18 Facts About Andrea Joyce

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Andrea Joyce Kuslits was born on August 17,1954, and better known as Andrea Joyce, is an American sportscaster who works for NBC Sports after working 10 years with CBS Sports.

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Andrea Joyce worked as a news anchor for KTVH-TV in Wichita, Kansas.

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Andrea Joyce worked a stint at Detroit's NBC affiliate WDIV-TV channel 4.

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Andrea Joyce covered for ESPN, the NFL Draft, and the French Open Tennis Championships.

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Andrea Joyce made her on-air debut at the 1989 US Open Tennis Championships.

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Andrea Joyce worked three Winter Games for CBS Sports, serving as co-host of the weekend and Opening and Closing Ceremony coverage at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and the 1998 Nagano Games.

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Andrea Joyce served as co-host of the CBS' weekend coverage during the 1992 Albertville Games.

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Andrea Joyce replaced Greg Gumbel as studio host for the Major League Baseball games.

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Andrea Joyce served as field reporter for the 1991 National League Championship Series and 1991 World Series, and at the 1993 World Series, she became the first woman to co-host the network television coverage for a World Series.

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Andrea Joyce hosted CBS' early-round coverage of the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; College Football Today ; the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Final Four and title-game broadcasts from 1991 to 1994; and the 1990 Heisman Trophy Award show.

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Andrea Joyce joined NBC Sports in 2000 and has served as a reporter on a number of events for NBC, including figure skating and short track speed skating from Torino in 2006; gymnastics and diving from Athens in 2004; speed skating in Salt Lake City at the 2002 Winter Olympics Games; and diving and swimming in Sydney in 2000.

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Andrea Joyce was the only woman to do play-by-play during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Andrea Joyce served as the play-by-play commentator for rhythmic gymnastics in Athens.

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In Sydney, Andrea Joyce covered women's soccer and women's water polo, in addition to contributing to the Sports Desk.

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Andrea Joyce served as a reporter during NBC's coverage of the 2000 Olympic Diving Trials and the 2000 Olympic Swimming Trials.

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16.

Andrea Joyce served as a reporter for NBA on NBC and WNBA on NBC broadcasts.

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Andrea Joyce currently covers gymnastics and figure skating for NBC Sports as well as anchoring the NBC Sports Update.

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Andrea Joyce is married to former CBS and now NBC reporter Harry Smith, and they have two sons.

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