Otis Livingston

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Otis Livingston
Otis Livingston from WCBS-2 Before The Jets Game (52572527725) (cropped).jpg
Livingston in 2022
Born1967or1968(age 57–58) [1]
Education University of Kansas
El Camino College
Alma mater University of Idaho (BS)
San Pedro High School
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm) [2]
Children Otis Livingston II
AwardsFirst Team All-Big Sky (1990) [3]
Career
Station(s) WCBS-TV
CBS Sports

Otis Antoine Livingston [4] is a weekday sports anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City and is a sideline reporter on CBS Sports. He has won numerous Emmy Awards.

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Biography

Livingston joined WCBS in 2010.

In New York, he also worked with WNBC-TV. He reported on the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, the U.S. Open Golf Championship, the Triple Crown, and the New York City Marathon. He also served as anchor and reporter for the Olympics on NBC. He was the sideline reporter for the New York Giants preseason and serves the same capacity for the New York Jets. He works with play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle and color commentator Greg Buttle.

Livingston was also previously a weekend sports anchor and weekday sports reporter for WWOR-TV and WTVO-TV.

While at NBC, Livingston reported for NBC Sports from the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. For CBS Sports, Livingston has served as a sideline reporter for SEC on CBS football games and the NCAA tournament.

Personal life

Otis Livingston graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications. [4] He is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is also a member of the New Jersey Music Workshop for the Arts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and five children.

Livingston spent one season playing point guard for the 1987–88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. He was suspended and then quit or was kicked off the team by coach Larry Brown before the Jayhawks won the NCAA championship. He later covered Brown and his Philadelphia 76ers as a reporter for WPHL-TV. [5]

His son, Otis Livingston II, played college basketball for the George Mason Patriots before playing basketball professionally. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Havel, Chris (February 14, 1990). "Livingston uses his passing as an equalized for Vandals". The Idaho Statesman . p. 3B. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Otis Livingston College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1989-90 Men's Big Sky Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "The Ninety-Seventh Commencement of the University of Idaho" (PDF). University of Idaho. May 16, 1992. p. 23. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ Silary, Ted (May 6, 1997). "Livingston offers a firsthand report". Philadelphia Daily News . p. 72. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ Stevens, Patrick (February 22, 2019). "Otis Livingston was this close to not playing college ball as a freshman, now putting his name in record books at George Mason". The Athletic . Retrieved November 24, 2023.
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