Lesley Visser was born as Lesley Candace Visser on 11th September, 1953 in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a teacher in school. Since her childhood, she was interested in sports. Even on Halloween, she would dress herself as a famous sports celebrity. One time she dressed up as Sam Jones, former Boston basketball player. She had only one aim in her life, that is to become a sports writer, even though only men were famous in that profession. With her family support, she started chasing her dream. She did her college in Boston College.
She started her career as a sports writer in Boston Globe, which is a daily newspaper in Boston in the state of Massachusetts. During her 14 year stint at Boston Globe, Visser covered every sport from basketball to horse racing. She also covered other sports like tennis, baseball, NBA, golf, college football and major league baseball. In 1976, Visser became the first women NFL writer, when she started covering the campaign of Patriots team of New England. Sports Illustrated mentioned the sports sections of Boston Globe during the years 1975 to 1980 as the number one sports stories. Visser was the sports writer during that period. She was also caught in the controversy when misreported the name of Michael Bowie in point shaving incident of Boston College
After joining CBS Sports as a part-time employee in 1984, she converted as a full-time employee in 1987. She started covering basketball, baseball, college football, tennis and horse racing events. In basketball, she covered NBA finals, Big Four of the college basketball. In baseball, she covered almost all major leagues like College World Series and the World Series. In Tennis, she covered United States Open from 1984 to 1993. She also covered the events in Olympics as part of her assignment in CBS sports.
She covered a show on how the demolition of Berlin wall would affect sports in the country of East Germany in 1989. In 1990, Visser was added to the NFL Today as a regular along with Terry Bradshaw, Pat O'Brien and Greg Gumbel. She was the first women in history to handle the baseball game in World Series in 1990. In 1992, Visser did the trophy presentation in Super Bowl, making her the only female sportscaster to do the trophy presentation.
In 1993, Visser left CBS sports and joined ESPN and ABC Sports as CBS sports lost the TV rights to telecast NFL games. She started covering super bowl games for ABC. She was assigned to the Monday Night Football team, and she became the first women to appear on the TV show. She came back to work in CBS sports in 2000.
She married her boyfriend, Dick Stockton in 1983. The marriage lasted 17 years and Visser got a divorce in 2010. The Second marriage of Visser happened in 2011 when she married Bob Kanuth. She is getting a handsome salary and her net worth is not revealed to the public. Her TV shows are followed by ardent sports fans. More information about Lesley Visser can be found in Wikipedia.
| Birth Date: | 11 Sep, 1953 |
| Age: | 66 yrs |
| Occupations: | Radio personality Sports commentator Sportswriter |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Quincy |
| Education: | Boston College |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter |
| Spouse: | Dick Stockton[1983-2010] |
