After being a cheerleader at Boston College, got a job in 1974 at the
Boston Globe via a Carnegie Foundation grant.
In 2006 became the first female recipient of the Pete Rozelle
Radio-Television Award, given by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In 1984, joined CBS Sports part-time and went full-time in 1987.
In June 1993, she suffered a jogging accident in New York City's Central Park in which she broke her hip and skidded face-first across the pavement. She required surgery on her face and hip and, in 2006, she required an artificial hip replacement.