Background
Roberts grew up in White Plains, New York, and graduated from White Plains High School in 1975.
Roberts grew up in White Plains, New York, and graduated from White Plains High School in 1975.
Early life and career In high school, he played varsity lacrosse, was the school"s morning announcer (originating the morning joke of the day), and occasionally wrote columns for his high-school newspaper, The Orange. His journalism career began in 1975 when he started as a newspaper reporter. Roberts also worked under Howard Cosell as a writer and producer at American Broadcasting Company. His writing is regarded as some of the best in all of broadcast journalism.
He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park.
During his time at Maryland, Roberts worked at the popular campus hangout R.J. Bentley"s Filling Station. One of his sports Emmys is on display there.
National Broadcasting Company Sports Roberts is the interviewer for National Broadcasting Company"s golf coverage, in addition to hosting the halftime show for Notre Dame football, being one of the main anchors for National Broadcasting Company"s weekend sports updates, anchoring the network"s coverage of the Wimbledon Championships, and working as a field reporter for National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of the 2000 American League Championship Series. He also reported on horse racing.
Roberts has worked 10 Olympic Games in his broadcasting career.
At the Olympics for National Broadcasting Company, he has hosted a nightly feature called the Chevy Olympic Moments, which talk about a different athlete or the history of a certain place at an Olympics. Roberts served as a correspondent for National Broadcasting Company Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Other work Personal life Immediately after American Airlines Flight 11 (the first aircraft of the September 11, 2001, attacks) struck the north tower, Mayer began going downstairs to leave the building.
She had gotten to the 29th floor when the second aircraft struck, hitting the building she worked in.
However, Mayer escaped safely before the towers collapsed. Roberts told of the ordeal to United States of America Today: "We had a couple of very anxious hours.
My wife couldn"t get through to Debbie. Finally, she went to her Manhattan apartment to wait for her.
And she found her there.
Turns out when the first explosion occurred in Building 1, Debbie started down the stairs. She had made it to the 29th floor when the building was shaken when the second plane hit. She was terrified but made it out.".