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American athlete and journalist
Lisa Byington
(born May 18, 1976) is a play-by-play announcer, studio host, and feature producer/reporter. She has broadcast games for
Fox Sports
,
FS1
,
Big Ten Network
,
CBS
,
Turner Sports
,
Pac-12 Network
,
ESPN
, and the
SEC Network
.
Byington has worked primarily as a play-by-play announcer and reporter on FOX Sports and Big Ten Network's coverage of college football and basketball games. In 2017, Byington became the first female play-by-play to call a college football game for the Big Ten Network.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Byington announced the
2019 Women's World Cup
for Fox
[5]
and the
2020 Olympic Games
as a play-by-play announcer for men's and women's soccer.
[6]
Byington has also worked as a sideline reporter for the
NCAA men's basketball tournament
with CBS and Turner since 2017. On March 19, 2021, she became the first woman to do play-by-play in March Madness history for CBS and Turner Sports.
[7]
In 2021, Byington became the first female full-time play-by-play voice for a major men's professional sports team when she became the full time play-by-play announcer of the
Milwaukee Bucks
.
[8]
Byington also handles play-by-play work for the
WNBA
’s
Chicago Sky
.
Byington, a native of
Portage, Michigan
,
[1]
was a two-sport athlete at
Northwestern University
, playing four years of basketball and two years of soccer.
[9]
Both teams made the NCAA Tournament.
References
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b
"Late Goals Put Badgers Ahead in Women's Soccer"
.
Northwestern Wildcats
. October 9, 1998.
Archived
from the original on December 28, 2021
. Retrieved
December 28,
2021
.
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Jackson, Wilton (March 11, 2021).
"Lisa Byington to Call NCAA Tournament Play-by-Play"
.
SI.com
. Retrieved
July 5,
2021
.
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Nothaft, Patrick (June 24, 2021).
"Michigan native Lisa Byington preparing for dream job as Olympic play-by-play announcer"
.
MLive.com
. Advance Digital
. Retrieved
July 5,
2021
.
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Haugh, David (September 13, 2017).
"BTN broadcaster Lisa Byington braces for historic football assignment"
.
Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
July 5,
2021
.
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"FOX Sports Unveils Broadcaster Assignments for FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ Group Stage"
.
Fox Sports PressPass
. June 4, 2019
. Retrieved
September 16,
2021
.
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"RECORD 178 COMMENTATORS JOIN NBC OLYMPICS' COVERAGE OF THE GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD FROM TOKYO, JAPAN"
.
NBC Sports Pressbox
. June 23, 2021
. Retrieved
September 16,
2021
.
Handling soccer play-by-play from NBC Sports Group's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., will be Lisa Byington, Mark Followill, Jenn Hildreth, and Derek Rae.
- ^
Brockway, Ella.
"Lisa Byington Ready for History-Making March Madness Moment"
.
Sports Illustrated
. Retrieved
September 16,
2021
.
- ^
Milwaukee Bucks [@Bucks] (September 15, 2021).
".@LisaByington becomes the first female full-time TV play-by-play announcer for a major men's professional sports team. Welcome to Milwaukee, Lisa!!"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
.
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"Northwestern Women's Soccer 2018 Record Book & Almanac"
(PDF)
.
Northwestern Wildcats
. December 11, 2018. p. 12.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on December 28, 2021
. Retrieved
December 28,
2021
.