She also paved the way. Her book, tracing a trailblazing career that makes her a shining role model for young girls and women, was published in December by BenBella Books. I still have his baseball card," she said. When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. She wasn't allowed into locker rooms that season, so she had to do her interviews from the parking lot. She has been voted one of the “Women We Love” by Esquire magazine and one of “Five Ideal Dinner Guests” by GQ. Lesley has always been one of the best at getting and telling a story. That answer changed Lesley’s life. She is the first and only woman in the pro football hall of fame; the only female sportscaster to have carried the Olympic torch; the only woman to have presented the championship Lombardi trophy at the super bowl; the first woman on the network broadcasts of the final four, the super bowl, the NBA finals and the final four. Lesley Visser became the first woman honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 when she won the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. ", —John Feinstein, columnist for the Washington Post and best-selling author of more than 40 books, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Season on the Brink, "Forty years ago, Lesley Visser covered my first professional team, the Boston Lobsters. That’s right: This woman blazed AND paved, as well as forging the path, charting the course, raising the bar, and breaking through the glass ceiling. According to the report in the Washington Post, the allegations ranged from “unwelcome overtures or comments of a sexual nature” to “exhortations to wear revealing clothing and flirt with clients to close sales deals.”, Owner Dan Snyder, in the middle of a long-overdue name change for the team, said he’d welcome an outside investigation. Troy Aikman, Boomer Esiason, Howard David and Lesley Visser are seen her on the night Visser made NFL history by being the first woman to do "color reporting" on an NFL broadcast. You’re not burdened with linear thinking, and thinking differently and trying new approaches enable you to solve problems. She will also accept cash. What I mean is, she blazed the trail for all the women who followed after her. This is my job!” He finally cut me off with a laugh and said, “Hey, you’re not that great anyway.”. You have successfully shared a biography of Kofi Annan. She earned my trust then and has remained one of my favorite people in sports. Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true. Lesley currently appears on CBS’s "We Need to Talk," the first-ever nationally televised all-female weekly hour-long sports show. Even though no one had done it before, it gave her the strength and self-confidence to try—permission to cross against the light. Please send me availability & fees for Lesley Visser. Vissser spent 14 years at the Globe, before moving on to a career in television, starting with CBS in 1984. "Lesley has been part of the CBS family for more than 30 years, and we consider her the trailblazer for women in sports journalism, blessed with both knowledge and heart. Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true.