Dana Jacobson (born November 5, 1971) is a host and correspondent for CBS News currently serving as a co host for ''CBS Saturday Morning''. She is also an anchor & reporter for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. She joined CBS News in 2015, 2 years after she began working for CBS Sports Network. Prior to that Jacobson spent a decade at ESPN, from 2002 until 2012. In March 2005, she was named co-host of ''

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'' and transitioned with the show as it became '' First Take''. On December 30, 2011, she left ''First Take'' and returned to anchoring ''SportsCenter''. On March 27, 2012, ''USA Today'' announced that Jacobson would leave ESPN when her contract expires at the end of April. Monday, April 30, 2012, was her final day at ESPN when she anchored the 6–8 p.m. ET ''SportsCenter''. On July 13, 2018, Jacobson, along with long-time CBS correspondent

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, were named the new co-hosts of the Saturday edition of ''CBS This Morning''.

Early life and career

Jacobson was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, in a

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familyJewish Women's Archive: "Dana Jacobson"
retrieved March 12, 2017 and attended Andover High School in

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. Subsequently, she attended and graduated from Valley High School in

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, in 1989. Jacobson graduated from the

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in 1993 with a

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in English and communications and was a member of the

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sorority. *Her first television job was in

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, Michigan, at WPBN/WTOM-TV, where she spent two years as a fill-in news anchor and weekend sports anchor, producer, and editor. *Reported on a number of stories in

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, including profiles of one time

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players

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, and Jason Williams. *Covered a wide range of professional sports including the NFL and NBA as a weekend sports anchor at

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affiliate station (1998-02). *Hosted KXTV’s News10 Red Zone *Served as a sports reporter for KXTV's ''Monday Night Football'' show (1996–98). *Hosted The NBA Insiders, a weekly two-hour radio show for

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-AM (2000–02). *Filled in for

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on his radio show broadcast on

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weekdays from 1pm - 4pm Eastern time, during the 2005 holiday season. *Filled in occasionally for

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on the

show ''

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''. *Now works for

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and

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. She's a regular contributor on the

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, and host on CBS's We Need To Talk. *In October 2018 she was honored by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation as one of their Hall of Fame inductees.

Personal life

On the October 11, 2018, edition of ''

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'', host

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announced that Jacobson was engaged. According to 98.5 radio in Boston ( The Sports Hub), Jacobson got engaged to

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play-by-play announcer

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. They were married on September 28, 2019.

Controversy

At a private

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for co-workers

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and

in January 2008, Jacobson cursed the

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's Touchdown Jesus. Jacobson and ESPN both released a statement apologizing to those offended by the roast comments. Jacobson was suspended from ESPN for one week. Upon returning, she apologized on-air for her behavior and comments.

Awards

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Award (2000) * National Headliner Award (1998)

References

External links

First Take BioDana Jacobson ESPN Bio
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