Alice Maxine Cook (born November 30, 1955) is an American sports reporter and an Olympic figure skater, in pair skating. Her partner was

William Fauver William Benjamin Fauver (born March 2, 1954, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American former pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perfor ...

. She is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th. One month later Cook and her partner placed 9th in the World Championships in Sweden.

Career

Following her skating career, Cook became a television sports reporter. She began her career at

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as a sports producer. In October 1984, Cook was hired by

WBZ-TV WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent WSBK-TV (channel 38). Bo ...

. She worked there as a sports reporter until 2010, when she decided not to accept an offer to continue as a free lancer. Cook has reported for

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. She hosted the figure skating coverage for

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during the

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. She has won the Action for Children's Television award, two Service to Children awards from the NAB, several Parents' Choice Awards for the program "Rap Around", and the Gracie Award (named for

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), given for excellence in portraying women in a positive light, for a segment on Mari-Rae Sopper, a former gymnast killed in the

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incident. In 2011, Cook became president and founder of "She's Game Sports." She's Game Sports is a new media company dedicated to women who consider themselves knowledgeable and passionate fans of sports. Shesgamesports.com is website designed to inform, entertain, and engage women who make sports part of their daily conversation and lifestyle. In 2012, Cook became featured on Boston.com with her own sports blog.

Personal life

Cook earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and speech communication at

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, graduating

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. She is married with three children and lives in the Greater Boston area.

Competitive highlights

With Fauver

References

External links

She's Game Sports

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