Mimi Griffin & Weekly Polls
If you are a sports fan, you probably have heard the name Mimi Griffin before.
If you haven’t, here are just some of her accomplishments as listed on the “bio page” of inductees on the National Collegiate Athletic Associations’ Hall of Fame website:
- Griffin is considered to be the first broadcast expert for women’s basketball
- She served as the “face” for women’s basketball in its early television exposure and laid the foundation and groundwork for women’s basketball on television
- She was the National Director of Promotion for Women’s Athletics for Converse from 1983-85
- Griffin was the ESPN primary women’s basketball analyst from 1983-1999 and was the color analyst for the NCAA Women’s Final Four from 1985-1991
- In 1990, she was the first woman color analyst for a NCAA men’s tournament game on ESPN.
- In 1991, she became the first woman to broadcast the first two rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS Sports
- Griffin was the Championship Director of the US Senior Open in 1992, 2000, and 2022 and was the Championship Director of the US Women’s Open in 1995 and 2009
- She was the Director of Marketing and Championship Administration for the US Open in 1995 and 1998
- She was the 1994 WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Award winner
- In 2009, Griffin was named one of the “Best 50 Women in Business” by Pennsylvania Governor and the Department of Community and Economic Development
And now, she is joining ATVN!
Enshrined in the NCAA’s Hall of Fame in 2014, Mimi is joining our sports family as an announcer and will be giving her valuable expertise and vast basketball insights on our winter sports broadcasts.
I have had the pleasure of working with Mimi for a number of years–first back in 2009 when she was the Championship Director for the US Women’s Open held at Saucon Valley Country Club.
Our paths crossed again this summer when her organization successfully presented this year’s US Senior Open held at the same location.
Mimi has always been one of the most professional and successful people that I have had the pleasure of meeting, working with and interviewing on several occasions. She also has a passion for basketball and for promoting student-athletes successes – a trait that many of our current ATVN announcers also possess and look to do each time they put on the microphones.
While Mimi is still the CEO of her own business, MSG Productions, whose responsibilities include producing and overseeing major golf championships across the country, she is excited about the opportunity to get back into the broadcasting industry.
We are very lucky to have her join our staff…and our viewers will be fortunate to have one of the world’s greatest basketball minds giving analysis on our broadcasts this winter.
Keep checking back to “The SportsTalk Shop” as we unveil more news about our sports coverage and additions to our ATVN Sports family in the coming weeks!
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Below we have our weekly high school polls for both leagues in the ATVN viewing area, along with the listing of all of the teams that are included in our respective categories.
EPC TOP 5
- Emmaus
- Freedom
- Nazareth
- Central Catholic
- Northampton
Eligible Teams (in no particular order):
Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Allentown Central Catholic, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, and Nazareth.
COLONIAL TOP 4
- Notre Dame-GP
- Northwestern
- Northern Lehigh
- Southern Lehigh
Eligible Teams (in no particular order):
Bangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame – Green Pond, Wilson, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Saucon Valley, Northwestern, Northern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh.
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