Kayla Burton - ESPN reporter on keeping her identity in Christ and growing in her broadcasting journey

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Kayla Burton is an ESPN reporter who covers college football and the UFL. She joined ESPN in August 2023 as a college football sideline reporter. Prior to ESPN, she was with NFL Media and served a multi-platform role across NFL Network, NFL.com and the NFL app.

Prior to her time at NFL Network, Burton served in a number of different roles with Western Mass News based in Springfield, Mass., such as sports/news anchor, reporter and content producer. She also presented Channel 5’s NFL coverage in the UK.

Today on the podcast, guest-host Annabelle Hasselbeck talks to Kayla Burton about finding her identity in Christ, growing as a broadcaster and the importance of looking back at the enjoyable moments in life.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, today on Sports Spectrum, we're doing something a little different.
0:04.4	Our guest today is Kayla Burton.
0:06.3	Now, Kayla is an ESPN reporter.
0:09.3	She joined ESPN back in August of 2023 as a sideline reporter.
0:14.2	She has several years under her belt as a host and reporter for both collegiate and professional sports.
0:20.2	She worked with NFL media. You saw her on
0:22.6	the NFL network and NFL.com for a couple years in 2021, 2021. She also served for a bunch of
0:29.8	different roles in Western Massachusetts and Springfield Mass as an anchor, reporter, content
0:35.2	producer. She's a graduate of Lehigh University. She has a family of
0:40.0	athletics. Her sister plays in the WMBA. Her dad is a broadcaster in the Boston, Massachusetts
0:46.0	area. So Kayla Burton, great story, great person, loves the Lord. This is going to be an awesome
0:52.8	conversation with Kayla, but I'm not doing
0:55.4	the interview today. Today we're going to welcome in for the first time Annabelle Hasselbeck.
1:01.5	Now, you might recognize that last name. Annabelle is the daughter of Matthew Hasselbeck,
1:07.6	the quarterback, who's been on this show many times. Annabelle wants to be in this business of broadcasting, and she's a college senior over at
1:16.2	Boston College where she's doing pretty well as a lacrosse player.
1:20.0	They reached the national championship game last year.
1:23.3	And she's also, if you go to her Instagram page, Annabelle has a ton of interviews and different things that she's doing at Boston College. And as we got talking, you know, her faith is important to her. I said, why don't you do an interview or two? And we'll run it here on Sports Spectrum. So Annabelle Hasselbeck is the host. Caleb Burton is the guest. And they have a unique friendship as well. That's coming up in
1:46.0	just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. First, I want to tell you about our Sports Spectrum magazine.
1:50.8	Our spring 2024 issue is out now. You can subscribe over at Sportspectrum.com. Faith-filled,
1:58.9	family-friendly, clean content. It's got devotionals in there, great design,
2:04.6	pictures. It's perfect for kids, perfect for families. I highly recommend the Sports Spectrum magazine.
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