Sherry Ross

Sherry Ross is an American sports broadcaster and journalist. She is the first woman to broadcast a male professional sports team, as well as the first woman broadcaster to serve as an analyst for the Stanley Cup finals.

On September 20, 2007, she was hired by the New Jersey Devils of the NHL to be their radio color commentator. She had previously broadcast for the Devils from January 1992 through the strike-shortened 1994-95 season.

She began her career in 1978 as a hockey reporter for the "Daily Record" newspaper in Morristown, New Jersey. She has also worked as a sportswriter for "The Record (Bergen County)", "New York Newsday", and the "New York Daily News", for whom she continues to work in the hockey offseason covering horse racing. From the 1990-91 season to the 2003-04 season, she was the author of the Hockey Scouting Report, an annually published guide to all active NHL players.

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* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2007-09-20-954961631_x.htm Devils hire Sherry Ross as radio color commentator]

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