Cassidy Hubbarth
{{short description|American sports anchor (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
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| name = Cassidy Hubbarth
| image = Cassidy Hubbarth.jpg
| caption = Hubbarth in May 2018
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|19}}
| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
| alma_mater = Northwestern University
| occupation = ESPN anchor and host
| years active = 2007–present
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| URL = {{url|https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/hubbarth_cassidy/}}
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Cassidy Hubbarth (born September 19, 1984) is an American television anchor. Hubbarth formerly hosted ESPN2's NBA Tonight and also anchored ESPN's SportsCenter and College Football Live.
Early life
Hubbarth was born in the Chicago area to Emmeline and Gerry Hubbarth. Hubbarth is of Filipino descent from her mother Emmeline's side and of German and Irish descent from her father Gerry's side.{{cite web | title=In Photos: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About ESPN's Beautiful Young Anchor, Cassidy Hubbarth | work= CollegeSpun | url=http://collegespun.com/national/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-espns-beautiful-young-anchor-cassidy-hubbarth/3 |accessdate=February 14, 2013}} Hubbarth is a native of Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from Evanston Township High School in 2003, where she was a three-sport athlete for four years. Hubbarth was a part of the 2002 ETHS State Championship high school soccer team.{{cite web | title=IHSA Girls Soccer team| work= ihsa.org| url=http://www.ihsa.org/archive/sog/2001-02/2info4.htm |accessdate=}} She attended the University of Illinois for one year before receiving her Bachelor of Science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.{{cite web | title=Cassidy Hubbarth: SEC Gridiron LIVE Reporter | work= Fox Sports South | url=http://www.foxsportssouth.com/pages/landing?blockID=92494 |accessdate=November 18, 2009}}
Career
Hubbarth was a host and reporter for the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports South, prior to working for the ESPN. She won a Southeast Emmy for Interactivity for her work on SEC Gridiron Live.{{cite web | title=Cassidy Hubbarth | work= ESPN Media Zone | url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/hubbarth_cassidy/ |accessdate=}} She worked for Navteq, after graduation, as a traffic reporter and producer for WMAQ NBC5 Network in Chicago. She also worked at Intersport as a production assistant, associate producer and host.{{cite web|title=Cassidy Hubbarth |work=ESPN |url=http://www.espn.com.au/cassidy-hubbarth/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101133701/http://www.espn.com.au/cassidy-hubbarth/ |archivedate=2013-11-01 }}
Hubbarth joined ESPN in August 2010 as a studio anchor and host for college football, college basketball and the NBA on ESPN3. She also hosted other exclusive ESPN3 broadcasts such as the Georgia Pro Day, the Baylor Pro Day and the Madden Bowl. Hubbarth became a full-time anchor for ESPN in March 2013. She has hosted various shows for the ESPN Networks, including: SportsCenter, NBA Tonight, the NBA Today podcast, Highlight Express, Numbers Never Lie, SportsNation, First Take, and others. In April 2025, Hubbarth left ESPN to join NBA on Prime Video.{{cite web|title=Announcers praise Cassidy Hubbarth during her final ESPN NBA game |website=Awful Announcing|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/cassidy-hubbarth-tribute-final-nba-game.html |date=April 16, 2025}}
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Personal life
Cassidy is the youngest of three children. She is also a die-hard Chicago Bulls fan. She gave birth to a girl in December 2018.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
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Category:American people of Filipino descent
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American television sports anchors
Category:College football announcers
Category:College basketball announcers in the United States