Lisa Salters Alisia " Lisa " Salters is an American journalist and former collegiate women ' s basketball player . She has been a reporter for ESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000 . Previously , she covered the O . J . Simpson murder case for ABC and worked at WBAL - TV in Baltimore , Maryland . Salters has reported worldwide for ESPN , including a series of reports from the Middle East prior to the Iraq War . In addition , she has hosted ESPN ' s coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics from Turin , Italy , and ESPN ' s coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup . Currently , she is the secondary sideline reporter for ABC ' s coverage of the NBA , college basketball , college football , and ESPN ' s Monday Night Football replacing Suzy Kolber . Career . Broadcasting career . Salters joined ESPN as a general assignment reporter in March 2000 . She currently serves as sideline reporter for " Monday Night Football " and the lead sideline reporter for ESPN ’ s coverage of the NBA on ABC . In addition , Salters is one of the featured correspondents on ESPN ’ s newsmagazine show , " " , which debuted October 2007 . In 2008 , she was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award for the story " Ray Of Hope " . At ESPN , Salters ’ reports have been regularly featured on the award - winning “ Outside the Lines ” series . She led the network ’ s comprehensive coverage of the murder trial of Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth in December 2000 through January 2001 . Additionally , Salters was ESPN ’ s reporter at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan , where she broke the news on the U . S . National Team ’ s starting lineup a day before its first match in against Portugal . Salters reported from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Greece and hosted ESPN ’ s coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics Games in Torino , Italy . In 2006 , she served as the lead sideline reporter for ABC ' s coverage of the NBA on ABC and worked the 2006 NBA Finals on television as that season she filled in for Michele Tafoya who was on maternity leave . Salters returned to her role as its secondary sideline reporter the following year as Tafoya returned to her old role . In 2007 , she worked the 2007 NBA Finals on radio . In 2009 , she is back to being its lead sideline reporter whenever Doris Burke isn ' t there . During the build - up to Operation Iraqi Freedom through the commencement of the Iraq War , Salters covered sports - related stories in and around U . S . Central Command in Qatar for " Outside the Lines " , " SportsCenter " and ESPNEWS . She went back into the war zone in 2004 when ESPN took " SportsCenter " on the road and broadcast live from Camp Arifjan , a U . S . Army base in Kuwait . On December 1 , 2007 , Salters was covering the Big 12 Championship Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas . In one of her sideline reports during the first half she mentioned Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel ' s frustration due to Missouri being stymied by the Oklahoma defense , saying Daniel was " upset " and " fuming . " However , a technical blunder caused Salters ' microphone to be broadcast over the stadium ' s PA system . The camera shifted to Chase Daniel , who was visibly perplexed and curious as to who was talking about him and why it was being heard throughout the entire stadium . ABC TV announcer Brent Musburger then mused , " Lisa was talking to a lot more folks than she anticipated . " The likely explanation was that Salters ' mic was to have been hooked up to the PA for the upcoming halftime contest , and her mic was inadvertently left on the PA after a pregame sound check . Prior to joining ESPN , Salters served as a Los Angeles - based correspondent for ABC News from 1995 to 2000 and provided news coverage for " World News Tonight " with Peter Jennings and other ABC News broadcasts . At ABC News , she covered the Oklahoma City bombing trials , the Matthew Shepard murder , the crash of TWA Flight 800 , and both the civil and criminal O . J . Simpson trials . ESPN Monday Night Football . ESPN announced that Lisa Salters would join Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden for Monday Night Football replacing Suzy Kolber as a full - time solo sideline reporter . Kolber left the show because she did not want to be away from her child whom she gave birth to in 2008 . She wanted to do more studio hosting . Lisa Salters currently works with Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden . Personal life . Born in 1966 and a native of King of Prussia , Pennsylvania , Salters graduated from Penn State University in 1988 with a bachelor ’ s degree in broadcast journalism . She played guard for the Lady Lions basketball team from 1986 – 87 , where she holds the distinction of being the shortest player in school history at 5 ' 2 " . Salters is a graduate of Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia , where she is a member of the school ’ s Hall of Fame . She is single and lives in San Francisco . Salters is a cousin of former University of Pittsburgh and Dallas Cowboys star running back Tony Dorsett .