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ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe is among the faces seen at major WNBA, women’s college basketball and college football games on the network.
The longtime ESPN employee shed some light on her personal life during an appearance at the Little Rock Touchdown Club in Arkansas. She recalled dating a bodybuilder who was a Mr. Switzerland champion and revealed why the relationship didn’t work out.
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ABC sideline reporter Holly Rowe before the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on October 5, 2024. (Nelson Chenault/Image Images)
“I had a really attractive boyfriend and he was Mr. Switzerland, bodybuilder,” she said. “We dated for four years. And when I say very sexy… And the reason we broke up was because we were at the ESPYs and Pat Summitt had just received this award, the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, because he had just been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. And I was in the audience, and I was crying in the audience, and he asked me, ‘What’s wrong with you? She’s just a trainer.’
“And then, we broke up,” Rowe continued. “So I just need you to understand that I gave up Mr. Switzerland because of Pat Summitt. This is a true story.”
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New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu is interviewed by ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after winning the three-point contest during the WNBA All Star Skills Challenge at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 18, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Image Images)
Rowe’s story drew laughter from the crowd.
She did not name the bodybuilder.
She has worked at ESPN since 1995 and over the past 30 years has carved out a role as a lead reporter for the network’s coverage of college football and women’s college basketball games.
Holly Rowe during CFP National Championship Media Day at the Georgia World Congress Center on January 18, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
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He has also been part of the Utah Jazz coverage as an analyst. She was the first woman to occupy the position of Jazz.
