Kristina Pink
Kristina Pink is a sports reporter for Fox Sports for their NFL coverage and she also reports for the Los Angeles Clippers along with Jaime Maggio on Bally Sports West.
Early life and college
[edit]Pink was born in Miami, Florida and graduated from a high school in Pembroke Pines, Florida. She went to the University of Florida she contributed as a sportscaster for the university’s television station, WUFT (TV) as well as its radio station, WRUF-AM 850. She covered the Gators' Women's Basketball and Softball teams.[1] She graduated in December 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in telecommunications.[2]
Career
[edit]She began her professional career in 2008 as a sports anchor/reporter at WDBD-TV in Jackson, Mississippi. Pink would go to work as a sports reporter for WGNO-TV an ABC affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana and WTVJ-TV, an NBC affiliate in Miami, Florida before working at Fox Sports in 2012. She also covered College Football for Fox Sports for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, California, she was added to cover the Los Angeles Clippers.[3] From 2018 to 2021, Pink was one of two in-game NFL reporters on Thursday Night Football alongside Erin Andrews, play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and analyst Troy Aikman.[4] On January 8, 2022, Pink served as the Clippers lead color analyst after Jim Jackson and Mike Fratello were unavailable. One day later she slipped and fell face first after an on-court, post-game interview with Clippers guard Amir Coffey. Coffee’s teammates had moments before doused him with water as Pink interviewed him. Fortunately she was not hurt.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Frannie Ferreri (2 March 2023). "Gator Alum Kristina Pink Visits UF". wruf.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Jason Jones. "Kristina Pink's mix of drive and humility fuels rep as respected sports reporter". theathletic.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "40 Gators under 40". ufl.edu. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Andrew Marchand (6 June 2018). "Fox adds new face to top football team for Thursday night". nypost.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Madeline Coleman (10 January 2022). "FOX Sideline Reporter Confirms She's Okay After Scary Fall During Broadcast". si.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kristina Pink's bio at Fox Sports
- Kristina Pink on Twitter
- Living people
- 21st-century American women
- African-American sports announcers
- African-American sports journalists
- American women television journalists
- American television reporters and correspondents
- College football announcers
- Los Angeles Clippers announcers
- National Football League announcers
- NBA broadcasters
- University of Florida alumni
- Women sports commentators
- Women sports journalists