MI CHELE TAFOYA

Sideline Reporter, Super Bowl XLVI

Michele Tafoya will serve as a sideline reporter for NBCs coverage of Super Bowl XLVI.
Tafoya joined the NBC Sports Group this season as sideline reporter for Sunday Night Football
after more than a decade at ABC/ESPN where she saw her profile rise steadily since 2000
through a variety of on-air roles, most notably as a reporter for Monday Night Football and
ESPNs NFL studio programs.
After serving as the sideline reporter for ABC Sports Monday Night Football for two seasons
(2004-05), Tafoya joined ESPNs Monday Night Football in 2006. On Mondays throughout the
NFL season, Tafoya provided regular updates on the participating MNF teams during multiple
ESPN programs, including SportsCenter and Monday Night Countdown, in addition to reporting
during the games.
On Christmas Day 2006, Tafoya combined her high-profile NFL and NBA responsibilities to
complete a rare double, covering the Lakers-Heat broadcast in the afternoon on ABC, as well as
the J ets-Dolphins MNF game that same evening on ESPN. A year later, she completed a similar
feat, working the MNF season-finale in San Diego on Christmas Eve, followed by the NBAs
Suns-Lakers Christmas Day game in Los Angeles on ABC. In the fall of 2008, Tafoya made the
difficult decision to step down from her NBA reporter role to spend more time with her family.
Tafoya also hosts The Michele Tafoya Show (3-6 p.m. CT) on WCCO News Radio 830 AM in
Minneapolis-St. Paul where she lives. Prior to ABC/ESPN, Tafoya worked for CBS Sports from
1994-2000 as a game reporter and studio host for NFL, college football and college basketball
telecasts. She also hosted CBS NCAA Tournament selection show, Goodwill Games and U.S.
Open coverage, as well as CBSs late-night Winter Olympics programs in 1998. She was also a
WNBA commentator on Lifetime from 1997-99.
Earlier in her career, Tafoya worked as a host and Minnesota Vikings sideline reporter for
KFAN-AM in Minneapolis (1994-98). During that time she also served as
a Minnesota Timberwolves host and sideline reporter for the Midwest Sports Channel and play-
by-play commentator for Big Ten women's basketball and volleyball. She also spent three years
at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis as a sports anchor and reporter from 1995 to 1998.
A native of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Tafoya graduated from the University of California at
Berkeley with a degree in broadcast journalism and earned her masters degree in business
administration from the University of Southern California.
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