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Robin Roberts (sportscaster)

Robin Roberts
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Robin Roberts at The Heart Truth 2010
Born Robin René Roberts
(1960-11-23) November 23, 1960 (age 56)
Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality American
Education B.A. in Communication, Southeastern Louisiana University
Occupation News anchor
Years active 1983–present
Notable credit(s) Anchor of SportsCenter (1990–2005)
Title Anchor of Good Morning America
Partner(s) Amber Laign (2005–present)
Parent(s) Lawrence E. Roberts
Relatives Sally-Ann Roberts (sister)
Website rocknrobin.tv/robin-roberts

Robin René Roberts (born November 23, 1960) is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC's Good Morning America.

After growing up in Mississippi and attending Southeastern Louisiana University, Roberts was a sports anchor for local TV and radio stations. Roberts was a sportscaster on ESPN for 15 years (1990–2005). She became co-anchor on Good Morning America in 2005. She has been treated for breast cancer and for myelodysplastic syndrome.

Though born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Robin Roberts grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where she played basketball and tennis, among other sports. She attended Pass Christian High School and graduated as the class of 1979 salutatorian. She is the daughter of Lucimarian (née Tolliver) and Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts.

In a 2006 presentation to the assembled student body at Abilene Christian University, Roberts credited her parents as cultivating the "three 'D's: Discipline, Determination, and 'De Lord'." She is the youngest of four, following siblings Sally-Ann, Lawrence, Jr. (nicknamed Butch), and Dorothy. Her father was a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen.

Roberts attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, graduating cum laude in 1983 with a degree in communication. She followed in the footsteps of her older sister Sally-Ann Roberts, an anchor at the CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans.


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