LISA BYINGTON

What an honor to work for this world-champion organization. And to do it, alongside (what I like to call sometimes) "Mr. Hollywood himself, the 5-time All-Star Marques Johnson...has been a true treat.

I was working the Big East Men's Tourney at MSG. I worked the first half of the game between Creighton vs St. John's (with Tim Brando and Nick Bahe), before all the conference tournaments, then the NCAA tournament, and finally all of sports shutdown. 3.12.20. Never forget it.

I have worked as a Bulls fill-in broadcaster, and have loved every minute of it. Including moments like this pregame, when Jimmy Butler came to pay his respects to Stacey.

One of my biggest broadcasting thrills was to get the opportunity to call my first World Cup. It was truly an honor to watch all the elite soccer athletes from around the world, and to work with some of the best on the production soccer side!

My 3rd year covering the NCAA's gave me my 1st opportunity to work with Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas ... a ton of fun!

We had an opportunity to welcome back the Flyin' Illini squad for their 30th reunion ... sitting with Stephen Bardo and Kendall Gill courtside was a real treat!

I'll pop in and out of the NFL world at times, here's a photo from Dec 2018 and a chance to cover Russell Wilson and the Seahawks, hearing the "12th" factor in person!

I have loved my opportunities in the booth the last few years, with many different partners .. it's always a joy to work with the "consensus All-American linebacker" J Leman.

By far, one of my all-time favorite broadcasting moments...and living in Chicago...it was extra special to follow the Loyola and Sister Jean story.

I have the opportunity to cover Mark Few and Gonzaga a handful times in the last few years ... his teams always impressive and entertaining to watch!

Loved getting a chance to work with Brian Anderson, who has been a great mentor to me, and Chris Webber for a memorable 2018 Regional.

You call this work?

Your Milwaukee site crew. Carter Blackburn, Mike Gminski and Debbie Antonelli were a dream to work with for my first NCAA tournament assignment.

Fun to make history and be the first broadcast the Final Four and National Championship game in virtual reality. Spero Dedes and Steve Smith made it fun and easy.

Upsets and records in this year's women's tournament!

One Shining Moment is my favorite song - go ahead and judge me. :) For that, and many reasons, working for CBS/Turner as a reporter for the first rounds of the tournament was an absolute thrill.

Summertime Sky Hoops with Stephen Bardo!

Two straight years of Kevin Kugler & Matt Millen ... it has been a blast!

Steph had been my TV partner, in various roles, for 10 years. We really started calling games extensively together for the final three of those ten. This picture was the last game we called before she took the head coaching job at Vanderbilt. It was the Big Ten Tournament semifinals between MSU and OSU.

Proud to bring the best of women's sports in the Big Ten to your tube every year. This show is an important venue to feature women's sports. This fall, I worked with co-host Amina Smith, our soccer analyst Jackie Manny (Santacaterina) and our volleyball expert Liz Tortorello-Nelson.

This was the inaugural #BooCrew photo taken with LaChina Robinson. We love being your basketball BooCrew on Fridays on FS1/2 for Big East basketball.

Hard to get this guy to slow down. He stopped for a postgame interview after a breakout performance vs Colorado -- who knew at the time how good of a season the Buffs would have! And this game helped Peppers' Heisman nomination for sure.

Former Terp Christy Winters Scott challenges my social media game. Here is one of my fav photogs too .. Mark Garza - dude works so hard getting the best shots.

Loved working with Chiney Ogwumike for the first time. We called the Horizon League women's basketball championship game between Green Bay and Milwaukee.

I cover his teams now, but we used to be classmates at Northwestern. I have to remind him of that because he was sliiiiiiightly more important than me in the '90s. I joke that ANYONE can make it to the College Football Hall of Fame, but he only played one sport, versus my two. Boooooooring! :)

Am I doing it right? I can't play like an Olympian, but I can act like it with a medal. Chicago Sky's Elena Delle Donne was nice enough to share it with me during one of our pregame interviews.

I am a broadcaster of many sports in many roles. Gotta brag about one of my soccer partners ... Kate Markgraf had one of more unique summers of 2016. She was the first female analyst to call the Euro Championships, then she hopped over to call the Olympics, and then she worked with me in the fall for some of the college soccer season. Like I said, her SUMMER (as opposed to the fall) was amazing. :)

Why take yourself so seriously? Why?

I love all sports. But it's tough to top the excitement of a college football Saturday.

I say it all the time ... Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins is one of the best COACHES. Not softball coaches, not "women's sports" coaches... COACHES. Softball gets its fair share of eyeballs watching, but I wish the sport had more, because then more would recognize how good coaches like "Hutch" really are.

Former Gopher Rachel Banham provided some exciting broadcasting moments her senior year in 2016. I was fortunate to be courtside for her NCAA-tying single-game scoring record of 60 points vs Northwestern, and becoming the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer vs MSU. So just recently, it was a treat to visit with her during a game at Minnesota with Shelley Till.

I feel kinda like a mail carrier when doing sideline -- we do the job NO MATTER the weather! Makes for some fun stories and screen shots!