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Lindsay Czarniak Day at a Bowie Baysox game, Jul 17, 2008
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Born |
Lindsay Ann Czarniak November 7, 1977 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Sports anchor and reporter |
Notable credit(s) |
The George Michael Sports Machine co-host (2005-2007) WRC-TV sports anchor and reporter (2005-2011) ESPN sports anchor (2011-present) |
Spouse(s) | Craig Melvin (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Website | http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/czarniak_lindsay/ |
Lindsay Ann Czarniak (born November 7, 1977), is an American sports anchor and reporter. After spending six years with WRC-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C., Czarniak joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor in August 2011.
She has also been a pit reporter and studio host for TNT's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage and a former co-host and reporter for the syndicated The George Michael Sports Machine. Czarniak served as a host and sportsdesk reporter for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Lindsay Czarniak was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 7, 1977, and moved to Northern Virginia with her family when she was five. Her father, Chet Czarniak, spent 17 years working in a local newspaper's sports department. Growing up a sports fan, she played lacrosse and field hockey at Centreville High School. She also went to high school with rapper Ludacris. In 2000, she graduated from James Madison University with a major in online journalism.
Czarniak started out as an intern for WUSA in Washington, D.C. while still a college student. Her broadcasting career began as a CNN production assistant. Her first on-air role as a news reporter occurred while working for WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida. She also worked for WTEV-TV (also in Jacksonville), WTVJ in Miami, Florida, and the Speed Channel.