Melanie Collins
Melanie Collins
She is also the host of Big Break and Driver vs. Driver on Golf Channel, and a Sideline Reporter for CBS Sports.
Early Life
Melanie Collins was born in State College, Pennsylvania. She has also lived in Nashville, Chicago, and San José.
Collins grew up in a very sports-centered family.
Her father Doug was the assistant women’s tennis coach at Penn State, and her brothers Christian and Kurt played on the Icers before Penn State had a varsity team.[21]
Education
A graduate of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at the Pennsylvania State University, Melanie has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and is currently earning a second degree in Interior Design from the New York Institute of Art and Design.[25]
Career
During her time at Pennsylvania State University, Collins joined WPSU-TV where she started out collecting statistics for baseball and football. Eventually, she earned a show with Steve Jones, talking about Penn State football each week on Let’s Talk Sports Nittany Lion Fans.[21]
Collins also had a stint with AccuWeather in her sophomore year and learned to cover the weather and be comfortable on camera. During her senior year, she had an internship at the Big Ten Network, learning on the job from sideline reporters.[21]
Collins returned to the Big Ten Network after a year with Turner Broadcasting and helped launch Total College Sports, a college sports network in Chicago now renamed to Stadium Network. In 2013, Collins got hired by Yahoo! Sports in San Jose. She covered the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoff.[21]
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Personal Life
Melanie Collins was romantically involved with ice hockey player Scottie Upshall. The couple met in 2009 but split up in 2013. [2]