Education
A native of Roscoe, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah High School in 1998.
A native of Roscoe, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah High School in 1998.
Originally focused on covering auto racing for the network, which included stints as the host of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Countdown and National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Now, Briscoe became a SportsCenter anchor in 2015. She and future auto racer Danica Patrick were cheerleaders there in 1996. Nicole was a semi-finalist in the pageant, placing third (of 10) in the evening gown competition, seventh in swimsuit and tenth in interview, placing her eighth overall on average.
Two years after passing on her title, she competed in the Mission Illinois United States of America 2001 pageant and placed first runner-up to Rebecca Ambrosi.
Nicole attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, earning her first job while at Northern Illinois for WREX-television, the National Broadcasting Company station in Rockford. She worked as a general assignment reporter for WANE-television in Fort Wayne, Indiana, before going to WISH-television in Indianapolis, Indiana, in April 2004.
During her career at WISH-television, Nicole covered the Indianapolis 500, the United States Grand Prix, the NFL"s Indianapolis Colts, and the National Basketball Association"s Indiana Pacers. She was also a pit reporter for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network.
In the May 15, 2006, edition of The Indianapolis Star, Nicole announced that she would be leaving WISH-television for Speed Channel in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the 2006 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 being her last day.
Nicole 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 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Now on ESPN2.