2024-Andrea Kremer
Andrea Kremer is one of the most accomplished and widely respected journalists in the industry today. In 2018, she was honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, which recognizes “long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.” Kremer became the first full-time female NFL game analyst, partnering with Hannah Storm to form the first female commentating team for Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” package.
In 2011, she was named one of the 10 greatest female sportscasters of all time. TV Guide said Kremer is "among TV's best sports correspondents of either sex," and her work is "distinguished by her eagerness to calmly ask tough questions and her refusal to pursue the same old story." She has received numerous awards and accolades, including eight Emmys, multiple Gracies, and a Peabody. She was the first inductee into the Cynopsis Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of her many contributions to journalism. In 2005, Kremer received a PRISM Award for her ESPN story on Dexter Manley, and in 2017 she was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. In 2020, Kremer received the Mary Garber Pioneer Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Association of Women in Sports Media (AWSM).
Kremer is currently the Chief Correspondent for the NFL Network. She led the network's coverage and in-depth reporting on health and safety, a critical issue facing professional sports. She has chronicled All-Pro defensive back Darrelle Revis’ year-long comeback from a devastating ACL injury for “A Football Life,” she interviewed Johnny Jolly in prison for drug abuse and then a year later as he returned to the Green Bay Packers starting lineup, and also got wide receiver Laurent Robinson to open up about how his life changed after suffering four concussions in four months.
Kremer added a podcast to her broadcast portfolio in 2021 as the host of iHeart’s “NFL Films: Tales From the Vault.” This weekly podcast dives deep into NFL history featuring exclusive interviews between the late NFL Films founder Steve Sabol and some of the most iconic figures in the game.
Kremer was also a correspondent for HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." For 16 years, she contributed a host of critically acclaimed profiles and features to the Emmy-Award winning newsmagazine show. Her 2016 investigation into sexual assault in Bikram Yoga was called one of the Ten Most Shocking Stories of the Year by Metro US. Among the most memorable interviews she has done at HBO include compelling one-on-ones with Robert Kraft, Kobe Bryant, Urban Meyer, Pete Carroll, Phil Jackson, Mark Davis, Barret Robbins, DeMaurice Smith, Bill Parcells, Jim and John Harbaugh as well as track and field star Caster Semenya. Her story on the abuse of the drug Toradol helped earn Real Sports its first Peabody Award in 2012.
In 2014, Kremer helped launch “WE NEED TO TALK,” the first-ever all-female nationally televised weekly sports show on CBS Sports Network. Airing in prime time, the show features a rotating group of female panelists discussing all the hot topics and the latest news from across the sports landscape. After its inaugural season, the show won a Gracie Grand Award for On-Air Talent: Sports Program.
In addition to her current TV work, Kremer teaches a course of her own design, “The Art of the Interview,” in the Department of Journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication. In 2015, she was appointed the Andrew R. Lack Fellow at Boston University. She has also guest lectured at several leading institutions including Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania.
A versatile reporter, Kremer has worked close to 30 Super Bowls, covered the NBA Finals and All-Star Games, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game and League Championship Series, college football bowl games, Stanley Cup Playoffs and Finals, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, U.S. Olympic basketball trials, and the PGA Championship.
She was inducted into the NSMA Hall of Fame on July 1st, 2024.