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American sportscaster (born 1988)
Siera Santos
(born June 10, 1988) is an American sportscaster. She is a
MLB Network
personality who was hired to be one of the hosts of
Quick Pitch
after
Heidi Watney
left.
[1]
Santos has also been a fill-in host for
Off Base
, and is also an
NHL Network
personality who occasionally hosts
On the Fly
. In March 2023 Santos along with
Ryan Dempster
was named co-host of
Intentional Talk
with
Kevin Millar
.
[2]
Early life and education
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She grew up in
Phoenix, Arizona
. She admitted to being the bad kid and getting into trouble in high school and being sent to bad girl boot camp in Southern Utah.
[3]
She credited sports for changing her life. She got her GED and went to
Scottsdale Community College
and later graduated from
Arizona State University
in
Tempe, Arizona
with honors majoring in broadcast journalism.
[4]
Career
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Santos got her start in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
at
KOAA-TV
then went
KWTV
in
Oklahoma City
,
Oklahoma
, and then
KCBS-TV
in
Los Angeles
,
California
.
[5]
Santos worked in
Chicago, Illinois
for four and a half years from 2015-2020 first at
NBC Sports Chicago
and then for
WFLD
before going back home to Phoenix working at
KSAZ-TV
.
[6]
While at
NBC Sports Chicago
, she served as the beat reporter for the
Chicago White Sox
, appearing on pregame, in-game and postgame during White Sox broadcasts.
[7]
After the departures of Watney and Alexa Datt in 2022, Santos was one of the hires by the
MLB Network
. In 2023, she and Dempster replaced
Stephen Nelson
as Millar's co-hosts on
Intentional Talk
Personal life
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Santos is a fan of the Arizona teams.
[8]
One of her dogs is named Neil Diamond.
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