Карьера спортивного комментатора Мишель Тафоя: от студенческих лиг до Super Bowl

American sportscaster

Tafoya worked as a host and reporter for KFAN AM in Minneapolis, primarily for Minnesota Vikings and University of Minnesota women's basketball broadcasts. She worked for WAQS (now WFNZ) in Charlotte, where she went by the name Mickey Conley. Conley is her mother's maiden name. Tafoya also worked for the Midwest Sports Channel, serving as a Minnesota Timberwolves host and sideline reporter, as well as a play by play commentator for women's Big Ten basketball and volleyball. Tafoya then spent three years at WCCO TV in Minneapolis as a sports anchor and reporter.

Tafoya joined CBS Sports in September 1994 as a reporter and host for the CBS Television Network's sports anthology show CBS Sports Spectacular and college basketball coverage. She served as a host of At The Half and as a reporter for college football games. She made her on air debut at the 1994 U. S. Open Tennis Championships. In 1997, The American Women in Radio and Television honored Tafoya with a Gracie Award for "Outstanding Achievement by an Individual On Air TV Personality" for her play by play calling of WNBA games on Lifetime Television. Tafoya formerly worked at NBA games on ABC and ESPN. On October 21, 2008, she announced she would be resigning from her duties as head NBA sideline reporter. Tafoya's other previous roles included a stint as the men's and women's NCAA basketball play by play and studio host and as a college football and basketball sideline reporter. She also has served as a substitute host on Pardon the Interruption and as a panelist on The Sports Reporters II. Her other ESPN assignments have included calling WNBA games as well as hosting skiing telecasts and working on ESPN's college basketball selection shows as a reporter. She also was a correspondent for SportsCenter and Outside the Lines. In 2006, the Davie Brown Index ranked Tafoya among the most likable TV sports personalities, including Biggest Trend Setter. At the end of the 2010 2011 NFL season, she left ESPN for NBC Sports.

Tafoya was announced as the new evening drive time talk radio host for WCCO AM on April 19, 2009. Her show began on June 1, 2009, where she teamed with afternoon host and lead in Don Shelby on the schedule from 3 3:30 p. m., with Tafoya taking over from 3:30 6 p. m. She made the decision ahead of her schedule becoming busier with the Super Bowl and London Olympics. She left the KQRS morning show in March 2020.

On May 4, 2011, Tafoya was announced as the new sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football, replacing Andrea Kremer and rejoining former co worker and announcer Al Michaels. Tafoya has also covered swimming during the Summer Olympics for NBC. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that Tafoya would leave Sunday Night Football following the 2021 season. On January 11, 2022, NBC confirmed in a press release that Tafoya would depart the network, with Super Bowl LVI as her final assignment, to pursue other opportunities.

On February 14, 2022, a day after her departure from NBC Sports, Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls announced Tafoya would be joining his campaign as co chair.

Tafoya had three pregnancies of four children end in miscarriage before carrying her son to term. She and her husband, Mark Vandersall, have a natural son and an adopted daughter. Tafoya describes herself as a "pro choice conservative with libertarian leanings".