Rosalyn Fatima Gold-Onwude (; born April 28, 1987) is an American-Nigerian sports broadcaster. A native of New York City, Gold-Onwude played

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and played on the Nigeria national team. Gold-Onwude covers NBA basketball on

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's TV, digital, and radio platforms and is a fill-in host of First Take with

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each week. Since 2012 Gold-Onwude has covered March Madness, the NCAA tournament and Pac-12 Men's and Women's college hoops in both the analyst and reporter role for

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. Most recently Gold-Onwude has joined forces with

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's and

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's 35 Ventures as one of the faces of "The Boardroom". Gold-Onwude was also the host of a sports debate show called "Don't at Me" presented by

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and streaming live

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Early life

Gold-Onwude was born in

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, New York City, to Russian-Jewish mother Pat Gold and Nigerian father Austin Onwude. She played high school basketball at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, New York. The team won two state titles in 2003 and 2004, but a knee injury finished her senior season early. Despite the injury, she graduated from Molloy as a highly decorated player and became the first female athlete in the program's history to play Division I basketball after accepting a scholarship to Stanford University. Gold-Onwude became Molloy's second all-time leading scorer and the all-time leader in steals and assists despite another knee injury. In 2011, Gold-Onwude became the first Molloy alumna to be inducted into the GCHSAA Hall of Fame.

College career

Gold-Onwude played basketball while earning her bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in sociology at Stanford University. As a member of the Stanford women's basketball team from 2005 to 2010, Gold-Onwude played in three Final Fours and two national championship games helping the Cardinal win four conference titles, as starting guard. In her final season she was named the 2010 Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, ending her Stanford career as the school's all-time leader in games played.

National team career

Gold-Onwude represented the Nigeria women's national team at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women where she averaged 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2 assists.

Broadcasting

From 2017 to 2019, Gold-Onwude worked for

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in her first national role, covering the NBA regular season, playoffs, All Star Weekend and NBA Summer League games for

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and

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. Before joining Turner Sports, Gold-Onwude served as the sideline reporter for the

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on NBC Sports Bay Area, covering the Warriors' run to three straight

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and two championships from 2014 to 2017. Gold-Onwude was the color commentator for the WNBA's NY Liberty from 2011 to 2017 for

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. Additionally, she joined NBC's coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics as a sideline reporter for Men's Basketball. Gold-Onwude has worked as an analyst for the NBA on ESPN Radio since 2022.

Personal life

Gold-Onwude has spoken out about her passion for mentoring young girls, raising awareness for mental health issues and empowering women in business. She has participated in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program and NBA Africa Game. In December 2018 she returned to Nigeria to work with the Hope 4 Girls Camp, a girls only basketball camp.

References

External links

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Stanford bio
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