Kara Henderson (born June 27, 1973) is an American sports media personality, most recently for the

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. At NFLN, Henderson provided in-depth interviews, pregame and postgame reports and sideline reports for a variety of shows across the network including '' NFL Total Access'', ''Around the League'', ''NFL GameDay Morning'' and ''NFL GameDay Final''. For the 2010 season, Henderson contributed on-site reports for both NFL Network and NFL.com for coverage of ''

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''. Henderson last appeared on NFLN in March 2012, with no explanation given on her absence. On Sunday, September 9, she confirmed that she had left broadcasting to get married and raise her son. She was replaced by

Amber Theoharis Amber Theoharis (born September 13, 1978) is a co-host for NFL Network on '' NFL Total Access''. Theoharis is a 1996 graduate of Middletown High School and of the University of Maryland. She started her media career in Salisbury, Maryland at W ...

. Kara graduated cum laude from Duke University, where she majored in

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. Kara was formerly an anchor and reporter for Fox Sports Net New England. She began her career as a production assistant at

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and later

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. Her on-air career began at

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in 1998 as the co-host of NESN's "Front Row". From 2000 to 2003, she worked at

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as a reporter. In the fall of 2012, Henderson married Los Angeles Rams general manager

Les Snead Samuel Lester Snead (born January 19, 1971) is an American football executive who is the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL), a position he has held since 2012. Prior to joining the Rams in 2012, Snead se ...

. She has a son Tate from a previous marriage along with a stepson, Logan, and stepdaughter, Cannon.

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