Bonnie Bernstein

Sideline Reporter and Studio Host

Bonnie Bernstein rejoined ESPN in July 2006 as a sideline reporter and studio host.  She currently serves as the reporter for ESPN on ABC Saturday afternoon college football games with Brad Nessler, Bob Griese and Paul Maguire.  She was a reporter on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball series in 2006.  Bernstein is also a rotating host and feature reporter on several ESPN programs, including NFL Live and Jim Rome is Burning.  Bernstein was a SportsCenter correspondent with ESPN from 1995-1998.  Additionally, Bernstein covers the NFL for CBS/Westwood One Radio.

Bernstein, a 15-year broadcasting veteran and one of the most recognizable and highly respected journalists, had worked for CBS Sports for eight years prior to rejoining ESPN.  While at CBS, she served as the lead reporter for NFL and NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship telecasts and contributed features for The NFL Today.  She also hosted Championships of the NCAA, SportsDesk and At the Half studio programs, and coverage of the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships.  In addition, Bernstein reported from track & field and figure skating events, and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships for CBS.

Bernstein has covered five straight Super Bowls since joining the radio announce team in 2001 and the Pro Bowl since 2003.

In her first stint at ESPN, Bernstein covered Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ record-setting championship run, filed reports for SportsCenter during the Major League Baseball Playoffs and the NCAA Women's Basketball Championships and served as a correspondent for NFL Countdown and College GameDay.

Prior to ESPN, Bernstein made local television history at the NBC affiliate in Reno, NV (KRNV-TV), becoming the "Biggest Little City’s" first-ever female weekday sports anchor.  She began her television career at WMDT-TV (ABC) in Salisbury, MD, anchoring weekend news, and broke into broadcasting in radio, as the news and sports director for WXJN-FM in Lewes, DE.

The four-time Academic All-American in gymnastics was graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland’s prestigious Merrill College of Journalism, where she received the Thomas M. Fields Award for academic and athletic excellence.