Danyelle Sargent-Musselman (born May 7, 1978) is a former American sports television reporter.

Biography

Education and early career

Sargent is a graduate of Florida State University and began her television career at

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, in Macon, Georgia. Prior to joining

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, she worked as a sports reporter and anchor for Metro Sports, a local

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sports channel in Kansas City, Missouri from 2002 until 2004. She served as sideline reporter for the

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during the 2004 pre-season. She served as co-emcee of the 2005 and 2006

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woman of the year awards.

ESPN

Sargent was hired in 2004 by the

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to work on its

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channel. She also contributed to ESPN2's ''

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'', now titled ''

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''. Sargent was the subject of a minor controversy on March 9, 2006, when a series of technical difficulties occurred while she was co-anchoring a live broadcast of ESPNEWS, leading ESPN to air a taped segment. Thinking her microphone had been cut (which is the normal procedure when a taped segment is playing), she exclaimed, "What the fuck was that?" over the broadcast. Sargent's two-year contract with ESPN was not renewed when it expired in the fall of 2006.

Fox Sports

Sargent made her

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debut on ''

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'' on November 5, 2006. Her last night anchoring ''FSN Final Score'' was on June 27, 2011. She also appeared in a taped segment during the last ''FSN Final Score'' later that week on July 1, 2011. During her time at

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, another controversy occurred on Sunday, October 26, 2008. While working as a sideline reporter, Sargent was conducting a taped, pre-game interview with the new head coach of the

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, Mike Singletary, and said, "I heard that your mentor, Bill Walsh, was one of the first phone calls that you made when you found out that you had the job. What does it mean to you to be the head coach of the 49ers?" The interview was abruptly halted when the reporter was informed by her producers that Walsh had died on July 30, 2007. The unauthorized video was never aired on the game broadcast, but did air on Mike Francesa's

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-TV/Channel 4 program, ''Mike’d Up''.

Comedy Central

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'' on

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premiered in January 2011 and ran for one season with Sargent as fictional sportscaster Melissa Wells.

Yahoo

Sargent served as a host for

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from 2011 to 2012, covering college football, the NFL, fantasy football,

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, and high school recruiting.

NFL Network

Sargent was an update anchor for

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. She was on-air for several notable NFL moments, including Peyton Manning's decision to play for the

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and Tim Tebow's trade from the Broncos to the New York Jets. Her last day at

was in April 2013.

Personal life

Sargent is married to the head coach of the

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. She gave birth to the couple's daughter in 2010. Sargent also has two stepsons.

References

External links

Brief article from the San Jose Mercury News
about the Bill Walsh incident. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargent, Danyelle American television sports announcers African-American women journalists African-American journalists 1978 births Living people Women sports announcers National Football League announcers Florida State University alumni 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women NFL Network people