1

Hazel Mae

One look at her and it's not hard to see why Bostonians are as severely smitten by reporter Hazel Mae as they are for their home team (the Red Sox) whom she covers as lead anchor at NESN's Sport's Desk. But before Hazel graced Boston with her presence, she was getting her first taste of sportscasting as a personality on York University's campus radio in Toronto. Her first national gig began with her anchoring the morning sports-news show on Rogers Sportsnet in Toronto, Canada's all-sports, all-day channel. Along with her role as an anchor at Sportsnetnews, Hazel made weekly appearances on Toronto's Jzone and dropped by regularly on Sportsnet's radio affiliates. She can be seen, nightly, covering Red Sox and Bruins games on Sports Desk and, weekly, on The Buzz and Granite City Electric Red Sox Rewind, all on NESN.

TWO

Jody Vance

It was hard work, knowledge of the game, and an irresistible charisma in front of the lens that eventually transformed Ms. Jody Vance's window of local opportunity at CHRX to a foot in the door of national television as a sports anchor for Sportsnet.

You only need to watch the woman do what she was born to do to understand why it's more than her pretty face that discerning fans find captivating. Though, at first, the viewer may only comprehend the milky quality of her skin or the movement of her lips as she covers the Toronto Maple Leafs, on Leafs TV in Ontario, he might assume that these qualities are all she has to offer. But her lucid understanding of the game, her credibility, and a passion for what she does never fail to shine through, earning the attention and respect at least equal to that of her male coworkers--and she's so much easier to look at!

3

Leeann Tweeden

When other girls in the neighborhood were playing in their mothers' old makeup kits, Leeann Tweeden was wiping dust from the racetrack out of her angel eyes. Even when she was too young to race go-karts with her father and older brother, the junior NASCAR fan says she was "the best pit girl a brother could have!"

Leeann's mother enrolled her in gymnastics, dance lessons, and local beauty pageants. Winning the Venus International Model Search in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a year before making it to Los Angeles put the heartbreaker at "pole position" in the race to stardom.

Then she landed Frederick's of Hollywood as a major client. It wasn't long before she was reporting from Supercross events and on stations such as ESPN 2, FOX Sports Net, VH1, E!, and her current spot on The Best Damn Sports Show Period with FOX.

FOUR

Jillian Barberie

In an industry where image rules second-to-none and everyone is a critic, Jillian Barberie has managed to teeter on all of the boundaries. Her striking features and rock-hard physique don virtually every hot-girl list from Maxim, Askmen.com, and FHM. Those close to her refer to her as "Diva" and yet, she can talk trash with James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, and Howie Long. There's nothing we like more than a girl with model looks and the attitude of a Hell's Angel!

The Canadian-born temptress hasn't been given her success on a platinum platter as the nickname would imply. Adopted by a working-class family when she was a baby, Jillian learned at an early age that nothing worth having comes free. This principle would pay off in a big way down the road.

Jillian worked her way through college while earning her degree in broadcast journalism at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. After graduating, she worked as a weather girl on FOX and Good Day LA. In 2000, she made the leap into the world of sports broadcasting with Fox NFL Sunday where she can be seen to this day. Whether it's weather or sports that she's dishing, we just want to see more!

5

Summer Sanders

Summer. Just the sound of her name and we get the sudden urge to put a little umbrella in our Starbucks and take the first plane to St. Bart's. The name couldn't fit her better. From her year-round, perfect tan to her island eyes, it's easy to underestimate her intensity. The former Olympic swimmer-turned-sportsbroadcaster/actress/author made winning the gold (five in all), silver, and bronze medals for the United States look easy in the '90s; but it was after she retired from swimming that she went on to show the world that her skills go beyond the pool. In the late '90s, she got the acting bug, appearing in Jerry Maguire and Broken Record. Subsequently, she found that broadcasting was just the outlet for both her quirky, quick-witted personality and her lifelong love of sports.

From taking the Olympics by storm in Barcelona to covering the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, people love to watch her, regardless of what she's doing. Summer can currently be seen co-hosting NBA Inside Stuff, where she continues to captivate viewers with her confounding cuteness and personal knowledge of the game.

SIX

Lisa Guerrero

She has been regarded as "one of the 100 most-influential Hispanics in America" by the Hispanic Business Journal and "the hardest-working person in sports" by the Los Angeles Times. Her success may have never gone this far if she hadn't discovered her passion for performing at an early age, when her father enrolled her in theater-therapy classes to provide a positive outlet for a then 8-year-old Guerrero after her mother passed away.

Today, she can boast 13 years of broadcasting under her belt. She's covered all arenas of the sports world--from the Super Bowl to the World Series to the NBA finals and, now, with a contact list that any fan would rightfully kill for, she's thrown in the sweat-drenched towel of sports broadcasting and traded it for cashmere, dishing the entertainment scoop as a host of the "Weekend Edition" of Extra.

7

Jill Arrington

She's been deemed the hottest sports anchor (ever) by Playboy magazine, ranks #62 in Stuff's "102 Sexiest Women in the World," and is the daughter of former Bear's quarterback Rick Arrington. But the sports world hasn't seen her angelic face in almost two years. Where is Jill Arrington?

After earning her bachelor's in broadcast journalism and political science from the University of Miami (where she grabbed the title of Orange Bowl Princess), she headed for the studios of CNN. She served as production assistant and producer for Main Floor and, after five years, took the NFL torch from her father's hand, hosting NFL Under The Helmet. In 2000, she spread her reporting wings to their full span, covering college football and NFL games.

In desperate hopes that Jill is reading this, let just me say: "Come back to us, Jill!"