Linda Cohn Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2003, she was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
• Graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in arts and communications
• Made the boy's ice hockey team at her high school
• Was one of the first full-time, female sports anchors in America
• Joined ESPN in 1992, and has since worked as an anchor and co-anchor and has appeared in comical "This is SportsCenter" commercials
• Is a fan of the New York Giants, the New York Mets, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers
• Wrote a book about her success in the primarily male-dominated field of sports journalism called "Cohn-Head․"