Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. In North America, in many sports, the play-by-play person is assisted by a color commentator, and sometimes a sideline reporter. Nearly all professional sports teams and most collegiate teams have their own play-by-play announcers, …

Suzy Kolber (born May 14, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a football sideline reporter, co-producer, and anchor for ESPN and ABC Sports. She was one of the original anchors of ESPN2 when it launched in 1993. Three years later, she left ESPN2 to join Fox Sports, but rejoined ESPN in late-1999, and has been there since. She is a 1982 graduate of Pennsylvania's Upper Dublin High School and a 1986 graduate of the University of Miami.

Melissa Stark (born November 11, 1973 in Baltimore, Maryland), was an American television personality with NBC who used to anchor with MSNBC. She joined in 2005. Prior to joining NBC, she was best known for her three-year stint as a sideline reporter for "Monday Night Football", which she left in order to start a family. She has also worked as a reporter for fellow Disney entity ESPN. In 2005, Stark participated as a reporter for NBC's New Year's Eve coverage, …

Michele Tafoya (Vandersall) (born December 17, 1964 in Manhattan Beach, California) is an American television sportscaster. She currently works for ESPN as a sideline reporter for "Monday Night Football" and NBA games on ABC. Prior to joining ABC Sports and ESPN in 2000, she worked for several years for CBS Sports, covering the Winter Olympics and various games in the NFL, college football and college basketball.

Rich Eisen (born June 24, 1969) is an American television journalist. He is married to ESPN on ABC college football sideline reporter Suzy Shuster.

Jay Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is a senior writer for FOXSports.com and is a sideline reporter for the "NFL on FOX" since 2004.

Jim Gray is an American sportscaster. He has previously worked as a sideline reporter with NBC Sports and CBS Sports. He is currently with the Westwood One radio network and ESPN/ESPN on ABC.

Allen Hopkins is an American soccer broadcaster. His current duties include coverage of Major League Soccer for ESPN, as well as MLS' Los Angeles Galaxy for FSN West. He initially came to ESPN to assist with their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and is now the sideline reporter for MLS Primetime Thursday and other MLS coverage. Hopkins previously worked for Fox Soccer Channel and its predecessor, Fox Sports World, …

Craig Wolfley was born May 19, 1958 in Buffalo, NY and is a former American Football player and current sideline reporter for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He works for the Steelers' flagship station WDVE-FM. He attended Syracuse University. A fifth round draft pick, he played offensive guard and offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1980-1989, and also for the Minnesota Vikings from 1990-1991. Wolfley has a daughter, Megan.

Jordy Hultberg, a former LSU basketball player (1976-80) and assistant basketball coach under Dale Brown (1980-83), is the sideline reporter for the LSU Sports Radio Network as well as the New Orleans Hornets on Cox Sports Television. Hultberg also serves as the host of Inside LSU Football with Les Miles, while continuing to host the LSU Sports Journal.

A newcomer to the Blazers Broadcasting team, Rebecca Haarlow is in her first season as a sideline reporter and feature producer. Before joining the Trail Blazers, Haarlow was a TV host and reporter for Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. Most recently, she helped launch the Big Ten Network as a college football sideline reporter. In 2007, she made her national television debut on FSN, traveling to Australia to host the Aussie Millions poker tournament.