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Melanie is a former Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader. This reel features a few clips from her cross country tour for college football.

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Former Seattle Sea Gal and Sonics Dancer Ali Dee is starring in a new reality series from CMT called Texas Women. The show started last week. New episodes air Thursdays at 10/9c.

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Pamela Silva Conde is a former Miami Dolphins Cheerleader

Univision Network, one of the top five networks in the U.S. regardless of language, announced today that Emmy award-winning journalist Pamela Silva Conde has been named the new co-anchor of “Primer Impacto” (First Impact). Silva Conde will join the news magazine’s team, serving as host and conducting interviews, beginning Tuesday, July 5, during its regular time, Monday through Sunday at 5pm ET/PT (4pm Central).

“As part of Univision’s continued commitment to deliver the best news and most innovative programming, we are honored to welcome Pamela into her new role,” said Daniel Coronell, vice president of Univision News. “Pamela’s extensive experience, tremendous passion and exemplary reporting make her an incredible asset to the ‘Primer Impacto’ team.”

As one of the highest-rated news shows in the United States and 12 Latin American countries, Univision’s award-winning news magazine, “Primer Impacto,” offers viewers the most complete news coverage and human interest reporting on the issues of most importance to the community. Silva Conde, who has been preparing for this new role for some time, will join “Primer Impacto’s” talented team, Bárbara Bermudo, Satcha Pretto and Jackie Guerrido. Seasoned journalist Ilia Calderón, who served as the news magazine’s co-anchor, recently joined Noticiero Univision’s late evening edition, “Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna,” alongside Edna Schmidt, will continue to present news and interviews with some of the most influential national and international political figures and celebrities.

Silva Conde began her career at Univision in 2003 as coordinator of community service, reporter and producer of the community show, “Miami Ahora,” on WLTV Univision 23. She then became a reporter for Univision’s entertainment show “Escándalo TV” on TeleFutura, and was also an official spokesperson for WAMI TeleFutura 69. In 2005, Silva Conde joined WLTV Univision 23’s news team as a reporter and host for the ¡Luces, Camara, Accion! (Lights, Camera, Action!) entertainment segment. Later, she became co-anchor of “Noticias 23 Al Amanecer” on WLTV Univision 23 and WAMI TeleFutura 69 in Miami. Most recently, Silva Conde has served as a correspondent for Univision’s news magazine “Aquí y Ahora,” in addition to reporting for the network’s news team where she interviewed several heads of state, including the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, and the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa.

Silva Conde has received several professional awards and accolades. She has won six Emmy awards for her exemplary journalistic work. In 2006 she won her first Emmy award for on-camera talent, followed by three Emmy awards in 2007 for writing, news feature story, and human interest story. In 2009, she won her fifth Emmy for a feature story about Facebook.com and was awarded her sixth Emmy in 2010 for investigative special feature.

Silva Conde graduated with honors from the journalism school at Florida International University (FIU), institution that named her as the “Communications Graduate of the Year” in 2009. She is finishing a Master’s degree in Bilingual Communications from St. Thomas University and is currently enrolled in a second Master’s in Business Administration at her alma mater, FIU. She is a board member for the Miami-based not-for-profit “Amigos For Kids,” which provides services to children in South Florida who are abused and/or abandoned.

Former Indianapolis Colts Cheerleader Megan Glaros will be the meteorologist for a new early morning news show under development at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 in Chicago. Megan comes from WCBS-TV in New York, where she was the station’s weekend meteorologist and entertainment reporter. She also may do some entertainment reporting for the new show that will debut Aug. 30.

Megan graduated from Indiana University, where she studied journalism and atmospheric sciences.

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From The Oakland Press, :

Dancing with our Local Stars — a benefit for the American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief — is 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 13 at the San Marino Club, 1685 E. Big Beaver in Troy.

Local celebrity appearances include: Nicole Blaszczyk (Miss Michigan), Lila Lazarus (TV personality), Eric Hipple (ex-NFL quarterback), Heather Zara (WDIV traffic reporter, former Detroit Automotion Dancer and Detroit Fury Cheerleader), Natalie Sentz (WDIV reporter), Ryan Field (Fox Sports Detroit reporter), Jeannette Greco Pawlowski (Mrs. Michigan), Deena Centofanti (Fox 2 health reporter), Dr. Michael Gray (renowned cosmetic surgeon), Damara Anderson (WWJ producer and reporter), John Poppeo (WDIV photo journalist), Scott Lusader (former Detroit Tiger), and more.

The benefit will include a dance competition with local celebrities, a dance showcase by professional dancers, general dancing throughout the evening to live entertainment by the Steve King & the Dittilies, an hors d’oeuvre buffet with a cash bar, a silent auction and an opportunity for you to dance with a local star — 100 percent of proceeds from the auction and the dance with the celebrity will go to the American Red Cross to support its Disaster Relief Fund. Admission is $25 per person. Everyone is welcome, singles and married couples.

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Lauren Gardner no longer cheers for the Denver Broncos. but remains Denver’s “Queen of the Sports Air Waves” in her multiple roles as the In-Game Host at the Colorado Rockies, as well as, an on-air personality at Altitude Sports and Entertainment for the Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse Team and the Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League. In her spare time she works full-time as a real estate sales assistant for the Spire Denver.

Todd Civin at BleacherReport.com has as interview with Lauren that you can read here.

Keyon K. Jeff
tri-Parrish Times

KTIB’s broadcast of the Vandebilt-E.D. White tussle Friday night had a different tone than any football broadcast ever heard in southeast Louisiana.

The Thibodaux radio station hired the area’s first female football color analyst, Suzette Brantley, 38, who covers the Saints for the sports Web site bleacherreport.com.

She and play-by-play announcer William Taylor handle the KTIB high school game of the week and the post-game show.

“William called and asked if I would be interested in doing this for Vandebilt and E.D. White,” Brantley said. “It sounded like a great opportunity. I couldn’t pass it up.”

“I had no idea that no female in this area had done anything like this before,” she added. “I don’t want to say it’s odd, but it’s interesting. I thought for sure somebody had done it.”

Taylor wanted to add a female color analyst last year but hurricanes Gustav and Ike threw his plans off track.

“Frankly, I thought it was long overdue,” he said. “KTIB has new management that really wants to bring the station in a new direction. I thought she would be a perfect mesh for doing the high school broadcast.”

Although their first broadcast went off without a hitch, Brantley and Taylor forgot how much faster prep football is compared to college and NFL games, which have television timeouts.

“I failed to realize that there was going to be less time between plays for her to talk,” Taylor admitted. “So, she didn’t talk as much time on the air as I thought she would. I was thankful we were able to get her in, if not after every play, at least some of the plays.”

Taylor didn’t pitch the idea of having Brantley in the booth to new station manager Bethany Burns until two days before their debut. Still, Burns agreed and stayed at the station Friday night to monitor the game and enjoyed it.

While Brantley grew up in a football family and has been around the game most of her life, she only got into sports journalism in May.

An ultrasound technician at LSU Medical Center in Bogalusa, Brantley has covered the Saints’ offseason training activities, the LSU World Series victory, the Steve McNair murder-suicide tragedy and the NFL preseason. She is currently writing a series for the Web site, “NFL Cheerleaders: Behind the Scenes.”

Her love for football began in the mid-1970s when her father, Bobby Lampard, played semi-pro for the New Orleans Blue Knights of the Dixie League. Her brother, Bryan Lampard, played and coached in college at Idaho State University.

“Watching and breaking down game film was common in my household,” she said. “I didn’t know other people didn’t watch football from Wednesday night to Tuesday morning. That’s what we always did.”

While attending Nicholls State University in 1989, she was a member of the Colonelette dance team. She was also on the Saintsations’ dance team from 1992-93.

Having females as sideline reporters is standard practice in today’s football broadcast. But women in the booth are still very rare.

The color analyst position is usually given to a former head coach or ex-player to provide expert analysis and background information.

Brantley doesn’t feel like a pioneer for women in sports journalism because she said there are many on the sidelines who could easily be in the booth. But, she does hope to bring a different perspective to the broadcast.

“There’s a growing fan base of women. A lot of women attend high school games, especially the moms in the stands,” she explained. “I don’t think I’m going to do like Clairee in ‘Steel Magnolias’ that’s going to be just talking color. I do know my Xs and Os. If I can do play-by-play to my 10-year-old daughter and get her excited, I can explain it to the masses as well, but have more of my take on it.”

Because she was asked so late to be part of the broadcast team, Brantley will miss some games, like Friday’s Destrehan-Thibodaux tilt, due to prior commitments.

However, she is honored to have this opportunity and wants to see how far it takes her.

“Mrs. Burns said not to have anyone else come looking for me because I’m theirs,” Brantley said. “I’m just happy to be around the game I love and have grown up around in any way, shape or form.”