Siera Santos (born June 10, 1988) is an American sportscaster. She is an MLB Network personality who was hired to be one of the hosts of Quick Pitch after Heidi Watney left.[1] Santos has also been a fill-in host for Off Base, and is also an NHL Network personality who occasionally hosts On the Fly. In March 2023 Santos along with Ryan Dempster was named co-host of Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar.[2]
Siera Santos | |
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| Born | June 10, 1988 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Occupation | TV host |
| Employer(s) | MLB Network NHL Network |
Early life and education
editShe grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. She admitted to being the bad kid and getting into trouble in high school and being sent to bad girl boot camp in Southern Utah.[3] She credited sports for changing her life. She got her GED and went to Scottsdale Community College and later graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona with honors majoring in broadcast journalism.[4]
Career
editSantos got her start in Colorado Springs, Colorado at KOAA-TV then went KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and then KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, California.[5] Santos worked in Chicago, Illinois for four and a half years from 2015-2020 first at NBC Sports Chicago and then for WFLD before going back home to Phoenix working at KSAZ-TV.[6] While at NBC Sports Chicago, she served as the beat reporter for the Chicago White Sox, appearing on pregame, in-game and postgame during White Sox broadcasts.[7] After the departures of Watney and Alexa Datt in 2022, Santos was one of the hires by the MLB Network. In 2023, she and Dempster replaced Stephen Nelson as Millar's co-hosts on Intentional Talk
Personal life
editSantos is a fan of the Arizona teams.[8] One of her dogs is named Neil Diamond.
References
edit- ^ Billy Goodykoontz. "Siera Santos of Fox 10 Phoenix is leaving the station: 'I got called up!'". azcentral.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Steve Gardner. "Ryan Dempster, Siera Santos named new co-hosts of MLB Network's 'Intentional Talk'". usatoday.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Bill Goodykoontz. "How Siera Santos went from 'bad kid' boot camp to Fox 10 Phoenix sports anchor". azcentral.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Siera Santos and Fox 10 Staff (17 September 2020). "Get to know Siera Santos". fox10phoenix.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ruben Amaro, Jr., A.J. Andrews, Keiana Martin, Bo Porter and Siera Santos join MLB Network on-air broadcast lineup". mlb.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Jeff Agrest (17 March 2022). "Former Chicago sportscaster Siera Santos joins MLB Network". suntimes.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Phil Rosenthal (31 March 2020). "Fox-32 sports reporter Siera Santos leaving for Phoenix". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Tomboy:CSN's Siera Santos". nbcsports.com. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2022.