Amy Bender
{{Short description|American sports reporter and producer}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| spouse = {{marriage|Trey Stephen Bender|1995}}
| children = Landry Bender
| relatives = Gary Bender (father-in-law)
| birth_name = Amy Elizabeth Bombard
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|15}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| occupation = Reporter, producer
}}
Amy Elizabeth Bender (née Bombard) (born September 15, 1965)Missouri Birth Records [Microfilm]. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives.[https://www.missouribirthindex.com/] is a sports reporter and producer. Her husband Trey Bender is also a sportscaster.{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/24/sporting-club/ | title=Sporting Club | work=Chicago Tribune | date=24 October 1999 | access-date=4 October 2016 | author=Goldsborough, Bob}}{{Cite news |last=Cohn |first=Bob |date=June 8, 1995 |title=Turner turns tables on Bender |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123701242/ |work=The Arizona Republic |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=D2 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com |issue=21}}{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1995 |title=Pratt's Pranks Pump On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123695494/ |work=The Arizona Republic |location=Phoenix, Arizona |page=B8 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com |issue=195}}
Biography
Bender was born in Kansas City, Missouri to parents Richard Irvin Bombard: a commercial aircraft pilot and former Drill instructor for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Barbara Suzanne Hogan.{{Cite news |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Richard Bombard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/802681938/ |work=Daily Hampshire Gazette |page=B2 |language=en |publication-place=Layton, Utah |via=Newspapers.com}}
In 1975, the Bender and family moved to Utah. Bender attended Bountiful High School in Bountiful, Utah, and graduated in 1983.{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1983 |title=BHS Graduating Class |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/705593587/ |work=Davis County Clipper |location=Bountiful, Utah |pages=C3, C5 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com |issue=5}}{{Cite news |date=November 18, 1982 |title=High School Will Perform 'Diary of Anne Frank' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/613542911/ |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |page=D15 |language=en |publication-place=Bountiful, Utah |via=Newspapers.com |volume=226 |issue=35}}
Bender grew up as a fan of the Kansas City Royals where she was a huge fan of George Brett and she learned how to do his batting average when she was in third grade. Amy hails a family of sportscasters; Gary and Trey. Unlike Gary and Trey whom they graduated from the University of Kansas, Amy graduated from the University of Utah, where she went to work in the sports information office. She was also the host of Countdown to London, a show on the Universal Sports Network.
Bender formerly hosted college cheerleading championships on ESPN and ESPN2. She is currently hosting The Cheerleading Worlds on ESPN & ESPN2 with Amanda Borden.
Bender has worked in the markets of Salt Lake City, Phoenix (like Gary and Trey), and Chicago and does play-by-play and sideline reporting for FSN West. Amy was sports anchor for KPHO-TV, a CBS affiliate in Phoenix as well as a sports producer. She also hosted Sportspage where celebrities made their way onto the set. She served as a producer for the Utah Jazz Radio Network and also worked in the media and public relations department.{{cite web | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4488513.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008201744/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4488513.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 October 2016 | title=Amy Bender signs on as CLTV sports anchor | work=Chicago Tribune | date=13 April 1999 | accessdate=4 October 2016 | author=Feder, Robert}} She is the mother of American actress Landry Bender.
Personal life
Bender has two brothers: Matthew and Adam.{{Cite web |title=Virginia Hogan Obituary |url=https://www.lindquistmortuary.com/obituaries/virginia-hogan |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Lindquist Mortuary |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Richard Bombard Obituary (1933 - 2019) - Layton, MA - Daily Hampshire Gazette |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/richard-bombard-obituary?id=9046624 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Legacy.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://themandelgroup.tv/amy-bender Bender biography at The Mandel Group website]
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Category:American television producers
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Category:American television sports anchors
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