Pam Oliver

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| caption = Oliver in December 2021

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| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

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| years_active = 1985–present

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| alma mater = Florida A&M University

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Pam Oliver (born {{birth based on age as of date|53|2014|7|15|noage=yes}}){{cite news |author= |date=2014-07-15 |title=Fox Is Sidelining Pam Oliver |work=The Tampa Bay Times |page=41 |quote=Oliver, 53, was a sports anchor for WTVT in the 1990s...}} 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 and education

Oliver was born in Dallas, Texas. She attended Niceville High School in Niceville, Florida, where she excelled in tennis, basketball, and track and field. At Florida A&M University, she was an All-American in both the 400-meter and the mile relay.{{cite web |url=http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=125 |title=Pam Oliver | RightFielders Women in Sports |website=Sports.rightpundits.com |date=2007-08-09 |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221954/http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=125 |archive-date=2017-09-10 |url-status=dead }}

Professional career

Oliver began her broadcasting career at WALB in Albany, Georgia in 1985 as a news reporter.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonjalewis.com/2011/11/author-teams-up-with-sportscaster/ |title=Author teams up with sportscaster « Sonja Lewis |access-date=2012-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421014859/http://www.sonjalewis.com/2011/11/author-teams-up-with-sportscaster/ |archive-date=2013-04-21 }} 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 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.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/talent/Pam_Oliver |title=Pam Oliver - FOX Sports on MSN | FOX Sports on MSN |access-date=2012-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405070551/http://msn.foxsports.com/talent/Pam_Oliver |archive-date=2012-04-05 }} In 2005, Oliver joined TNT as a sideline reporter for their NBA Playoffs coverage and worked as a Sideline Reporter for the NBA Playoffs on TNT until 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/04/the_q_with_tnt_sideline_report.html |title=The Q, with TNT sideline reporter Pam Oliver |website=Cleveland.com |date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=2016-11-20}}

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.{{cite web|author=Richard Deitsch |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2014/07/14/pam-oliver-erin-andrews-fox |title=Erin Andrews replaces Pam Oliver on Fox's No. 1 NFL team |website=SI.com |date=2014-07-14 |access-date=2016-11-20}} In early 2015, Fox extended Oliver's sideline reporting job with the #2 team through the 2016 season.{{cite web|author=Richard Deitsch |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/03/09/pam-oliver-fox-sports-nfl-sideline-reporters-erin-andrews |title=Fox's Pam Oliver returns to sidelines for 2015, 2016 |website=SI.com |date=2015-03-09 |access-date=2016-11-20}} Oliver has continued in that role as of the 2024 season. She was the #2 team for most of the 2023 season; however, in Week 6 of the 2023 NFL, she was the #3 team for the Lions-Buccaneers game along with Adam Amin and Daryl Johnston.