Anita Susanne Marks (born April 29, 1970) is a radio personality, football sideline reporter, and former women's

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football player.

Personal life

Anita grew up in south Dade County,

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. Marks graduated from

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in 1988.

Playing career

She then attended the

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, where she competed in Collegiate Flag Football for four years. Anita graduated with a Communications degree in 1992. Marks played women's professional football from 2000 to 2004, playing the majority of that time for the

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and played in the WPFL championship her final season with the

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. Marks posed for

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in 2002, during her career as a professional football player.

Broadcast career

Anita is a former host of sports talk radio on 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore. She co-hosted a show which was also simulcast on

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-TV. She hosted her own Fantasy Football Show on MASN called "Fantasy Blitz," and was a sideline reporter for the United Football League which aired on Versus. Marks left CBS Radio Baltimore on January 25, 2010 to pursue other opportunities. Anita worked on the New York Giants broadcast team: hosting shows on the

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My9, and Verizon Fios, as well as the pre- & postgame on

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Sports Radio in New York. She also hosted shows on

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and

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and was a fantasy football analyst for

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Sports. She is now an update anchor and fill-in talk show host for

ESPN New York WEPN-FM (98.7 MHz) branded as ''ESPN New York'', is an all-sports radio station licensed to New York City. The station is owned by Emmis Communications and its operations are controlled by Good Karma Brands, under a local marketing agreem ...

. She hosts a show called "Sunday Funday" every Sunday from 9am-1pm.

References

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