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Lesley Visser: Number 1 Female Sportscaster in America

Lesley Visser

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Format: Lecture

Length: 72 minutes

Lesley Visser '75 recalls undergraduate life at Boston College as a reporter for The Heights, and describes life as a sportscaster, working in a predominantly male field. She has worked on network broadcasts for the Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the U.S. Open. In July 2009 she was voted the number one female sportscaster of all time by the American Sportscasters Association.

Presenter(s): Lesley Visser

Date: October 19, 2009

Location: Heights Room, Corcoran Commons

Sponsor(s): The Heights

URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/visser/

The information on this page is accurate as of October 2009