Jennifer Sheryl Dell–Middlebrooks (born July 26, 1986) is the lead

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reporter for

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. Dell previously worked as

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’ #2

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sideline reporter in 2014. She also has worked for

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(NESN) covering the

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. Since 2016, she has also been the co-host of the food show ''Campus Eats'' alongside Troy Johnson on the

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Personal life

Dell grew up in

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. She attended Pomperaug High School in Southbury. In 2008, she graduated from college at the

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with a

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degree in Sport Management and Hospitality and Tourism Management. Late in 2012, Dell began dating

Will Middlebrooks William Scott Middlebrooks (born September 9, 1988) is an American retired professional baseball third baseman and is currently the main color analyst for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network on WEEI-FM. He also does color analysis for the Red Sox ...

, at the time the

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for the Red Sox. They became engaged in July 2014. They were married in February 2016. In October 2018, Dell and Middlebrooks had their first child, a daughter. A second daughter arrived a year later, in December 2019. Dell had struggled to get pregnant and used fertility treatments.

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