Lesley Candace Visser was born on September 11,1953 and is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter.
25 Facts About Lesley Visser
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Lesley Visser, who was voted the No 1 Female Sportscaster of all time in a poll taken by the American Sportscasters Association, was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Hall of Fame in 2015 and the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
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In 2009, Lesley Visser became the first woman to be an analyst for an NFL game on TV.
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Lesley Visser is currently a reporter for CBS Sports and News, writes for CBSSports.
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Lesley Visser was the first woman to be recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the 2006 recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award which recognizes long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.
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Lesley Visser was formerly the sideline reporter for Monday Night Football among other assignments she had at ESPN and ABC Sports, such as the World Series, the Triple Crown and the World Figure Skating Championship.
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Lesley Visser serves as correspondent for the network's NFL and college basketball programming.
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In 1974, Lesley Visser won a prestigious Carnegie Foundation grant which entitled her to work as a sportswriter at The Boston Globe.
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In 1984, Lesley Visser joined CBS Sports part-time and went full-time in 1987.
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Lesley Visser's assignments included the NBA including the NBA Finals, college basketball including the Final Four, MLB including the World Series, College World Series, college football, horse racing, Tennis including the US Open of Tennis and the Olympics.
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Also in 1990, Lesley Visser became the first woman to cover the World Series.
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Lesley Visser contributed to horse racing including the Triple Crown, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Major League Baseball, including the 1995 All-Star Game and World Series, figure skating, Special Olympics, skiing, the Pro Bowl, and an ABC series A Passion to Play.
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For ESPN, Lesley Visser covered the Super Bowl, college basketball, figure skating, and horse racing including the Triple Crown.
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Lesley Visser contributed to SportsCenter, NFL GameDay, and Monday Night Countdown.
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Today Lesley Visser's assignments are a contributor to The NFL Today and college basketball.
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Lesley Visser joined HBO's highly acclaimed Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
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Lesley Visser was loaned to NBC Sports twice to cover the Olympics as she covered the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens when she served as the Equestrian reporter.
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Lesley Visser covered the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino as a reporter for Short Track Speed Skating.
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In June 1993, Lesley Visser suffered a jogging accident in New York's Central Park, breaking her hip and skidding head-first across the pavement, requiring surgery on her face and hip.
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In June 2006, Lesley Visser was named the first female recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Lesley Visser was honored with the Compass Award for 'changing the paradigm of her business' and was one of 100 luminaries commemorating the 75th anniversary of the CBS Television Network in 2003.
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Lesley Visser received an honorary doctorate of journalism from her alma mater in May 2007.
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In 2005, Lesley Visser was elected to the Museum of Television and Radio.
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Lesley Visser is the third woman to be accorded this honor since the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association began presenting it in 1962.
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In February 2020, ESPN reported that Lesley Visser would receive the Sports Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award, the first woman to be so honored.