Maria Sansone
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Maria Sansone, August 2014
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| Born |
Maria Grace Sansone February 26, 1981 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Spouse(s) | Joshua Guthartz (2008–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | Official website |
Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American television personality. Sansone has co-anchored Good Day LA on KTTV FOX 11 in Los Angeles, is a former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York appearing daily on LX New York. Sansone is a television host and reporter who has contributed to Access Hollywood, Extra, ABC, NBC, MTV, TV Guide Network, Yahoo!, CBS Sports, NESN and ESPN.
Maria Sansone gained celebrity at a very young age when a local reporter, Mike Gallagher discovered her while competing in a kids slam-dunk contest in Erie, Pennsylvania. After interviewing her for the local news he was impressed by the 11-year-old Sansone, and gave her a sports segment called "Down to Size" on WJET-TV which appeared weekly on the ABC affiliate in Erie, Pennsylvania. She went on to interview Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills; Michael Jordan; Bill Cowher, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers; baseball legend Tommy Lasorda; and others before her 13th birthday.
She quickly got picked up by ABC Sports to do live sideline reporting for their coverage of the Little League World Series which earned her the title “Youngest Reporter in the History of Network Television”. As result, Sansone was a guest on Tonight Show with Jay Leno in December 1992.
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