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11 unusual facts about Outside the Lines


Anne Marie Anderson

Following graduation from Hofstra, Anderson relocated to Bristol, CT and worked as a production assistant, assignment editor and associate producer on ESPN staples such as SportsCenter, NFL Gameday and Outside the Lines.

Chris Broussard

In April 2013, Broussard came under fire for comments he made on an ESPN Outside the Lines program about NBA player Jason Collins coming out as gay.

Colleen Dominguez

She’s an L.A. based media member who appears on multiple programs including SportsCenter, Outside the Lines and Outside the Lines Nightly.

Dave Revsine

In his 10 years at ESPN, Revsine covered a wide-range of programs including Sportscenter, College Gamenight, NFL Live, and Outside the Lines.

Kevin Negandhi

In addition to hosting SportsCenter, he also hosts Baseball Tonight, College Football Live and Outside the Lines on ESPN and is a fill-in anchor on NFL Live and Cold Pizza.

Mike Rice Jr.

The situation changed dramatically on April 2, 2013, when ESPN's Outside the Lines aired several hours of video from Rice's practices.

Mitch Ivey

Despite his stellar three-year record of SEC championships and top-three NCAA national performances, the University of Florida Athletic Association released him in October 1993 following an episode of the ESPN television show Outside the Lines which recounted Ivey's history of romantic involvement with several of his previous swimmers before he became a coach at the University of Florida, and made allegations of sexual harassment against him.

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More recently, former NBA player John Amaechi appeared on the February 11, 2007 edition to publicly come out as gay, and the May 11, 2008 edition reported that former USC basketball star O. J. Mayo had allegedly received thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise from a runner for a sports agent dating back to his high school career.

The program has also featured exclusive interviews with newsmakers such as: President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Pete Rose, Phil Jackson (after leaving the Lakers the first time) and the Army Rangers of Pat Tillman's platoon about what really happened.

Over the past few years, Outside the Lines has covered several Sports Emmy Award winning pieces such as Finding Bobby Fischer, Ben Comen, and Rainbow Man.

T. J. Quinn

Quinn contributes to several ESPN programs including SportsCenter and Outside the Lines.


Jemele Hill

Hill also makes regular appearances on television, including SportsCenter and several ESPN programs, including ESPN First Take, Outside the Lines and The Sports Reporters.