted the after-game interview in which Colt McCoy choked up describing how it felt to sit out during the BCS Championship Game.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5XdrLCftsY She is now covering the 2010 NBA Playoffs for ESPN.

In an interview, Salters expressed why she wanted to be a journalist, saying that she was inspired by a local newswoman when she was growing up. Despite working for ESPN now, Salters said that she never intended to cover sports. "I always thought only news reporters were true journalists...let's face it, (Bob) Woodward and (Carl) Bernstein weren't worried about the Super Bowl." Now, though, Salters enjoys her current assignment, saying that covering sports gives her "the opportunity to smile at work".http://comm.psu.edu/about/centers/john-curley-center-for-sports-journalism/salters-interview

Salters is a graduate of Penn State University, having received her Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1988.http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Salters_Lisa.htm Despite being only 5 feet 2 inches tall, she also played on the university's collegiate basketball team, the Lady Lions.http://comm.psu.edu/about/centers/john-curley-center-for-sports-journalism/salters-interview Later, she was rebuffed by the university's college football coach Joe Paterno, who refused to sit down for a scheduled pre-game interview with her in 2009.http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2009/01/joepa-snubs-lis.html

Lisa got started in professional journalism in Baltimore, Maryland, covering general news assignments as well as international events. After working there, she was hired by ABC to cover various news stories, including the Oklahoma City federal bombing trials and the 1998 Winter Olympics. During the buildup to the Iraq War, she reported from the U.S. Central Command Center in Qatar.http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Salters_Lisa.htm Some of her work was also featured on ABC's nightly news program World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.http://search.espn.go.com/lisa-salters/

Since March 2000, Salters has worked for ESPN and also serves as a correspondent for the network's E:60 program. Some of the sports stories she's covered include: the trial of Rae Carruth, the 2002 [FIFA World Cup]] and the trial of NFL defensive star Ray Lewis.http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Salters_Lisa.htm http://comm.psu.edu/about/centers/john-curley-center-for-sports-journalism/salters-interview