Marly Rivera

Marly Rivera is a sportswriter and reporter who currently works for ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and is also a contributor to ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio.[1]

Marly Rivera
Born
San Juan, Puerto Rico
OccupationSports journalist

Career

Rivera was a general assignment sportswriter and reporter at ESPN Deportes Digital before being named a New York Yankees beat writer. She is the second woman of color to have covered the Yankees as a beat, following in the footsteps of her mentor, Claire Smith.[2]

Prior to working at ESPN, Rivera was an editorial producer and writer at Major League Baseball Advanced Media and a reporter and editor at Univision Communications. She is currently the only Latina national baseball writer and commentator for ESPN and ESPN Deportes and the only woman to have been a color commentator for ESPN Deportes Radio for MLB's All Star Game, postseason, and World Series broadcasts.[3]

Rivera has been a guest contributor on Béisbol Esta Noche and Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish and English, in addition to Outside the Lines. She is also a frequent contributor to ESPN's flagship program, SportsCenter, and was a guest panelist on the July 21–22, 2016 edition of ESPN First Take.[4][5] She was the host of the Max y Marly podcast alongside SportsCenter anchor Max Bretos. She was also the lead reporter on the ESPN initiative known as “Béisbol Experience”, the most extensive cross-platform project ever done by the network on Latino MLB players living in the United States.[6][7]

Rivera currently co-hosts the debate show Nación ESPN on ESPN2 alongside NBA Analyst and ESPN Los Angeles Radio host Jorge Sedano.[8]

On October 13, 2017, Rivera was named one of “The 30 Most Influential Hispanics in Sports” by Sports Illustrated.[9]

Personal life

Rivera is bilingual.[10] She was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moved to the United States as a teenager. Her parents, Ray and Elba, are from the small town of Coamo.

Rivera has done philanthropic work to support her home country of Puerto Rico after the impact of Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017.

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References
  1. "Marly Rivera". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. Benjamin, Samori (December 16, 2015). "Marly Rivera and Claire Smith Talk About Baseball Journalism". Sports Capital. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. Gonzalez, Mara (April 1, 2016). "Major League Baseball Returns Live on ESPN Deportes". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. Duckworth, Claire (2016-07-14). "First Take Fills the Debate Chair: Next Week's Lineup Announced". ESPN MediaZone. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  5. Cuevas, Paulina (2015-04-01). "Major League Baseball on ESPN Deportes". ESPN MediaZone. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  6. "Béisbol Experience: The 50-Man Interview". ESPN. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. Baumann, Michael; Lindbergh, Ben (June 22, 2017). "Marly Rivera on the Lives of Latino Players". The Ringer. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. Nuñez, Gabriela (September 19, 2016). "ESPN2 Premieres New Show for Hispanic Sports Fans". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  9. Echegaray, Luis Miguel; Gray, Andy; Kolur, Nihal (October 13, 2017). "The 30 Most Influential Hispanics in Sports". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  10. Battaglio, Stephen (September 19, 2016). "ESPN targets Latino viewers with a new bilingual sports show". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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