Betsy Ross
Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor, American Studies
- bross6@nd.edu
Biography
Betsy M. Ross is an Emmy® award-winning sports reporter as well as founder and president of Game Day Communications, based in Cincinnati. Ross was one of the first women to break into national sports news, working as an anchor at ESPN for five years after a seven-year stint at NBC News Channel and Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate, WLWT‐TV, where she covered the 1996 Presidential Election and Inauguration and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and Olympic trials. She continues to be involved in sports broadcasting for ESPN, Fox Sports, and other national and regional outlets, and authored the book Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in Men’s Sports in 2010. She is also part of Junglevision’s crew during Cincinnati Bengals’ home games and handles the public address announcing for University of Cincinnati women’s basketball, soccer, and lacrosse. This spring she will be sharing her expertise with students by instructing a new SMAC and Journalism course called Game Day Media.