Andrea Joyce

Andrea Joyce Kuslits (born August 17, 1954), better known as Andrea Joyce, is an American retired sportscaster who worked for NBC Sports after working 10 years with CBS Sports.

Joyce graduated from the University of Michigan in 1976.

Her work in local television included a stint as the weekend sports anchor for WFAA-TV in Dallas in 1987 and as a news anchor and field reporter for KMGH-TV in Denver. She also worked as a news anchor for KTVH-TV in Wichita, Kansas (now KWCH-DT). She also worked a stint at Detroit's NBC affiliate WDIV-TV channel 4.

Joyce debuted as a reporter for ESPN at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also covered for ESPN, the NFL draft, and the French Open Tennis Championships.

Prior to joining CBS Sports, Joyce hosted MSG SportsDesk on the Madison Square Garden Network (1988).

Joyce joined CBS Sports in August 1989. She made her on-air debut at the 1989 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. She worked three Winter Games for CBS Sports, serving as co-host of the weekend and Opening and Closing Ceremony coverage at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and the 1998 Nagano Games. Joyce served as co-host of the CBS' weekend coverage during the 1992 Albertville Games. While interviewing USA's Donna Weinbrecht, after winning a freestyle skiing-moguls gold medal in 1992, Weinbrecht's mother rushed up (midway through the interview) to her daughter and literally knocked Joyce off the air.

Andrea Joyce replaced Greg Gumbel (who in return, replaced Dick Stockton as the #2 play-by-play man) as studio host for the Major League Baseball games. Joyce would be joined at the anchor desk by Pat O'Brien. She also served as field reporter for the 1991 National League Championship Series and 1991 World Series, and at the 1993 World Series, she became the first woman to co-host the network television coverage for a World Series.

Joyce also hosted CBS' early-round coverage of the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; College Football Today (CBS' college football studio show); the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Final Four and title-game broadcasts from 1991 to 1994; and the 1990 Heisman Trophy Award show. During her ten years at CBS she covered events ranging from the Final Four to the US Open Tennis Championships. She also covered the 1990 NBA Playoffs and figure skating.