Nicole 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.

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.

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.

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

References

1. Goodman, Doug. (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". [[Rockford Register Star]].
2. (November 12, 2009). "Nicole Briscoe". ESPN Media Zone.
3. "Ryan Briscoe and Nicole Manske Tie the Knot in Hawaii". Penske Racing News.
4. 2005 Indianapolis 500 Radio Broadcast, [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. IMS Radio Network]] - [[Donald Davidson (historian). Donald Davidson]] commentary (May 29, 2005)
5. Goodman, Doug. (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". [[Rockford Register Star]].
6. "ESPN's Nicole Briscoe Talks Journey to Motherhood to 'Destigmatize Miscarriage and Infertility'". People.