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Ryan most recently served as sports anchor and reporter for WCBS-TV in New York and as a contributor to CBS Sports' coverage of The NFL on CBS and the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Ryan previously reported from the sideline for ABC Sports and ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball telecasts, Little League World Series, NHL playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals, college football telecasts and the 2005 Monday Night Football season. Before joining ESPN and ABC Sports, Ryan worked as a sports anchor and reporter for WABC-TV in New York, WFAN-AM radio in New York and other regional TV news outlets.
Ryan won a Regional Emmy Award in 1999 for "Outstanding Series Feature," as well as a local Associated Press Award in 2000. She received an Emmy nomination in 2010 and a New York State Broadcasters Association Awards in 2007, 2010 and 2011 for Best Sportscast.
A native of Port Jefferson, N.Y., Ryan is an alumnus of the New York Institute of Technology and also majored in communications at Hofstra University.
Follow Ryan on Twitter at @SamRyanMLB.