Update:
Fox Sports vice-president for communications Dan Bell checked in on Erin Andrews’ role as a sideline reporter on NFL games this year. Earlier today, I mentioned that she was working on the No. 4 team. I made that assumption since that team was listed fourth on the Fox release.
Bell said that isn’t the case. In an email, he said:
“Erin is not working on the #4 crew. Her crew to start the season is one of our top crews. There is the A crew of Buck, Aikman and Oliver then five other crews contending for a postseason slot. Erin will also join the top crew starting with our Thanksgiving Day game through the Super Bowl.”
That makes more sense considering Fox Sports hired Andrews to serve on its high-profile events.
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Indeed, it will be a busy fall for Andrews.
After hosting the revamped Fox College Saturday pregame show on Fox Sports 1 on Saturday mornings, Andrews then will head to an NFL game on Sunday.
Fox’s NFL lineup for 2013 has Andrews working with Kevin Burkhardt, a new addition, and John Lynch.
Here’s the complete lineup for Fox. Note the addition of Ronde Barber, who will work with Dick Stockton:
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Pam Oliver
Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa
Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick & Laura Okmin
Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch & Erin Andrews
Chris Myers, Tim Ryan & Jennifer Hale
Dick Stockton, Ronde Barber & Kris Budden
Sam Rosen, Heath Evans & Molly McGrath
Ed-
why do you think it’s news what game Erin Andrews (or any sideline reporter) is assigned to?
who cares?
has anyone EVER tuned in to a game specifically because she was on, or not tuned in because she wasn’t?
I agree with Ed, especially because it’s Erin Andrews. I’ve watched her since she first joined ESPN as a sideline reporter. I was at Badger football and Marquette Warrior games she was covering. Ever since she received national attention when a “peeping Tom” was filming her in hotels, she’s changed from a very good reporter to one who is now more interested in using others to further her own career beyond the world of sports. Her relationship with Troy Aikman was immediately followed by switching to FOX. And now, it seems that she’s about to push aside Pam Oliver as the #1 Fox NFL sideline reporter. She is no longer the journalist she wants to be know as. It’s now all about being in the Hollywood crowd with her provocative outfits she wears. And more annoying than anything is she talks through her nose, which is extremely annoying. I just don’t care to watch her anymore.