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Kathryn Tappen
Kathryn Tappen serves as NESN’s Boston Bruins studio host and as an anchor and reporter for SportsDesk, NESN’s popular sports news, information and highlights program. As NESN’s Bruins studio host, Tappen anchors the network’s Bruins pre-game show, WB Mason’s Bruins Face-Off Live; the New England Ford Intermission Report; and the post-game show, Bruins Overtime Live presented by ACE Ticket.com.
Tappen comes to NESN from WJAR-10 in Providence, R.I., where she spent a year and a half covering New England sports as the weekend anchor and weekday sports reporter for the NBC affiliate and won an AP award for her sports feature “Swim Meet." She has also received two Emmy nominations for sports feature reporting. Tappen has served as a sideline reporter for NBC Universal Sports and hosted a nightly special covering the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
The Rutgers University graduate began her career at CSTV in 2003 where she hosted a variety of programs, including The One College Sports Show, At the Buzzer and 24/7. An Academic All-American while at Rutgers, Tappen was a member of the cross country and track teams and is a former record holder in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase.
