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Nicole Briscoe
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| Born | Nicole Manske (1980-07-02) July 2, 1980 (age 44)
Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| Education | Northern Illinois University |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | ESPN |
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| Children | 2 |
Nicole Briscoe (née Manske; born July 2, 1980) is an American sportscaster who is employed by ESPN. Originally focused on covering auto racing for the network,[1] which included stints as the host of NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now,[2] Briscoe became a SportsCenter anchor in 2015. She is married to IndyCar Series driver Ryan Briscoe.[3]
A native of Roscoe, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah High School in 1998. She and future auto racer Danica Patrick were cheerleaders there in 1996.[4]
Briscoe won the Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 and competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant in Shreveport, Louisiana, in August 1998.[citation needed] She was a semi-finalist in the pageant, placing third (of 10) in the evening gown competition, seventh in swimsuit and tenth in interview, placing her eighth overall on average. Two years after passing on her title, she competed in the Miss Illinois USA 2001 pageant and placed first runner-up to Rebecca Ambrosi.[citation needed]
Briscoe attended Northern Illinois UniversityinDekalb, Illinois, earning her first job while at Northern Illinois for WREX-TV, the NBC station in Rockford.[citation needed] She worked as a general assignment reporter for WANE-TVinFort Wayne, Indiana, before going to WISH-TVinIndianapolis, Indiana, in April 2004. During her career at WISH-TV, Nicole covered the Indianapolis 500, the United States Grand Prix, the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, and the NBA's Indiana Pacers. She was also a pit reporter for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network.[citation needed] In the May 15, 2006, edition of The Indianapolis Star, Briscoe announced that she would be leaving WISH-TV for Speed Channel in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the 2006 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 being her last day.[citation needed]
Briscoe was the co-host of The Speed Report (formerly Speed News), a Sunday motorsports program on Speed Channel. She replaced Connie LeGrand, and hosted the show from July 1, 2006, to January 27, 2008, when she left to become the new host of the daily news show NASCAR NowonESPN2.[5]
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From 2008 to 2014, Briscoe co-hosted the NASCAR pre-race shown on ESPN/ABC. Since 2015, she has served as a SportsCenter anchor.
She married Ryan Briscoe in an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii in 2009 and they have since had two daughters, Finley and Blake. In 2018, Ryan became a naturalized American citizen.
In a 2021 piece by People[6] to celebrate National Infertility Awareness Week, Briscoe shared her "harrowing journey toward becoming a mother," which included six intrauterine inseminations, multiple rounds of in vitro fertilization and several miscarriages.
| Preceded by | Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 |
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| Preceded by Connie LeGrand (2002–2006) with Bob Varsha (1996–2006), Bob Jenkins (2005–2006), Ralph Sheheen (2004–2006), and Drew Johnson (2006–present) |
Host of The Speed Report with Drew Johnson 2006–2008 |
Succeeded by Krista Voda (part-time), and Bob Varsha |
| Preceded by Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr (2007) |
Host of NASCAR Now with Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr 2008–2014 |
Succeeded by Show discontinued |
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