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Zora Stephenson Of NBC Sports Conversation | Announcer Schedules Podcast

Mar 8, 2024 · 29m 19s
Zora Stephenson Of NBC Sports Conversation | Announcer Schedules Podcast
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On the latest feature interview on the Announcer Schedules Podcast, co-hosts Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin catch up with Zora Stephenson of NBC Sports.  Stephenson called several of Caitlin...

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On the latest feature interview on the Announcer Schedules Podcast, co-hosts Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin catch up with Zora Stephenson of NBC Sports.  Stephenson called several of Caitlin Clark's games this season for Peacock, including when Clark broke the NCAA D1 women's basketball all-time scoring record. 

 Learn about Stephenson's journey as a reporter and a play-by-play announcer, along with what it has been like to call women's basketball during this history-making season. Zora Stephenson serves as the play-by-play voice for Peacock’s exclusive slate of Big Ten Women’s Basketball and as a sideline reporter for NBC Sports’ coverage of Notre Dame Football and Big Ten Football.

Stephenson, who joined NBC Sports in July 2021, worked as an NBC Olympics social media host during the Beijing Winter Games.In addition, Stephenson served as the play-by-play voice of the ‘Citi Shamrock Classic’ women’s college basketball games in 2022 and 2023 and was the sideline reporter for NBC Sports’ USFL coverage, multiple gymnastics events, and select HBCU college football games. She has also hosted NBC Sports Audio’s Hardwood HERstory podcast.

Previously, Stephenson served as a sideline and digital reporter for the Milwaukee Bucks on Bally Sports/Fox Wisconsin (2019-2023). In April 2021, she became the first woman to handle play-by-play for a Bucks game.Stephenson has been an on-air contributor for WTMJ-Radio, The Truth, and ESPN Radio in Milwaukee. Before her career in Milwaukee, Stephenson was an Emmy Award-winning news anchor and reporter at local television stations in Denver, Colorado, and Greenville, North Carolina.

Stephenson is a 2015 graduate of Elon University in North Carolina, where she was a four-year member of the basketball team. A three-year starter, Stephenson set a school record for single-season, three-point field goal percentage in the 2011-12 season (42.3%).

Hear more from her on this edition of the "Announcer Schedules Podcast" as part of the Last Word on Sports Media podcast feed. And, make sure to follow/subscrbie on Apple, Spreaker, Spotify, etc.!
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