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= Kerith Burke =

Kerith Burke is an American sportscaster.

She worked for five years at SportsNet New York (SNY) in New York City where she covered nine professional sports teams and a handful of local colleges.

Sportscasting Career
Burke began her broadcasting career in the sports departments of local news stations in Washington, Idaho, and North Carolina. She was a reporter, fill-in anchor, photographer and editor. Burke began working at SNY in 2011, where she anchored Geico SportsNite and reported on NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams. She was also SNY's exclusive UConn women's basketball reporter. She covered four consecutive national championship seasons with the Huskies, as well as hosted the Emmy award-winning Geno Auriemma Show.

In 2016, Burke worked with NBC Sports as the courtside reporter for Team USA women's basketball at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

She also freelances as a basketball and football reporter for Pac-12 Network.

Personal
Burke was born outside of Seattle, WA and moved around the country with her Army family growing up. She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Communications.

Her unusual first name comes from a book called "The Source" by James Michener. Burke is unrelated to ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke.