Rebecca Haarlow (born December 20, 1978) is an American sideline reporter for

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, the

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, and the

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. Previously she served as a sideline reporter for

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, and as an anchor and reporter for the

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Early years

Haarlow is a native of western suburb of

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

. She attended

Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale Central High School, or HCHS (locally referred to as simply "Central") is a public four-year high school located at the corner of W. 55th St. and S. Grant St. in Hinsdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United ...

where she won six Class AA state

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

medals. Haarlow finished eighth in the 800-meter medley relay, eighth in the 400 relay and also finished sixth in the triple jump in 1996. In 1997, she finished second in the 100 high hurdles, fifth in the 300 low hurdles and sixth in the triple jump while in high school. She also graduated from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. She scored 4,700 in the 1999

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Heptagonal Outdoor Championships in which is the second-highest mark in Princeton history, finishing in third place with that score.

Career

In 2003, Haarlow was the Public Relations Coordinator for

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Sports and Entertainment, until she became the sideline Reporter for the

Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Con ...

in 2007. In 2011, she joined

at the beginning of the 2011 NFL season as a news anchor. Prior to working at

, she was a sideline reporter for the

FOX Sports Network Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Mar ...

. On January 8, 2013, she joined NBC 5 in Chicago on a part-time basis. on September 6, 2015 she joined

as a reporter for

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

telecasts, replacing Tina Cervasio.

References

External links

MSG Network bioNFL Network bio
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