Erin Andrews has been a household name in the sideline reporting world for roughly two decades now.
The NFL on FOX sideline reporter is part of the network’s No. 1 broadcast team, along with play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt, analyst Tom Brady and fellow sideline reporter Tom Rinaldi. But while Andrews is one of the best in the business, it hasn’t always been that way for the 48-year-old sideline reporter.
Andrews spoke with Alex Cooper of “Call Her Daddy” earlier this month. She opened up about the start of her sideline reporting career, making it clear that things were not going very well at first.
Andrews got her start in the industry with Turner Sports, where she covered the Atlanta Braves and other Atlanta-based teams.
The Braves were – and remain – one of the biggest draws in Major League Baseball at the time.
But Andrews was not very good early on in her career.
“I got a call from Turner Sports. They had the Atlanta Braves. They had MLB at the time, and I was hosting a studio and I was freaking terrible,” Andrews said to Cooper. “I was so, so bad. I called my dad every night and cried. I felt like I was way, you know, over my skis. I wasn’t good. I knew I wasn’t good. It was killing me.”
Ultimately, the network stuck with Andrews, even though she admitted that they shouldn’t have.
“They let me go after two years, and they should have. I wasn’t put in the best position to succeed. For some reason, it wasn’t working for me,” she told Cooper.
Andrews later went on to work for ESPN, where she became a household name, before leaving for Fox Sports, where she covers the biggest games of the week in the National Football League.
