Erin Andrews
Andrews at a 2007 college football game
Born	Erin Jill Andrews May 4, 1978 (1978-05-04) (age 32) Lewiston, Maine
Education	University of Florida
Occupation	Television sports reporter for ESPN
Title	Sideline Reporter
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Notable credit(s)	National sideline reporter
Agent	IMG
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Erin Jill Andrews (born May 4, 1978) is an American sportscaster. She currently works for ESPN as a sideline reporter at sporting events. Andrews has become an Internet sensation, as she is popular among male sports fans for her beauty. In 2007 and 2008, she was voted "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" by Playboy magazine.

Early life

Andrews was born in Lewiston, Maine to Stephen "Steve" Andrews and Paula Andrews. She moved to Tampa, Florida as a young girl when her father, a six-time Emmy Award-winner, began working as an investigative journalist for WFLA-TV. After attending Bloomingdale High School near Tampa, Andrews graduated in 2000 from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications. While there, she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity. Andrews was also a member of the Dazzlers, the Gator basketball dance team, from 1997–2000.

Sportscasting career

Erin Andrews covering a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park.

In 2000, Andrews began work as a freelance reporter with FSN Florida. In 2001 she moved on to the Sunshine Network, serving as a Tampa Bay Lightning reporter, and in 2002 she served as a studio host and part-time reporter for Turner Sports, covering the Atlanta Braves and college football for TBS and the Atlanta Thrashers and Hawks for Turner South.

In May 2004, she became a reporter for ESPN's National Hockey League coverage. Since then, she has served as sideline reporter for their college football Saturday telecast as well as their Saturday Primetime and Big Ten college basketball coverage. In 2005, her job expanded to include Major League Baseball sideline reporting. She also reports on Great Outdoor Games, men's college baseball, and the College World Series.

On July 8, 2009, Andrews was struck on the chin by a foul ball hit by Alex Cora of the New York Mets. She was rushed to the hospital, but she only suffered bruises.

Dancing with the Stars

On March 1, 2010, it was announced that Andrews would be a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season. The season premiered on Monday, March 22, 2010. Her partner is Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Andrews was one of three contestants to make it to the finals, where she placed third.

Personal life

Invasion of privacy incident

On July 16, 2009, a video posted on the site "NSFW POA" hinted that a naked blond woman videotaped through a hotel peephole was a popular sports personality. In the video, the woman was seen curling her hair unclothed in front of the mirror. The next day, Andrews authorized her attorney to issue a statement via PRN news writer verifying that she was the woman in the video, and that the video was made without her knowledge or consent. Legal counsel for Andrews and ESPN acted quickly to both remove the video from sites that had posted it and work with authorities in an attempt to locate and prosecute the perpetrators of the privacy invasion. This incident was also heavily reported in the international media.

On September 11, 2009, Andrews appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in what Andrews called her "first and last interview" about the situation. Andrews described the situation as a "nightmare", and stated that at the time she discovered the video she believed her career would end.

On October 2, 2009, the FBI announced the arrest of a Chicago, Illinois area suspect. Michael David Barrett, a 47 year old divorced father, was charged with interstate stalking for taking the videos, posting the videos online and trying to sell them to celebrity Web site TMZ.com. According to investigators, seven of the eight videos posted online were taken through a modified door peephole while Andrews was alone and undressed in hotel rooms in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2008. Investigators believe the eighth video was taken in a hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 2008. According to the FBI complaint, Barrett tried to sell the videos to TMZ.com via an email, but an employee there told Andrews' attorneys. FBI agents matched information in the e-mail to Barrett. On December 15, 2009, Barrett pleaded guilty to the interstate stalking charge. At a hearing on March 15, 2010 he was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.

Death threats

In April 2010 it was revealed that Andrews had been receiving email death threats since September 2009. The FBI was notified and security around her was tightened. It has been reported that the e-mails were sent to the Dan Patrick Show.

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