Leila Rahimi | |
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 Rahimi in May 2024 | |
| Born | Denton, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Texas |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Newscaster |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Television | KXII-TV Fox Sports Southwest KXAN-TV Fox Sports San Diego Comcast SportsNet Houston MLB Network Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia NBC Sports Chicago WMAQ-TV |
Leila Rahimi is an American television sports anchor and reporter.
Rahimi was born and raised in Denton, Texas. [1] After high school, she interned with Dallas Mavericks announcers Wally Lynn and Mike Fisher. [1] In 2002, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas with a degree in journalism. [2] [3] From 2001 to 2005, she worked as an anchor/reporter with KTCK-AM Sports Radio in Dallas. In 2006, [1] she went to work as a sports anchor/reporter with CBS-affiliate KXII-TV in Sherman, Texas. She held various positions at Fox Sports Southwest in Dallas from 2001 to 2011. [2] In 2007, she accepted a position with NBC-affiliate KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas. [2] In 2012, she moved to San Diego to work for Fox Sports San Diego where she served as the field reporter for the San Diego Padres and produced a weekly program. [2] She then returned to Texas, working at Comcast SportsNet Houston as an anchor, reporter, and sideline reporter for the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets; while in Houston, she was nominated for several Emmy awards. [2] In 2014 and 2015, Rahimi worked with the MLB Network while in Philadelphia and was an anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. [2] In October 2015, she was hired as the anchor for NBC Sports Chicago, [2] where she, as of the 2019-20 season, serves as the sideline reporter for Chicago Bulls broadcasts and hosted White Sox pre-game and post-game shows. In August 2020, Rahimi was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago as part of company-wide cutbacks at NBCUniversal due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
In January 2021 Rahimi was announced as a partner to long-time WSCR host Dan Bernstein on a new mid-day show dubbed "Bernstein and Rahimi". [5] She has since continued contributing to WSCR, making appearances on the "Bernstein and Holmes Show" (often referred to as "Leila Wednesdays") and guest hosting for Laurence Holmes, a longtime contributor to the station.
A year after she was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago, Rahimi returned to the NBCUniversal family in November as a part-time sports anchor and reporter for NBC-owned station WMAQ-TV. She currently rotating their duties alongside Mike Berman and Jeff Blanzy in the station's weeknight newscasts, and currently co-hosting with Berman on the weekly sports news program Sports Sunday, replacing their longtime main sports anchor Siafa Lewis, when he was hired by CBS-owned station KYW-TV as weekday news anchor in the same month. Rahimi was second female co-host of Sports Sunday, behind Paula Faris. [6]
As of the 2023-24 season, Rahimi has returned to sideline reporting duties for select Bulls home broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago. [7]
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