Molly French
| Molly French | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Molly Sullivan French 27 August 1979 |
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Sports commentary career | |
| Team(s) | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Genre(s) | Courtside reporter / sideline reporter |
| Sports | |
Molly Sullivan French (born August 27 1979) is an American courtside reporter who works for Comcast Sportsnet in Philadelphia. She has worked games for the Philadelphia 76ers for seven years.[1]
Early years
French is a Las Vegas native and graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former nationally ranked distance swimmer who competed at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, French is also an ACC Champion and 4-time NCAA qualifier in the 1650 freestyle for the Tar Heels, who ended her collegiate career as the fastest Miler in school history.
Career
Early career
In her hometown where sports and entertainment are uniquely intertwined, French's first on-air job after graduating from UNC was as a Las Vegas-based entertainment reporter and producer for news affiliates such as KTLA in Los Angeles, KENS in San Antonio, KFVE in Honolulu and locally on KVWB. A year later, French landed her own half-hour lifestyle television show on Las Vegas' ABC affiliate, KTNV. where she served as both the program's host and associate producer.
Her knowledge of the Entertainment Capital of the World then quickly led her to the national stage as a field reporter and producer for a number of networks and publications, including E! News and The Daily 10 on E! Entertainment Television as well as Life & Style Weekly magazine. It was during this time that French was approached by publishers to co-author the first insider's book about Las Vegas written specifically for women, Las Vegas Little Red Book: A Girl's Guide to the Perfect Vegas Getaway, with a nationwide release date of February 14, 2007.
Recent career
French eagerly returned to her athletic roots in the Fall of 2007. She joined Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia as a sideline reporter for the Philadelphia 76ers in April 2012. Also did sideline reports for TNT during the Indiana Pacers-Atlanta Hawks NBA playoff series in 2014. In addition to her NBA duties, Sullivan is also a host/reporter for Top Rank Boxing and occasionally does sideline reports for CBS College Football and Basketball.
She has appeared four times for NBA on TNT to fill in for Craig Sager and twice on NBA on ESPN during the 2014 NBA season. French still currently works Sixers games for CSN Philly.
She was recently named one of the top five "Sexiest Sportscasters in America" by Playboy.
References
- ↑ "Molly Sullivan Franch at IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.