1. 02-19-20 01:57 PM #1
    KVB
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    Congratulations Lesley Visser

    Lesley Visser to receive Sports Emmys' Lifetime Achievement Award


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    Longtime sports broadcaster and sportswriter Lesley Visser will become the first woman to receive the Emmys' Sports Lifetime Achievement Award during the 41st annual Sports Emmy Awards in April, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday.

    Visser has spent the past 30 years at CBS as part of a 45-year sports journalism career in which she has been enshrined in six hall of fames, including being the first woman in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. She is also the only sportscaster to work on network broadcasts for the Final Four, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the Olympics, the World Series, the Triple Crown, the World Figure Skating Championship and tennis' US Open.


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  2. 02-19-20 01:58 PM #2
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    Good woman
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  3. 02-19-20 01:59 PM #3
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    Tremendous accomplishments in the industry.



    ...From first working in press boxes with a credential that read, 'No women or children,' to becoming the first woman assigned to work 'Monday Night Football,' and to being the first woman enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
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  4. 02-19-20 02:03 PM #4
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    She has aged well, hard to believe Dick Stockton divorced her.
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  5. 02-19-20 02:05 PM #5
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    Met her in '93. Very classy lady.
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  6. 02-19-20 03:25 PM #6
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    she was always very professional and well spoken, good for her
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    Always liked her.
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  8. 02-21-20 09:08 PM #8
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    Always informative and classy. A true professional and a pioneer in the industry.
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