1. Bonnie Bernstein has been named one of the most accomplished female sportscasters in history by the American Sportscasters Association, spending nearly 20 years as a reporter and studio host at ESPN, ABC and CBS Sports, covering the NFL, NBA, MLB and college football and basketball.
Bonnie Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Howell, New Jersey.
Bonnie Bernstein was salutatorian of her class at Howell High School, where she is a member of the school's Hall of Fame.
Bonnie Bernstein was a four-time MVP of the Rebels gymnastics team, and received varsity letters in indoor track and outdoor track and field, where she competed in hurdles, the 4x400 relay, javelin and shotput.
Bonnie Bernstein was a four-time Academic All-America in gymnastics, receiving the Thomas M Fields award for excellence in academics and athletics.
Bonnie Bernstein maintains close ties to her alma mater, and is on the Board of Visitors for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland and the advisory board for the Povich Center for Sports Journalism.
Bonnie Bernstein spent three years climbing the local broadcast ladder, launching her career as the news and sports director at WXJN-FM radio in Lewes, Delaware.
Bonnie Bernstein transitioned to television at WMDT-TV in Salisbury, Maryland as the ABC affiliate's weekend news anchor, then became Reno, Nevada's, first-ever female weekday sports anchor at NBC affiliate KRNV-TV.
Bonnie Bernstein first joined ESPN in 1995 as its Chicago Bureau Chief, where she covered Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' record-setting championship run.
Bonnie Bernstein was a correspondent for Sunday NFL Countdown and College GameDay and filed reports for SportsCenter during the Major League Baseball post-season and the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
Bonnie Bernstein joined CBS Sports in 1998 as the lead sideline reporter for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championships and feature reporter for The NFL Today.
In July 2006, Bonnie Bernstein rejoined ESPN as the lead college football reporter for ESPN on ABC and the field reporter for Sunday Night Baseball with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
Bonnie Bernstein returned to ESPN and ABC several weeks later, but reduced her travel schedule the following season as a precautionary health measure, shifting focus to studio hosting many of ESPN's high-profile shows, including NFL Live, Jim Rome Is Burning, Outside the Lines, First Take and College Football Live.
In September 2009, Bonnie Bernstein was named co-host of The Michael Kay Show on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York.
In July 2010, Bonnie Bernstein was given her own daily NFL show, New York Football Live, co-hosted by Jets linebacker Greg Buttle.
Bonnie Bernstein was the on-air "face" of the network, hosting daily studio shows during the college football season and NCAA Basketball Championship.
In January 2017, Bonnie Bernstein founded Walk Swiftly Productions, where she is CEO.
Bonnie Bernstein is the only female ever to solo fill-in host for the syndicated radio and TV program, The Dan Patrick Show and appears as a guest commentator on several news networks, including NBC, MSNBC and FOX News Channel, to discuss prominent sports stories.