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Alisia “Lisa” Salters (born March 6, 1966) is an American journalist and former college basketball player who has reported for ESPN and ABC since 2000. Salters covered the O. J. Simpson murder case for ABC News and worked as a reporter at WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1988 to 1995.
Salters has reported worldwide for ESPN, including a series from the Middle East ahead of the Iraq War. She hosted ESPN’s coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics from Turin, Italy, and ESPN’s coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Salters is a sideline reporter and co-producer for ABC’s coverage of the NBA and Monday Night Football.
Salters was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. She attended and graduated from Upper Merion Area High School and was later inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.
She then graduated from Penn State University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. She played guard for the Lady Lions basketball team from 1986 to 1987, where Salters holds the distinction of being the shortest player in school history at 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m).
Salters was first a broadcast journalist prior to becoming a sportscaster…
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