Doris Burke: Biography in Details
Who is Doris Burke?
Doris Burke is an American sports reporter and color analyst. She is famous as a Television sports reporter for NBA on ESPN and NBA on ABC games.
She is considered one of the best faces in Sports Television.
Doris Burke: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity
Doris Burke was born in the year 1965 in West Islip, New York, on the 4th of November. She was born to American Parents. Doris is the youngest child in the family.
She has eight siblings. Furthermore, there are no details regarding her father’s and mother’s name and their occupation. Also, there are no details about her siblings.
She is an American by nationality. Doris holds Caucasian ethnicity. As regards her childhood, she was raised in Manasquan, New Jersey.
Doris Burke had an interest in basketball since the second grade. Besides this, Doris has not disclosed much information about her childhood and early life.
Education, School/College University
As per her education, Doris Burke joined Manasquan High School where she played basketball as a point guard. She joined several schools in order to complete her primary education.
Later, she joined Providence College where she became a vital member of the Providence Friar’s women’s basketball team and again she played in the same position.
In 1987, she won the college’s Co-Female Athlete of the Year Award. Doris earned a Bachelor’s degree in Health Service and Social Work and later graduated with a master’s degree in Education in 1987.
Later in 1999, Doris Burke was introduced to the Providence College Hall of Fame.
Doris Burke: Professional Life, Career
After her graduation from Providence College, Doris Burke retired as a professional basketball player and started her broadcasting career in 1990.
Her first work as an analyst for women’s games was on the radio. Later in the same year, she started working as a sports analyst on television for the Big East Women’s games.
In 1996, Doris Burke began working in the same role for Big East Men’s games. She became the lead analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the WNBA in the same year. In 1997, Burke became the primary radio and TV voice of New York Liberty.
In 2000, Doris Burke became a color analyst for the New York Knicks games on radio and TV. She was the first woman to be a color analyst for radio and TV. She also became the first woman analyst for Big East Men’s games.
In 2003, she was listed as the top 10 ESPN Men’s Basketball Team sideline reporter for ESPN and ABC for their coverage of the NBA.
In 2003, Doris Burke won the USA Today Rudy Award for the Best New Face in Sports Television. She started working as a sideline reporter for the NBA finals for ABC Sports in 2009.
In 2010, she became the sideline reporter for 2K Sports and NBA 2K11 video games. In October 2013, Burke signed a contract to work as an NBA commentator for ESPN.
Doris Burke was honored with the Silver Anniversary Award for her great athletic accomplishments in 2012.
Net Worth, Salary
Doris Burke has been a very successful basketball player and Television personality. She has a huge figure of salary but her exact salary is yet to be revealed.
She has a total net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2023.
Doris Burke: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal
There were rumors that Doris Burke will not be broadcasting WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) and the rumors turned out to be true.
That was the first major basketball without Doris Burke.
There was controversy when the rapper Drake wore the sweater which had Doris’s image on it. And below her image, it was also written Woman Crush Every Day.
Height, Weight, Body Size
Beautiful Doris Burke has a body measurement of 34-27-37 inches. Her bra size is 34 B.
She has a height of 5 Feet 8 inches and her weight is different in every source.
Her hair color is Blonde and wears rectangular glasses with black borders. She has brown eyes.
Social Media
Doris Burke is active on Twitter where she has more than 133k followers. But she is not active on Facebook and Instagram.
Doris Burke’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | January | Thursday |
| 2025 | January | Saturday |
| 2026 | January | Sunday |
| 2027 | January | Monday |
| 2028 | January | Tuesday |