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Elle Duncan | |
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 Duncan at NESN on April 7, 2016 | |
| Born | Lauren Duncan [1] April 12, 1983 [2] |
| Occupation(s) | Anchor, reporter, television personality |
| Years active | 2003–present |
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Lauren "Elle" Duncan (born April 12, 1983) is an American sports anchor for ESPN. [3]
Duncan's father worked at AT&T, while her mother worked for an education service which provided resources to school age children. Duncan attended University of Western Georgia. [4]
Duncan began her career in Atlanta as an intern with an American syndicated sports talk radio show on 790/The Zone, 2 Live Stews. [5] After a year, she was hired to join the radio station, V-103. [6] While working there, her roles included being a traffic reporter, and an on-air personality. In 2009, Duncan hosted an afternoon show at the station. Duncan also contributed sideline reporting for Atlanta Hawks basketball games, SEC and ACC football games. [7] Duncan also worked as a traffic reporter at WXIA-TV in 2012. [8]
Duncan joined NESN in 2014 as an anchor, reporter, and host. Duncan began co-hosting NESN Live Presented by Cross Insurance with Sarah Davis. The show features updates from NESN reporters and game-day analysis from Fenway Park, TD Garden, and Gillette Stadium. [9] While at NESN, Duncan has also worked as a sideline reporter for the Boston Red Sox and hosted coverage of Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks from Glendale, Arizona. [10] [11]
Duncan joined SportsCenter as an anchor on April 27, 2016. [3] She hosts the weekday 6pm ET edition of SportsCenter with Kevin Negandhi.While at ESPN Duncan also hosted a YouTube show for the network entitled The Elle Duncan Show where she would discuss sports and pop culture topics with her co-host Gary Striewski. [12] Duncan was also noted for strengthening the coverage of Women’s basketball both in the collegiate, and professional setting while at ESPN. She hosted women’s basketball for College GameDay Women's Basketball. She also hosted WNBA Countdown. Duncan, along with Chiney Ogwumike and Andraya Carter were known as the Big 3 for their in depth analysis of the WNBA, and strong audience growth during their coverage on WNBA Countdown [13] [14]
On April 28, 2013, Duncan was arrested for DUI and reckless driving. [15] [16]
Duncan has been involved with Walker, a non-profit leader in special education, behavioral health and residential treatment for children and youth. [17] Duncan also launched a Cause & Effect series that raised funds for underexposed nonprofit organizations. [18]
In 2014, Duncan had a cameo role as a sports reporter in the Kevin Hart comedy Ride Along [19]
