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Pam Oliver
Pam Oliver
Pam Oliver September 2016.jpg
Oliver at FedExField in September 2016
Pamela Oliver

1961 (age 58–59)
Alma materFlorida A&M University
Years active1985-present

Pamela Oliver (born 1961) is an American sportscaster known for her work on the sidelines for various National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) games.


Early life

Oliver was born in Dallas, Texas. With her father being in the United States Air Force, Oliver and her family moved several times during her childhood, Texas, Michigan, Washington, California and Florida. Instead of watching children's shows, Oliver preferred watching sports.


As a teenager, Oliver lived in Niceville, Florida, where she attended Niceville High School. In high school, Oliver excelled in tennis, basketball, and track and field. After graduating, Oliver enrolled at Florida A&M University, where she continued her track endeavors, becoming a college All-American in both the 400-meter and the mile relay.[1] Oliver earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and graduated in 1984.

Professional career

Oliver began her broadcasting career at WALB in Albany, Georgia in 1985 as a news reporter.[2] The next year, Oliver moved to WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. After that stop, Oliver moved to WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York in 1988. Two years later in 1990, Oliver moved to WTVT in Tampa, Florida, where she began her career as a sports anchor in 1991. Oliver moved to KHOU-TV in Houston, where she continued to be a sports anchor.

In 1993, Oliver joined the sports television network ESPN. In 1995, Oliver joined Fox Sports, where she worked as a sideline reporter with the network's number-one broadcast team, Pat Summerall and John Madden.[3] In 2005, Oliver joined TNT as a sideline reporter for their NBA Playoffs coverage.[4]

On July 14, 2014, Fox moved her to the network's #2 NFL broadcasting team, while Erin Andrews took over as sideline reporter on the #1 crew.[5] In early 2015, Fox extended Oliver's sideline reporting job with the #2 team through the 2016 season.[6] Oliver continued in that role for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons.


  • "Outstanding Woman in Journalism", Ebony (2004)


  1. ^ "Pam Oliver | RightFielders Women in Sports". Sports.rightpundits.com. 2007-08-09. Retrieved .
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "The Q, with TNT sideline reporter Pam Oliver". Cleveland.com. Retrieved .
  5. ^ Richard Deitsch (2014-07-14). "Erin Andrews replaces Pam Oliver on Fox's No. 1 NFL team". SI.com. Retrieved .
  6. ^ Richard Deitsch (2015-03-09). "Fox's Pam Oliver returns to sidelines for 2015, 2016". SI.com. Retrieved .

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