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Otis Livingston
is a weekday sports anchor at
WCBS-TV
in New York City and is a sideline reporter on
CBS Sports
. He has won numerous Emmy Awards.
Biography
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Livingston has been with WCBS since 2010.
In New York, he also worked with
WNBC-TV
. He reported on the
NBA Finals
, the
Stanley Cup Finals
, the
World Series
, the
U.S. Open Tennis Championships
, the
U.S. Open Golf Championship
, the
Triple Crown
, and the
New York City Marathon
. He also served as anchor and reporter for the
Olympics on NBC
. He was the sideline reporter for the
New York Giants
preseason and serves the same capacity for the
New York Jets
. He works with play-by-play announcer
Ian Eagle
and color commentator
Greg Buttle
.
Livingston was also previously a weekend sports anchor and weekday sports reporter for
WWOR-TV
and
WTVO-TV
.
While at NBC, Livingston reported for NBC Sports from the
2004 Summer Olympics
and the
2006 Winter Olympics
. For CBS Sports, Livingston has served as a sideline reporter for
SEC on CBS
football games and the
NCAA tournament
.
Personal life
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Otis Livingston graduated from the
University of Idaho
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications. He is a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
. He is also a member of the New Jersey Music Workshop for the Arts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and five children.
Livingston spent one season playing
point guard
for the
1987?88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
. He was suspended and then quit or was kicked off the team by coach
Larry Brown
before the Jayhawks won the
NCAA championship
. He later covered Brown and his
Philadelphia 76ers
as a reporter for
WPHL-TV
.
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His son, also named Otis, played for the
George Mason Patriots men's basketball
team.
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