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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, which included stints as the host of NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now, Briscoe became a SportsCenter anchor in 2015. She is married to IndyCar Series driver Ryan Briscoe.

Early life

A native of Roscoe north of Rockford, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah Community High School in Rockton, Illinois in 1998. She and future auto racer Danica Patrick were cheerleaders there in 1996. Briscoe also was in racing.

Briscoe was Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 and competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant in Shreveport, Louisiana in August 1998. She was a semi-finalist in the pageant, placing third (of 10) in the evening gown competition, seventh in swimsuit, and tenth in interview. She was eighth overall on average. Two years after passing on her title, she competed in the Miss Illinois USA 2001 pageant finishing as first runner-up to Rebecca Ambrosi.

Early career

Briscoe attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, earning her first job while at Northern Illinois for WREX-TV, the NBC station in Rockford. She worked as a general assignment reporter for WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana before reporting at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, in April 2004. During her career at WISH-TV, she 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. On the May 15, 2006 in 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.

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 Now on ESPN2.

Current career

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From 2008 to 2014, Briscoe co-hosted the NASCAR pre-race shown on ESPN/ABC. Since 2015, she has worked as a SportsCenter anchor on ESPN. There has been internet speculation regarding her moving to another network. This has not been confirmed.

Personal life

She and Ryan Briscoe were married in an outdoor ceremony in Maui, Hawaii on December 19, 2009 and they have two daughters, Finley and Blake. In 2018, Ryan became a naturalized American citizen. In an April 2021 article in People about National Infertility Awareness Week, Nicole Briscoe talked about her "harrowing journey toward becoming a mother." She had six intrauterine inseminations, multiple rounds of in vitro fertilization, and several miscarriages.

References

1. Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
2. "Nicole Briscoe". ESPN Media Zone. November 12, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
3. "Ryan Briscoe and Nicole Manske Tie the Knot in Hawaii". Penske Racing News. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
4. 2005 Indianapolis 500 Radio Broadcast, IMS Radio Network - Donald Davidson commentary (May 29, 2005)
5. Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
6. Juneau, Jen. "ESPN's Nicole Briscoe Talks Journey to Motherhood to 'Destigmatize Miscarriage and Infertility'". People. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

External links

• Nicole Briscoe ESPN Bio
• Indianapolis 500 coverage with Danica Patrick
• Miss Teen USA 1998 competition (Shown as Miss Illinois Teen USA)
• Indianapolis Star column on Manske's dating of 2005 Indy 500 winner
• Indianapolis Star column on Manske's departure from WISH-TV to SPEED Channel.
• Nicole Briscoe at IMDb

• Hononegah Community High School alumni
• Television anchors from Indianapolis
• Television anchors from Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Living people
• 1998 beauty pageant contestants
• 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates
• Motorsport announcers
• ESPN people
• Northern Illinois University alumni
• People from Charlotte, North Carolina
• People from Rockford, Illinois
• People from Wausau, Wisconsin
• People from Indianapolis
• Journalists from Illinois
• People from Roscoe, Illinois
• American women television journalists
• 1980 births