Leila Rahimi
Leila Rahimi | |
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Born | Leila Rahimi June 22, 1983 |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.A. University of North Texas |
Occupation | Journalist Newscaster |
Years active | 2001–present |
Television | KXII-TV Fox Sports Southwest KXAN-TV Fox Sports San Diego Comcast SportsNet Houston MLB Network Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia NBC Sports Chicago WMAQ-TV |
Leila Rahimi (born June 22, 1983) is an American television sports anchor and reporter, currently co-hosting mid-days on WSCR in Chicago with Dan Bernstein and currently as a part time anchor on WMAQ-TV.
Biography[]
Rahimi was born and raised in Denton, Texas.[1] After high school, she interned with Dallas Mavericks announcers Wally Lynn and Mike Fisher.[1] In 2002, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas with a degree in journalism.[2][3] From 2001 to 2005, she worked as an anchor/reporter with KTCK-AM Sports Radio in Dallas. In 2006,[1] she went to work as a sports anchor/reporter with CBS-affiliate KXII-TV in Sherman, Texas. She held various positions at Fox Sports Southwest in Dallas from 2001 to 2011.[2] In 2007, she accepted a position with NBC-affiliate KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas.[2] In 2012, she moved to San Diego to work for Fox Sports San Diego where she served as the field reporter for the San Diego Padres and produced a weekly program.[2] She then returned to Texas, working at Comcast SportsNet Houston as an anchor, reporter, and sideline reporter for the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets; while in Houston, she was nominated for several Emmy awards.[2] In 2014 and 2015, Rahimi worked with the MLB Network while in Philadelphia and was an anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.[2] In October 2015, she was hired as the anchor for NBC Sports Chicago,[2] where she, as of the 2019-20 season, serves as the sideline reporter for Chicago Bulls broadcasts and hosted White Sox pre-game and post-game shows. In August 2020, Rahimi was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago as part of company-wide cutbacks at NBCUniversal due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
In January 2021 Rahimi was announced as a partner to long-time WSCR host Dan Bernstein on a new mid-day show dubbed "Bernstein and Rahimi".[5]
A year after she was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago, Rahimi returned to the NBCUniversal family in November as a part-time sports anchor and reporter for NBC-owned station WMAQ-TV. She currently rotating their duties alongside Mike Berman and Jeff Blanzy in the station's weeknight newscasts, and currently co-hosting with Berman on the weekly sports news program Sports Sunday, replacing their longtime main sports anchor Siafa Lewis, when he was hired by CBS-owned station KYW-TV as weekday news anchor in the same month. Rahimi was second female co-host of Sports Sunday for the first time in ten years, after Paula Faris formerly hosting the show.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c DFW.com: "Leila Rahimi, formerly of 'The Ticket,' is a shooting star" by Jat Betsill November 17, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g CSN Chicago: "CSN Hires Leila Rahimi as Full-Time Anchor/Reporter" by Duane Dudek October 28, 2015
- ^ Houston's Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes: "Leila Rahimi" by Marcy de Luna October 21, 2014
- ^ Phil Rosenthal. "NBC Sports Chicago scales back programming amid staff layoffs, with Leila Rahimi, Laurence Holmes and 'Sports Talk Live' among the cuts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ^ "The Score promotes Leila Rahimi to midday co-host with Dan Bernstein - Robert Feder". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "As Siafa Lewis exits, Leila Rahimi joins NBC 5 sports team". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American television news anchors
- American women television journalists
- University of North Texas alumni
- MLB Network personalities
- People from Denton, Texas
- Bowling broadcasters
- 21st-century American women