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Sarah Spain Bio, Family, Career, Husband, Net worth, Measurements
Profession: | Journalist |
Date of Birth: | August 18, 1980 |
Age: | 41 |
Net value : | 1 million |
Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Height (m): | 1,80 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship Status: | Married |
Sarah Spain is an American journalist and sports columnist who currently works for the ESPN network. Many people recognized her as an ESPN television personality and a columnist for espnW.com. In addition, she hosts the show ‘Spain and Company’ on ESPN Radio and becomes an occasional reporter for ESPN ‘SportsCenter’.
Additionally, she had also won the 2016 Peabody Award for the four-minute video with radio host Julie DiCaro. The video highlighted sexual harassment, unfair criticism, rape threats faced by a sports host. Scroll below to learn more about the sports broadcaster.
SARAH SPAIN: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION
The veteran sportscaster was born on August 18, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio. However, she grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois with her parents and siblings. But she did not reveal any information about her parents or siblings.
For her education, she attended Lake Forest High School. Then, in 1998, in its final years, Spain received MVP and captaincy for its athletics, field hockey, and basketball teams. Later, she joined Cornell University and majored in English. In college days, she was a heptathlete on the Cornell Big Red track team, for which she was a co-captain her senior year.
SARAH SPAIN: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Spain gained enormous visibility after joining the ESPN network. Before joining ESPN, she was a writer for ChicagoNow.com on a sports blog. She also appeared occasionally as a recurring guest host for ChicagoNow radio on WGN AM-720. During those years, she was a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune Red Eye. Then she worked as a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network and hosted the online show ‘Coors Light Fantasy Players Minute’.
Gaining a lot of experience from previous work, she joined the ESPN network in 2010. Since then, she has contributed to several programs and other platforms like “The Dan Le Batard Show” and “Around the Horn”. As a host, credit for her works includes “ESPNW Presents: The Trifecta (2016 – 2017)” and “Izzy and Spain (Sept. 2016 – Nov. 2017)”, ESPN Radio’s first all-female program, and ‘Spain and Fitz (January 2018 – May 2019)’. Currently, she has worked as a host of a three-hour Spain and Company show that airs Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio.
SARAH SPAIN: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND
When it comes to her personal life, many of her admirers must want to know whether the journalist is married or not. Well, she is not single but long married to her boyfriend. However, she managed to maintain her privacy under the covers. Moreover, she married Brad Zibung who is a real estate agent.
The couple first met in 2008 at a charity event and after meeting, they occasionally started dating. Then her boyfriend-turned-husband proposed while they were on vacation in Tanzania. And the couple exchanged their vows on May 29, 2016. It appears that the couple are not sharing any children so far nor are they planning to have any children anytime soon.
SARAH SPAIN: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
Spain has accumulated a fair amount of his career in reporting and writing. Moreover, she is said to earn around $150,000 from the well-known company ESPN, where she works as a writer and presenter. Hence, she has an estimated net worth of around $1 million.
She is active on different social media like Twitter and Instagram with personal and verified accounts. On Twitter, she goes through the handle @SarahSpain with 227.3k followers. She has an Instagram account @ spain2323 with 112,000 followers. On Facebook, she goes through the @SarahSpainFanPage account with more than 21.5,000 followers. Moreover, she also has an official website under her name where one can see things about her philanthropic work and her upcoming works as well.
SARAH SPAIN: BODY MEASUREMENTS
The reporter has a curvy hourglass-shaped body that stands 5 feet 11 inches or 1.80 meters tall. His body measures 42-28-39 inches and weighs 68 kg. She has dark brown hair color as well as eye color.