Melissa Stark

Melissa Stark
Born1973 (age 50–51)[1]
EducationUniversity of Virginia
Occupation(s)NFL Network reporter
NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter/hostess
EmployerNBC Sports
SpouseMike Lilley
Children4

Melissa Zoey Stark (born 1973)[1] is an American television personality and sportscaster, best known as the current sideline reporter/hostess for NBC Sunday Night Football and the former sideline reporter for Monday Night Football.

Formerly a reporter for the NFL Network, she spent five seasons as host of NFL 360. She previously worked with NBC, primarily at its MSNBC subsidiary and as a correspondent for NBC's The Today Show.[2] In the summer of 2008, she anchored MSNBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Prior to NBC, she was a reporter for ESPN.

Stark has been described as a "trailblazer" who paved the way for women in sportscasting, which had fewer women broadcasters at the beginning of her career.[3]

  1. ^ a b "NBC's Melissa Stark back on sideline, 1st time in 20 years". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ Melissa Stark: Today National Correspondent
  3. ^ "Former Hoo Helped Pave the Way for Female Sports Broadcasters". UVA Today. March 1, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.