Lindsay Czarniak Biography
Lindsay Czarniak is an American sports anchor and reporter who presently works for Fox Sports as a studio host for NASCAR coverage and as a sideline reporter for NFL games. She has won multiple Emmy awards for her work. Czarniak joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor in August 2011 after six years at WRC-TV, an NBC-owned and operated station in Washington, D.C. He left in 2017.
Lindsay was also a former co-host and reporter for the syndicated The George Michael Sports Machine and a pit reporter and studio host for TBT’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage. She has also worked for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as a host and sports desk reporter.
Czarniak attended Centreville High School and received her high school diploma in 1996. Later, she enrolled at James Madison University and earned a journalism degree in 2000.
Despite joining Fox Sports, she previously worked for ESPN, anchoring SportsCenter, SportsNation, and NASCAR Now from 2011 to 2017. During this time, she made history by being the first woman to broadcast ABC’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500. She presents the Players podcast, which focuses on country music musicians and their sports passions. Lindsay began hosting for Netflix’s reality racing competition series Hyperdrive in August of this year. She has also served as the host of CNN’s Bleacher Report.
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Czarniak also worked for WRC TV in Washington for numerous years, anchoring daily sportscasts, reporting from significant events, and co-hosting Sports Final, Redskins Report, and The Coaches Show with Mike Shanahan. She’s also the host and producer of Lunch with Lindsay, a sports feature in which she interviews famous athletes, politicians, and entertainers. She was a protege of sportscaster and racing fanatic George Michael while at WRC, who dubbed her “the best hire I’ve ever made” and co-hosted The George Michael Sports Machine early on in her career.
Czarniak’s first employment in Washington was as a college intern for WUSA before obtaining a position as a production assistant at CNN. She began her career as a news reporter for WAWS/WTEV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida, before moving on to WTVJ in Miami and Fox Sports’ Speed Channel as an ARCA RACING SERIES pit reporter.
Lindsay Czarniak Age
How old is Lindsay Czarniak? Czarniak is 45 years old as of 2022. She was born on November 7, 1977, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. In addition, she celebrates her birthday on the 7th of November every year.
Lindsay Czarniak Family
Czarniak was born in Harrisburg and relocated with her family to Northern Virginia when she was five years old. Her parents are Chet Czarniak, her father, and Retti Czarniak, her mother. Her father worked for 17 years in the sports department of a local newspaper, and her mother was the administrator of Rose Hill Elementary School, a Fairfax County public school in Alexandria, Virginia.
She also has a brother, Andrew, who graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy in 2005 and now works for the US Coast Guard.
Lindsay Czarniak Husband
Czarniak is happily married to her beloved husband, Craig Melvin, a broadcast journalist and anchor at NBC News and MSNBC. The duo tied the knot on October 15, 2011. Craig hosts the Today Show and also co-hosts the Today Third Hour. The two have been blessed with two children: a boy, Delano, born in March 2014, and on June 16, 2016, Lindsay announced that she was pregnant again on SportsCenter prior to tonight’s Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals in Cleveland. They welcomed a daughter, Sybil, who was born in November 2016.
Currently, the family resides in Connecticut, in the United States of America.
Lindsay Czarniak’s Height
Czarniak stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Lindsay Czarniak Net Worth
Czarniak has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million as of 2023. Her income is mainly attributed to her successful career as a journalist.
Lindsay Czarniak Salary
Czarniak receives an estimated annual salary ranging from $45,780 – $120,500.