Marly Rivera
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Marly Rivera | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 14, 1973 |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
Marly Rivera (born November 14, 1973) is a sportswriter and reporter who formerly worked for ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and was also a contributor to ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio.[1]
In April 2023, Rivera was fired from the network for getting into an argument with another reporter, Ivón Gaete, calling her a "fucking cunt" at Yankee Stadium following a confrontation. Gaete, a freelance reporter, is the wife of MLB vice president of communications John Blundell.[2]
Rivera was a general assignment sportswriter and reporter at ESPN Deportes Digital before being named a New York Yankees beat writer. She is the second woman of color to have covered the Yankees as a beat, following in the footsteps of her mentor, Claire Smith.[3]
Prior to working at ESPN, Rivera was an editorial producer and writer at Major League Baseball Advanced Media and a reporter and editor at Univision Communications. She was the only Latina national baseball writer and commentator for ESPN and ESPN Deportes and the only woman to have been a color commentator for ESPN Deportes Radio for MLB's All Star Game, postseason, and World Series broadcasts.[4]
Rivera has been a guest contributor on Béisbol Esta Noche and Sunday Night Baseball in Spanish and English, in addition to Outside the Lines. She is also a frequent contributor to ESPN's flagship program, SportsCenter, and was a guest panelist on the July 21–22, 2016 edition of ESPN First Take.[5][6] Rivera was the host of the Max y Marly podcast alongside SportsCenter anchor Max Bretos. She was also the lead reporter on the ESPN initiative known as “Béisbol Experience”, the most extensive cross-platform project ever done by the network on Latino MLB players living in the United States.[7][8]
Rivera hosted the debate show Nación ESPN on ESPN2 alongside NBA Analyst and ESPN Los Angeles Radio host Jorge Sedano.[9]
On October 13, 2017, Rivera was named one of “The 30 Most Influential Hispanics in Sports” by Sports Illustrated.[10]