Erin Andrews Reveals Her Favorite Sports Broadcaster

Even longtime broadcasters like Erin Andrews have people that they look up to in the industry. Andrews revealed her broadcasting idol on Tuesday.

While Andrews was getting her career started at Fox Sports in the early 2000s, Melissa Stark was establishing herself at ESPN and ABC. Stark was hired by the Worldwide Leader in 1996 and in 2000, joined ABC’s Monday Night Football team as a sideline reporter.

That’s when Andrews first noticed the Baltimore native, and she immediately identified Stark as a potential role model.

“I knew from the first time I saw her on Monday Night Football that I wanted to be just like Melissa Stark,” Andrews wrote today on her personal Bulletin site. “I cut my hair like her and tried to mimic her outfits, but I really looked up to how everyone on the sidelines reacted to her and treated her. She really had it all from the start and I wanted to emulate every part of that.”

After leaving ABC/ESPN, Stark would go on to NBC and later NFL Network. She and Andrews eventually crossed paths, and the two have forged a friendship.

“Besides being a huge support to me in the industry, she’s just such a good person,” Andrews said. “I’m so thankful to be friends with someone that I looked up to and who has excelled in my career field for so long.”

Like Stark, Andrews also worked at ESPN from 2004-12 before moving on to FOX Sports. She’s been with the company for a decade now and has served as FOX’s lead NFL sideline reporter since 2014.

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