Leila Rahimi Bio | Wiki
Leila Rahimi is an American television sports anchor and reporter. She currently serves as the lead sports anchor at NBC. She was the co-host of the mid-days show dubbed “Bernstein and Rahimi” on WSCR /The Score in Chicago. Leila worked alongside Dan Bernstein. She is also a part-time anchor on WMAQ-TV. After high school, Leila interned with Dallas Mavericks announcers named Wally Lynn and Mike Fisher.
From 2001 to 2005, Laila worked as an anchor and reporter with KTCK-AM Sports Radio based in Dallas. In 2006, she became a sports anchor and reporter for the CBS affiliate, KXII-TV based in Sherman, Texas. From 2001 to 2011, Leila held different positions at Fox Sports Southwest in Dallas. In 2007, she began working for NBC-affiliate KXAN-TV based in Austin, Texas. Leila moved to San Diego in 2012 to work for Fox Sports San Diego.
There, she served as the field reporter for the San Diego Padres and produced a weekly program. Later, Leila returned to Texas and worked at Comcast SportsNet Houston as an anchor, reporter, as well as a sideline reporter for the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets. While in Houston, Leila was nominated for several Emmy awards for her reporting.
Between 2014 and 2015, she worked with the MLB Network while in Philadelphia and was also serving as an anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia at the same time. In October 2015, Leila became an anchor at NBC Sports Chicago. As of the 2019-20 season, she served as the sideline reporter for Chicago Bulls broadcasts and also hosted White Sox pre-game and post-game shows.
Leila Rahimi Age
Leila Rahimi Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Leila stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx 1.68m).
Leila Rahimi Parents
She was born on June 22, 1981, in Denton, Texas, the USA to her Iran father and Texan mother. Leila holds American Nationality by birth but belongs to the Persian ethnicity. More details concerning her parents and siblings are not available to the public domain.
Leila Rahimi Husband
Currently, Leila seemed to be much more focused on her professional life and not on her private life. She often drops in a couple of tweets mentioning her being married not to a person but to the game. The Texas native has never gone public about her past or present relationships.
Leila Rahimi Education
She graduated from the University of North Texas earning a B.A.Journalism. Her Activities and Societies while in college included KNTU-FM News North Texas Daily Eagle Ambassador.
Leila Rahimi NBC
In August 2020, Leila was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago as part of company-wide cutbacks at NBCUniversal as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in January 2021, Leila was announced as a partner to long-time WSCR host Dan Bernstein on a new mid-day show “Bernstein and Rahimi” Leila returned to the NBCUniversal family in November 2021, a year after she was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago. She became a part-time sports anchor and reporter for NBC-owned station WMAQ-TV. In March 2022, she was promoted to the full-time position of lead sports anchor at NBC.
She now rotates the duties alongside Mike Berman and Jeff Blanzy in the station’s weeknight newscasts. Also, Leila co-hosts the weekly sports news program Sports Sunday with Berman. She took over this role from the longtime main sports anchor Siafa Lewis. Siafa left NBC after he was hired by CBS-owned station KYW-TV as their weekday news anchor. Leila became the second female co-host of Sports Sunday for the first time in ten years. The first female to do so was Paula Faris.
Leila’s other colleagues at NBC include
Madison Glassman-anchor
Katherine Cook-reporter
Lana Harris-anchor
Scott McGrew-anchor
Rob Mayeda-Meteorologist
Alison Morris-anchor
Siobhan McGirl-reporter
Vicky Nguyen-investigative reporter
Steve Patterson-anchor
Vaughn Hillyard-reporter
Leila Rahimi News | The Score
She most recently served as the co-host of The Score/WSCR’s new mid-day show dubbed “Bernstein and Rahimi”. Leila started working there in January 2021 alongside long-time WSCR host Dan Bernstein. She left her position as a full-time anchor at The Score in March 2022 after she was promoted to the full-time position of lead sports anchor at NBC.
Leila served as an anchor, host, and reporter for NBC Sports Chicago from Oct 2015 to Aug 2020 when she was let go by the station as a way of cutting down the cost in the midst of a pandemic. Prior to that, she served as a Host and Anchor at MLB Network in Secaucus, NJ from May 2015 to Oct 2015. There, she hosted MLB Strike Zone Channel and anchored in-game updates.
Before that, Leila was an anchor, host, and reporter at Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia from Nov 2014 to Oct 2015. Prior to that, Leisa worked as an anchor, host, and reporter at CSN Houston from Sep 2012 to Nov 2014. There, she hosted, Astros Pregame and Postgame, and served as an in-game reporter: Houston. From Mar 2012 to Sep 2012, Leila was a Sideline Reporter at Fox Sports San Diego. There, she served as a Sideline Reporter for the Padres’ broadcasts on Fox Sports San Diego.
Also, Leila Interviewed and segmented both in-game and pregame/postgame shows as she traveled with the team. Before that, she served as a Sports Reporter at KXAN-TV from Nov 2007 to Mar 2012. Prior to that, Leila was a Freelance Sideline Reporter for Fox Sports Net from 2007 to Dec 201. From Aug 2006 to Nov 2007, Leila served as a Sports Reporter/ News Anchor at KXII-TV in Sherman, Texas. Before that, she worked as a News Reporter at KYTX-TV from Apr 2005 to Jul 2006. Prior to that, Leila was an Associate Producer at Fox Sports Southwest from Jun 2001 to Apr 2005.
Leila Rahimi Nationality
She was born on June 22, 1981, in Denton, Texas, the USA to her Iran father and Texan mother. Leila holds American Nationality by birth but belongs to the Persian ethnicity. More details concerning her parents and siblings are not available to the public domain.
Leila Rahimi Salary
She serves as the lead sports anchor at NBC. Leila has an average salary of $86,836 per year.
Leila Rahimi Net Worth
She has accumulated a lot of wealth from her journalism career. So far, Leila has amassed an estimated net worth of $1,879,735.
Who Is Leila Rahimi
Leila is an American television sports anchor and reporter. She currently serves as the lead sports anchor at NBC. Leila was the co-host of the mid-days show dubbed “Bernstein and Rahimi” on WSCR /The Score in Chicago before rejoining NBC full-time. Leila worked alongside Dan Bernstein on The Score and was also a part-time anchor on WMAQ-TV.
How Old Is Leila Rahimi
She is a 39-year-old American journalist who was born on June 22, 1983, in Denton, Texas, United States of America.