Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history (male or female) who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open network broadcasts. Visser, who was voted the No. 1 Female Sportscaster of all-time in a poll taken by the American Sportscasters Association, recently became the first female to be an analyst for an NFL game on TV and is currently a reporter for CBS Sports and News, writes for CBSSports.com and is also part of WFTL 640 Fox Sports' morning drive in South Florida.
Bal Harbour, Florida: a CBS sportscaster in Bal Harbour, Florida. [January 2012]
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Co-hostess, with Tony Segreto, of an infomercial for "Omega XL". Also appearing are Jim Davidson and Terry Kirby. [2010]
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She graduated from Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor's Degree.
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Daughter of Max Visser of Hobe Sound, Florida and the late Mary Visser formerly of South Hadley, Massachusetts. Stepdaughter of Barbara Visser of Hobe Sound, Florida; Daughter-in-law of the late Bartell E. Kanuth and the late Robert C. Kanuth of Columbus, Ohio.
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In 2005, was elected to the Museum of Television and Radio.
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In June 1993, she suffered a jogging accident in New York City's Central Park in which she broke her hip and skidded face-first across the pavement. She required surgery on her face and hip and, in 2006, she required an artificial hip replacement.
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In 1984, joined CBS Sports part-time and went full-time in 1987.
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In 2006 became the first female recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, given by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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After being a cheerleader at Boston College, got a job in 1974 at the Boston Globe via a Carnegie Foundation grant.