Phoenix Suns add TV sideline reporter Amanda Pflugrad
Oct 26, 2023, 10:51 AM
The Phoenix Suns continue to remake the game-viewing experience on Arizona’s Family and on Thursday announced the addition of sideline reporter Amanda Pflugrad to the broadcast team.
Welcome back to the Valley, @Amanda_Pflugrad 🏜️
Amanda joins us as the team’s sideline reporter, making her debut this Saturday on @azfamily! pic.twitter.com/siCqyEgaXC
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) October 26, 2023
Pflugrad for the past nine seasons served as the Boston Celtics team reporter and host for Celtics Live.
She will join the crew of play-by-play man Kevin Ray along with analysts Eddie Johnson and Ann Meyers Drysdale.
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Pflugrad, who attended the University of Oregon, began her reporting and hosting career in Arizona with FOX Sports Arizona and was a writer for Arizona State University’s athletics department, according to her bio.
She has been a sideline reporter for ESPN and the SEC Network, as well as the Pac-12 Network. Pflugrad has also made stops with Total College Sports in Chicago, hosted a sports talk show on Hulu and worked for CBS Sports Networks and the New York Jets.
“This is also a full circle moment for me,” she said in a video released by the Suns. “I remember cheering on the Suns when I was a little girl here in the Valley.”
Her father, Robin Pflugrad, coached receiver at Arizona State from 1995-2000 and has since made coaching stops at Phoenix College (2015-17) and Northern Arizona (2018-present).
Her brother, Aaron Pflugrad, played football for two years at Oregon (2007-08) before transferring to Arizona State (2010-11).
