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Fox Sports’ Katie Witham juggles life as new mom, sideline reporter, role model

Witham will celebrate her first Mother’s Day on the sideline of Atlanta United’s home game against Orlando City

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Portland native John Strong looks forward to calling Timbers, Sporting KC Western Conference final

It’s been “four years in the wilderness” for Sporting Kansas City, according to Fox Sports announcer John Strong. SKC won the MLS Cup in 2013, then was bounced from the knockout round in each of the four seasons after that. But now, “Peter Vermes has finally recalibrated things and hit that right balance,” Strong said. […]

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Fox Sports to make history with all-female announcing crew for D.C. United match

For coverage of D.C. United’s match Sunday against the New England Revolution, Fox Sports has assigned a former U.S. national soccer team defender to handle analysis and a onetime college player with years of sports broadcasting experience to do the play-by-play. The sideline reporter has worked MLS games since 2005. Based on those portfolios, FS1’s […]

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Fox Sports taking global perspective for U.S.-less World Cup

If you think the U.S. team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup was devastating for the players, consider Rob Stone’s disappointment. The Fox Sports broadcaster has been covering soccer for two decades and had been selected to host the network’s wall-to-wall coverage of this summer’s tournament when its biggest attraction came up a goal short in […]