Melissa Stark
Melissa Stark | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | University of Virginia |
| Occupation(s) | NFL Network reporter NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter |
| Employer | NBC Sports |
| Spouse | Mike Lilley |
| Children | 4 |
Melissa Zoey Stark (born 1973) is an American television personality and sportscaster, best known as the current sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football and the former sideline reporter for Monday Night Football.
Formerly a reporter for the NFL Network, she spent five seasons as host of NFL 360. She previously worked with NBC, primarily at its MSNBC subsidiary and as a correspondent for NBC's The Today Show. In the summer of 2008, she anchored MSNBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Prior to NBC, she was a reporter for ESPN.
Stark has been described as a "trailblazer" who paved the way for women in sportscasting, which had fewer women broadcasters at the beginning of her career.