Since joining ESPN in February, 1990, Ms. Roberts has been one of the network's most versatile commentators whose assignments have included hosting "SportsCenter," Sunday morning's "Sunday SportsDay," contributing to "NFL PrimeTime" and providing reports and interviews from the field.

Most recently Ms. Roberts was named host of ESPN Classic's "Vintage NBA," which debuted in June, 1999, and is a weekly, one-hour show highlighting an NBA legend. At ESPN she also serves as play-by-play commentator and host of the network's WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) games and specials (since the 1997-98 season). She continues to frequently host the 6:30 p.m., ET, edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" and plays a prominent role in ESPN's women's college basketball coverage. Ms. Roberts also hosts the "In the ÔSportsLight'" primetime interview program, anchors "SportsCenter" from major events like Wimbledon, and remains as primary reporter for ESPN's coverage of the Winter and Summer Olympics.

Ms. Roberts has hosted ESPN's coverage of the men's NCAA Final Four, the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, LPGA events and the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, worked the NFL Draft and called play-by-play of the East Regional Final in the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament. She appeared on "NFL PrimeTime" from 1990-94.

Starting in 1988, Ms. Roberts worked as a sports reporter and anchor at WAGA-TV in Atlanta, GA. She was also a morning personality on WVEE-FM, Atlanta's top-rated morning show. Prior to working at WAGA, she served as a sports anchor and reporter for WSMV-TV in Nashville, TN (1986-88), where she won the "Nashville Scene" Sportscaster of the Year Award in 1987. She also worked at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, MS (1984-86) and WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, MS (1983-84), as a sports anchor and reporter.

She began her broadcasting career while in college at WHMD/WFPR Radio in Hammond, LA (1980-83), where she was the sports director. Ms. Roberts also served as a special assignment sports reporter for KSLU-FM in 1982.

In 1983 Ms. Roberts graduated cum laude from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor of arts degree in communications. She was also a standout performer on the women's basketball team, ending her career as the school's third all-time leading scorer (1,446 points) and rebounder (1,034). She is one of only three Lady Lions to score 1,000 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. During her senior season she averaged a career-high 15.2 points per game.

The inaugural Robin Roberts Sports Journalism Scholarship, created by the Women's Institute on Sport and Education, was presented at the 1996 NCAA Women's Final Four. In February, 1996, Ms. Roberts received the annual Distinguished Achievement Award in Broadcasting from the University of Georgia's DiGamma Kappa, the nation's oldest professional broadcasting society. She was also named to Basketball Times' "Five Most Intriguing People in College Basketball" list in January, 1997, and received the 1998 media award from the New England Women's Fund (a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing opportunities for women and girls through sports).

Previously Ms. Roberts received the 1993 Excellence in Sports Journalism Award for Broadcast Media, given by the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society and the School of Journalism. She was also awarded a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Television Award of Merit in 1990 as the best woman sports commentator on television. In January, 1991, Ms. Roberts was appointed to the Womens' Sports Foundation Advisory Board. She was awarded the 1992 Women at Work Broadcast Journalism Award for her contributions to the image of working women on television and for expanding career options for women in broadcast journalism. In 1994 she was inducted in the Women's Institute on Sport and Education Foundation's Hall of Fame.

Most recently Ms. Roberts was named to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Advisory Board in January of 1998 -- a select group which includes Henry Kissinger, William Simon, Christine Whitman and Lamar Hunt.

Ms. Roberts, active as a speaker for charity and civic functions, is a native of Tuskegee, AL.

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