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ROBIN
ROBERTS
Robin René Roberts was born
on Nov. 23, 1960, in Tuske-
gee, Ala., but was raised in
Mississippi. With a pilot father
who flew with the Tuskegee
Airmen, she is the youngest of
four siblings, one of whom is
now-retired New Orleans news
anchor Sally-Ann Roberts.
Robin was offered a basket-
ball scholarship at Louisiana
State University. She ultimately
decided to attend Southwestern
Louisiana University, she played
basketball and ended her ca-
reer there as the school’s third
top scorer and rebounder up to
that time. Her jersey, No. 21,
was retired in 2011.
Roberts’ broadcasting career
was sports-based from the start,
with on-air jobs at two Missis-
sippi television stations, and
later work in Biloxi, Miss., and
Atlanta. In the latter city, she
also was a radio host.
In 1990, Roberts joined
ESPN and became a
“SportsCenter” host, also
contributing to ABC’s “Good
Morning America” during her
time at the cable sports net-
work. She eventually became
“GMA’s” news anchor, then
became co-anchor of the morn-
ing show while Diane Sawyer
still was an anchor of it. Sawyer
left in 2009 to become “ABC
World News” anchor and was
succeeded by George Stepha-
nopoulos, who remains Roberts’
main “GMA” hosting partner
along with Michael Strahan.
Her “Good Morning Amer-
ica” role has brought Roberts
many other opportunities at
ABC. She regularly hosts spe-
cials related to country-music
award shows, as well as the
annual holiday-season special
“The Year.” Additionally, she
has been involved in some of
the network’s Oscar preshows,
and she has co-anchored
special events such as royal
weddings.
A member of the Women’s
Basketball Hall of Fame (and
also an honorary Harlem Glo-
betrotter), Roberts has received
honors including the Walter
Cronkite Award for Excellence
in Journalism and the Radio
Television Digital News Foun-
dation’s Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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