Sarah Grace Kustok ( ; born December 17, 1981) is an American sports reporter who works for the YES Network and

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. In 2017, she became the first female full-time analyst for an NBA team's local TV broadcasts, when the YES Network promoted her from sideline analyst for

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games.

Biography

Kustok began her career as an analyst and sideline reporter for

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and

, covering college football, basketball (men's and women's), and high school football. She also worked as a TV sideline reporter for the

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, Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox and

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for Comcast SportsNet Chicago and was a substitute anchor for the network and filled in as sports anchor for WMAQ-TV. She has hosted ''College Sports Minute'' and was a freelance sports anchor/reporter for WFLD-TV. She also worked for Versus. She is the color commentator for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun home games. She also is the substitute anchor and contributor on FS1's First Things First. Kustok previously worked as a sideline reporter with the

(succeeding Michelle Beadle) before being promoted to TV analyst in 2017, making her the NBA's first female in that role. She also contributes to ''Nets Magazine''.

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Personal life

Kustok grew up in Orland Park, Illinois, where she played high school volleyball and basketball. She later attended

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, where she played on the Blue Demons women's basketball team. Her older brother, Zak, is a businessman who formerly played quarterback for the Northwestern Wildcats football team. Sarah's father, Allan Kustok, was tried for the shooting and killing of Anita "Jeanie" Kustok, her mother, while she slept in their home in 2010. Sarah testified before the jury, and maintained her father's innocence in March 2014. Allan was convicted of first degree murder and is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence, where he is not eligible for parole.

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