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Ann
Liguori, as a leader in the sports
broadcasting and marketing
industries, (having had great
success as a sports talk show host,
interviewer, producer, reporter and
journalist for radio, television and
print media outlets), has been ahead
of her time. From her childhood days
competing in sports with the boys,
(earning 16 Varsity letters in High
School), and playing on her high
school boy's tennis team because
they did not have a girl's team at
the time, Ann has spent a good part
of her career, paving the way for
women in sports and sports
broadcasting. She is the President
of her own television sports
production company and owner of the
award-winning "Sports Innerview
with Ann Liguori" weekly
television series, seen on regional
sports networks throughout the
country. The show has aired since
1989 (Mickey Mantle was her first
interview) and the show is the
longest-running, weekly sports show
on cable, hosted, owned and produced
by a woman. Ann has acquired a
library of over 600 half-hour
interviews on video with legends in
sports, entertainment and
business...>>>
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Liguori has become one of the top
interviewers in the business and is
known for asking tough questions in
a respectful way. As a producer for
many of her shows, she also books
the top names and is able to secure
some of the most difficult
interviews. And on many of her
shows, she plays golf with major
stars - - while simultaneously
interviewing them - - using golf as
a "window into the souls" of her
guests.
In
2001, Ann became the first woman in
sports media to be honored with the
Association for Women in
Communication's "Headliner's
Award," previously awarded to
Katherine Graham, Barbara Walters,
Sylvia Porter and Gail Sheehy, to
name a few. The award is AWC's
highest honor bestowed upon a
professional member, and is
presented on the basis of recent
national or international
accomplishments. Last year, her "Sports
Innerview" show was named the
winner of the Media Award in the
"Television" category by the
International Network of Golf (ING),
a media-based networking
organization with more than 1,000
members. Ann was also recently
honored with the "Trailblazer's
Award" from the National
Association of Women Business
Owners, Long Island Chapter...>>>
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Ann also co-hosted "Golf 2000 with
Peter Jacobsen," a
nationally-syndicated golf magazine
television show in which she booked,
produced and appeared in the
celebrity golf segment each week.
Ann also was the first woman to host
and produce her own weekly,
prime-time series for The Golf
Channel. "Conversations with Ann
Liguori," featured Ann golfing with
and interviewing stars such as
Celine Dion, Joe Pesci, Sylvester
Stallone, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Dan
Quayle, Charles Barkley, the late
Charles Schulz and many more. Ann
booked all the guests for the show
and hosted it. Her company produced
the show.
In
addition, Ann is a much sought-after
corporate spokesperson and
motivational speaker, addressing a
variety of groups at conventions,
book signings, universities, golf
events and other venues.
Ann
is one of only two original
WFAN Radio sports talk show hosts
still on the air at the New York
station, which was the first in the
nation to go to an all-sports format
in 1987. Her Sunday evening show
(9pm-1am) features interviews with
top sports personalities, including
athletes, coaches, columnists and
agents, plus a live chat session (on
annliguori.com), as well as calls
from listeners. She is the golf and
tennis correspondent for WFAN and
each year covers The Masters, U.S.
Open (Golf and Tennis), the British
Open, Ryder Cup, NYC Marathon and
other assignments for the station.
Ann
has covered five Olympics for
network radio as a show host and
reporter, including the 1984 Los
Angeles Summer Games, the 1992
Albertville and 1994 Lillehammer
Winter Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta
Summer Games and the 1998 Winter
Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where she
reported on alpine skiing for CBS
Radio/Westwood One, doing live
play-by-play of the men's and
women's downhill competitions.
"A Passion for Golf -
Celebrity Musings About the Game"
is Ann's book featuring a collection
of interviews she has done while on
the golf course with some of the
most successful celebrities in
sports, Hollywood, music and
business. Ann has also produced for
the Audio Book Club, "A Passion
for Life, Celebrity Musings from the
Fairways," which is an audio
version of some of her top
interviews...>>>
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Ann
has written a celebrity golf column
for the Sports Section of USA TODAY
and has contributed to "W" Magazine,
"Golf Travel & Leisure," "The
Masters Journal" and other sports
publications.
Ann
hosts the Ann Liguori American
Cancer Society Golf Classic every
May at the Westhampton Country Club
on Long Island, which has become one
of the premier events to attend in
The Hamptons and has raised millions
of dollars for ACS in the six years
she has hosted it. Ann plays in
numerous celebrity/charity golf
tournaments, served on the Board of
Trustees for the National Academy of
TV Arts and Sciences, is on the
Advisory Board of the Women's Sports
Foundation, is on the Board of the
College of Arts & Sciences at the
University of South Florida (USF)
where she has established an endowed
scholarship in memory of her brother
Jim. She is also a USF Alumni Board
Member. Ann serves on the Advisory
Board of the Westhampton Beach
Performing Arts Center and hosts a
series of "Games of Summer"
sports interviews there which
are taped for her syndicated Sports
Innerview show.
Ann
was recently among the first class
from her Brecksville High School in
Ohio to be inducted into the
Brecksville High School Alumni Hall
of Fame, joining the Mayor of the
town and three previous Mayors who
were also inducted. Ann was named
"Woman of the Year" at the Caitlin
Memorial Golf Tournament at the
Hackensack Country Club, was the
Honoree at the 2003 Westhampton
Beach Performing Arts Center Golf
Tournament and the Honoree at the
2003 Coalition on Child Abuse &
Neglect Black Tie Gala.
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