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Michelle Denise Beadle (born October 23, 1975) is an American sports reporter and
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broadcast team. Beadle was formerly the co-host of the
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morning sports show '' Get Up!'' along with
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and
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, the co-host of '' SportsNation'' on
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, and former host of '' Winners Bracket'' on ABC with
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. Beadle has had various hosting jobs on different networks prior to joining ESPN in 2009, including College Sports Television and the
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.


Early life and education

Michelle Beadle was born in Italy to Bob Beadle, a former executive at
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, and Serenella Paladino, from Italy. She spent the first half of her childhood in Roanoke,
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, outside
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, and the second half in
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, a small town outside
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. She said that her mother was her best friend growing up because her mother did not speak English when she immigrated to America and they had to learn the language together. She was admittedly a tomboy growing up and had all male friends. She graduated from Boerne High School. Beadle attended the
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for political science as a pre-law student. She later joined a law group, and worked at the capitol in
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, which helped dissuade her from pursuing a legal career. After three years she decided against law and took three years off because she did not know what she wanted to do and her college credits were geared toward law school. She spent time in
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working odd jobs and eventually returned to Austin and waited tables while trying to decide what to do with her life. Beadle also attended the
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and was later given a shot at being a reporter. She also started her career at
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hosting ''Big Game Hunters''. In 2002, Beadle moved to TNN as a "behind-the-chutes" sideline reporter for the coverage of the
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' (PBR) Bud Light Cup Series. She was originally meant to fill in for two weeks but was asked to stay full-time. While at TNN, she also served as a freelance reporter for
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on its coverage of the PBR and
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's ''Titan Games''. Next, Beadle went to the
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and hosted the show ''Get Packing''. She then hosted a show for
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Production's magazine show ''Cathedrals of the Game''. Beadle later worked for the
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where she conducted interviews and did feature reporting for YES' regular season, preseason, and postseason
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telecasts. She also served as a sideline reporter for Nets basketball games, was co-host of '' Kids on Deck'' and ''Sportslife NYC,'' and was the host of ''YES' Ultimate Road Trip''. Additionally, Beadle hosted College Sports Television's ''The 1 College Sports Show'', and pre and postgame sports shows. She was also the reporter for the
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syndicated program ''NFL Under the Helmet''. She also hosted several other entertainment-themed and reality-based shows, including People.com's feature, ''What You Missed Over the Weekend''; Fine Living Network's ''I Want Your Job'';
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's '' Animal Planet Report'';
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's ''Beach Week'' series and
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's ''Inside Orlando's Resorts'', and ''Outrageous Room Service''. She has also been a Red Carpet reporter for the Golden Globes,
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, SAG Awards, and the
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, and contributed for
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on television, appearing on '' The Today Show'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''.


Career at ESPN

Beadle joined ESPN on June 1, 2009, as co-host with Colin Cowherd of '' SportsNation'', which premiered on
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on July 6, 2009. Beadle was one of the last people out of 142 to audition for '' SportsNation''. ESPN called her back and asked her to write about what she would do to make the show better. Thinking it was a joke, she wrote "a sarcastic list of 10 stupid things," which helped her land the job. Prior to co-hosting '' SportsNation'', during her time at TNN, Beadle also worked freelance as a reporter for
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's ''Titan Games''. She also was the New York ''
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'' anchor for
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's '' The Michael Kay Show'' on 1050 ESPN New York. She was later named the co-host of '' Winners Bracket'' along with
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. The show, which was part of '' ESPN Sports Saturday'', a two-hour block of sports programming on ABC, premiered on April 3, 2010. She also hosted a weekly
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, "The Michelle Beadle Podcast", and has also served as a guest host on '' Mike and Mike in the Morning''.


Career at NBC

On May 22, 2012, it was announced that she was leaving ESPN for the family of
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networks, primarily as host on NBC Sports Network as well as correspondent on ''
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''. She anchored NBC Sports Network's daily morning studio coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. ''The Crossover with Beadle and Briggs'' debuted on January 28, 2013, on the NBC Sports Network. The show featured Beadle and Dave Briggs, formerly of
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and CSN New England. NBC described the show as one that focuses on sports, pop culture and entertainment. In May 2013, the show was rebranded as ''The Crossover with Michelle Beadle'', with Beadle as the sole host. On September 25, 2013, ''The Crossover with Michelle Beadle'' was cancelled.


Return to ESPN

Beadle returned to ESPN on March 3, 2014, appearing as a co-host on ''SportsNation''. She was released from her NBC contract early as part of a deal between the two media companies that included
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coverage and Olympics highlights rights. In July 2014, she criticized ESPN colleague Stephen A. Smith on social media for comments he made about the Ray Rice domestic abuse case. The furor led to a week-long suspension of Smith. She had another heated social media dialog on the same matter with MTV celebrity Christopher Boykin. In September 2014, she joined
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, a subsidiary of
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, hosting a podcast called Beadlemania. Beadle began hosting NBA Countdown in 2016. In April 2018, she also began co-hosting a morning sports show on ESPN called '' Get Up!'' along with Jalen Rose and Mike Greenberg. In August of the same year, ESPN announced that Beadle would be leaving ''Get Up!'' by the end of the month, and instead focus her efforts on NBA coverage. In the summer of 2019, ESPN quietly removed Beadle from NBA Countdown, replacing her with Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor, respectively. Beadle then proceeded to enter a buyout with ESPN, which ended her time at the company.


HBO – ''The Fight Game''

As of March 2015, Beadle had interviewed
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on
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's ''The Fight Game'' regarding the 2015 fight with Floyd Mayweather.


Personal life

Beadle is an avid dog lover, as well as being a fan of
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, the
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, and the
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. She has two siblings: a younger brother, Robert, and a younger sister.


References


External links


Bio
from ESPN.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beadle, Michelle 1975 births Living people American sports announcers American women television personalities ESPN people Italian emigrants to the United States NBA broadcasters New Jersey Nets announcers Olympic Games broadcasters People from Boerne, Texas People from Roanoke, Texas Television personalities from Texas University of Texas at San Antonio alumni Women sports commentators