Hottest female sports reporters: Is there a specific type of woman who gets hired to be a correspondent or sideline reporter for sports these days? Are “sideline Barbies” sought, or is it just a big coincidence? Just ask Pam Oliver, who was replaced this year as the lead sideline reporter for NFL on FOX. In 2014, she told Essence Magazine, “The business is very demographic-oriented.
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As one executive said to me, Fox Sports will look radically different in the coming years. I assume that means they want to look younger. It’s not difficult to notice that the new on-air people there are all young, blond and hot.”
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Oliver said it for us so we don’t have to. The female personalities covering sports have obviously changed over the last several years. While male sportscasters simply have to toss on a blazer and comb their hair, female reporters look more like models these days. Sarah Todd, a beat writer for SFBay wrote about the subject: “The term ‘sideline barbie’ is an interesting one. The truth is that most sideline reporters who are women are very good-looking. I am absolutely not going to fault any of them for being beautiful. But it is interesting to think whether or not these networks would hire a less conventionally good-looking female over the bombshell. Obviously if the woman looks like a supermodel and is more qualified than more power to her. I’m not saying the networks have these type of shallow hiring practices, but where are the plain Jane sideline reporters?”
And here’s the answer: The plain Janes are on radio or writing for magazines and newspapers. Of course hot girls are being hired and of course the networks have shallow hiring practices. Sorry to let Oliver and Todd know, but sexiness does factor into TV jobs, especially in the sports world. After all, we’re talking about an industry that helped a chicken wings franchise, Hooters, become wildly successful mixing sports and good-looking girls. Men like sports. Men like to look at beautiful women. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the best formula to attract viewers. Here are 15 females who qualify for hottest in the sports world.
15. Lauren Gardner
via laurendgardner.com
For a sports reporter under 30 years old, male or female, Lauren Gardner has amassed an impressive resume, but you’ve got to wonder if she tries to forget her 2011 stint covering the Lingerie Football League for MTV2. Although, since she was a former Denver Broncos cheerleader in 2008, maybe being around women in skimpy outfits was normal for her.
Gardner, a graduate of the University of Colorado, landed her first job in her hometown serving as the “In-Game Host” for the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies. After being picked up by CBS sports, the red-haired beauty has covered college football, tennis and most recently baseball. Gardner also has her pilot’s license.
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