Background

Rizzo is a native of Colorado. She participated in track and cross country at Sierra High School in Colorado Springs as a member of the class of 1993. She did so well in athletics that she was later inducted into school’s athletic hall of fame.

Though she earned an undergraduate degree in international business, Rizzo's interests shifted away from the business world. She returned to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she received a degree in broadcast journalism in 2003.

She described the moment she wanted to be a broadcaster in an interview with the LA Times, “I had an epiphany between Christmas and New Year’s of 2001. I was in sales and marketing in the hotel industry and I was just very unfulfilled. I thought, if I could do anything what would it be? If money wasn’t an object, if I won the lottery or what have you. I’ve always been an avid sports fan and avid participant in my younger years. I took a second mortgage on my house, went back to school and got a master’s in journalism and started from the bottom and worked my way up.”

Sports Reporting Career

In early 2012, she worked for MLB Network on shows like “Intentional Talk” and “Quick Pitch”. She quickly became a fan favorite among the viewers. She was knowledgeable, witty, and always knew what the fans wanted to see and hear. She was also the reporter for Root Sports Rocky Mountain.

Her career with the Los Angeles Dodgers began in January of 2014 and since then she has continued to show why she is such an incredible reporter.

She explained to the LA Times what her game day routine was when she covers Dodger games, “Often, people think we just show up right before first pitch, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m here four-and-a-half hours before the game starts. My typical routine is to come to the park, gather all of the interviews for our pregame show as well as do the one-on-one interview, all of the manager’s interviews and then I host an hour show prior. During the game, I do anywhere from three to five sideline hits. And then postgame, the interview on the field if the Dodgers win, which we’ve had a lot of this year — not lately — but a lot. And then I go immediately to do the Dave Roberts postgame press conference and then go into the clubhouse to gather all of the player interviews for that particular game. It’s that, every single game, throughout the entire season. The road routine differs in that I’m my own producer on the road. I write all of my own stuff anyway, home or away. All of my own questions; nobody’s feeding me anything.