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Robin René Roberts (Tuskegee, Alabama; 23 de noviembre de 1960) es una presentadora de televisiónestadounidense. Roberts es la presentadora de Good Morning America de ABC.​

Después de crecer en Misisipi y asistir a la Universidad del Sudeste de Luisiana, Roberts fue presentadora deportiva de estaciones de radio y televisión locales, luego fue comentarista deportiva de ESPN durante 15 años (1990-2005) y se convirtió en copresentadora de Good Morning America en 2005. Roberts fue incluida en el Salón de la Fama del Baloncesto Femenino en 2012. Su tratamiento para el síndrome mielodisplásico se registró en el programa, que ganó un premio Peabody 2012 por la cobertura.

Primeros años

Aunque nació en Tuskegee, Alabama,​ Roberts se crio en Pass Christian, Misisipi, donde jugó baloncesto y tenis, entre otros deportes. Asistió a Pass Christian High School y se graduó como la clase de 1979 salutatorian.​ Es hija de Lucimarian (de soltera Tolliver) y el coronel Lawrence E. Roberts.

En una presentación de 2006 ante el cuerpo estudiantil reunido en la Universidad Cristiana de Abilene, Roberts le dio crédito a sus padres por cultivar las "tres 'D: disciplina, determinación y "De Lord".​ Es la menor de cuatro hijos, después de los hermanos Sally-Ann, Lawrence, Jr. (apodado Butch) y Dorothy. Su padre era piloto de los aviadores de Tuskegee.​

Educación

Roberts asistió a la Universidad del Sudeste de Luisiana en Hammond, Luisiana, y se graduó cum laude en 1983 con un título en comunicación.​ Siguió los pasos de su hermana mayor, Sally-Ann Roberts, presentadora de WWL-TV, afiliada de CBS, en Nueva Orleans.​​

Roberts señaló en la edición del 14 de enero de 2007 de Costas on the Radio que le ofrecieron una beca para jugar baloncesto en la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana, pero pensó que la escuela era demasiado g

Robin René Roberts is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC's Good Morning America.

She served as a guest judge in week 3 of season eighteen of Dancing with the Stars.

Early Life[]

Though born in Alabama, Roberts grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where she played basketball and tennis, among other sports. She attended Pass Christian High School and graduated as the class of 1979 salutatorian. She is the daughter of Lucimarian (née Tolliver) and Colonel Lawrence E. Roberts.

In a 2006 presentation to the assembled student body at Abilene Christian University, Roberts credited her parents as cultivating the "three 'D's: Discipline, Determination, and 'De Lord'. She is the youngest of four, following siblings Sally-Ann, Lawrence, Jr. (nicknamed Butch), and Dorothy. Her father was a pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen.

Education[]

Roberts attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, graduating cum laude in 1983 with a degree in communication. She followed in the footsteps of her older sister Sally-Ann Roberts, an anchor at the CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans.

Roberts noted on the 14 January 2007 edition of Costas on the Radio that she was offered a scholarship to play basketball at Louisiana State University but thought the school was too big and impersonal after visiting the campus. On her way back to Pass Christian from that visit, she saw a road sign for Southeastern Louisiana University, stopped to visit and decided to enroll. The only scholarship left was a tennis scholarship, and she was promised that there would be a journalism scholarship by the time she would graduate. She went on to become a standout performer on the women's basketball team, ending her career as the school's third all-time leading

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Who Is Robin Roberts?

Journalist Robin Roberts grew up in Mississippi and earned a degree in communications from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1983. She went on to become a sports reporter and anchor for a local TV station in Mississippi. At age 29, Roberts began hosting ESPN's Sportscenter and, not long after, appearing as a guest reporter on Good Morning America. In 2005, she was hired as a full-time co-anchor of the morning news program. In August 2012, Roberts took a leave of absence from Good Morning America in order to undergo treatment for a rare blood disorder that she contracted after undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. She returned to the show on February 20, 2013. In early 2014, Roberts officially came out as a gay woman.

Early Life

Robin René Roberts was born on November 23, 1960, in Tuskegee, Alabama and grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The youngest of four siblings and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airmen pilot, Roberts spent her childhood cultivating athletic and academic success, graduating as her high school's salutatorian. Her sister, Sally-Ann Roberts, became a local news anchor, and Robin followed in her footsteps, earning a journalism scholarship and a degree in communications from Southeastern Louisiana University.

Early Broadcast Career

Immediately after graduating from college, Roberts used her unique combination of athletic talent and journalistic skill to become a sports reporter and anchor for a local TV station in Mississippi. She progressed and succeeded, moving every year or two to a larger city in the South — from Hattiesburg to Biloxi to Nashville and then Atlanta — as her popularity and experience grew.

ESPN to 'Good Morning America'

At age 29, Roberts was hired by ESPN, where she hosted the network's flagship news program, Sportscenter. Around this same time, she began making appearances as a guest reporter on Good Morning America, a show broadcast by ABC, a sister n