NSMA Hall of Fame inductee Linda Cohn addresses journalists and students at a seminar during NSMA weekend in North Carolina.
SportsCenter anchor Linda Cohn was honored Monday night as a 2017 inductee into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame in Winston-Salem, N.C. Cohn is the second ESPN commentator honored by the NSMA in the past two years. In 2016, broadcasting legend Chris Berman was inducted.
Linda with broadcasting students following the NSMA seminar.
Linda is interviewed by local TV station WXII in Winston-Salem about her Hall of Fame honor.
Members of the SportsCenter team who attended the NSMA awards in support of Linda – (L-R) Mike Epstein (coordinating producer), Jack Obringer (senior coordinating producer), Linda Cohn, John Anderson (SportsCenter anchor) and Pete McConville (coordinating producer).
Linda during her NSMA Hall of Fame induction.
Ryan McGee, senior writer at ESPN The Magazine , brought Linda the first SportsCenter tease he wrote as a production assistant in 1995, which Linda voiced.
Congrats new @NSMASportsMedia Hall of Famer @lindacohn! I brought a copy of my 1st @SportsCenter tease script from '95. She was the voice. pic.twitter.com/hkmkZIBsYo
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) June 27, 2017