Sara Walsh

For the Australian soccer player, see Sarah Walsh.

Sara Elizabeth Walsh (born April 12, 1978) is an American sportscaster who joined ESPN in May 2010. Walsh came to ESPN from WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., where she served as the station’s weekend sports anchor and Redskins beat reporter from 2006 to 2010. Prior to WUSA, Walsh worked at WKRN in Nashville from 2003 to 2006, winning four regional Emmys in three years. She co-hosted the weekly “Monday Night Live” with Titans Coach Jeff Fisher, and hosted a weekly radio show with then Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. Walsh also served as Sports Director at WPGA in Macon, Georgia from 2001 to 2003, and began her career as a sports writer for the Beaches Leader newspaper in Jacksonville Beach. She is currently a Sportscenter anchor.

Personal

Walsh grew up in the Tampa Bay area, graduating from Gulf High School in New Port Richey, Florida. She was a four-year starter on the University of North Florida soccer team, where she holds the school record for goals and points in a game. In 2014, she married future Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Matt Buschmann.

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• Haynesworth Heading to Redskins