Mary Strong
Mary Strong (born 1973) is an American broadcast journalist, professional beach volleyball player and yoga instructor.
Strong graduated from Loyola Marymount University, where she was a full scholarship athlete on the NCAA Women’s Division I volleyball team. She later spent time on the Association of Volleyball Professionals pro beach volleyball circuit, earning a total of $50 USD during her brief career. Strong was inducted in the Notre Dame High School Hall of Fame in 2016 for her outstanding achievements in volleyball.
Strong began her career as a news journalist for NBC and CNN, eventually earning an Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage. She covered the Association of Volleyball Professionals beach volleyball for Fox Sports Network, Pacific-10 Conference football, and [...]. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as the host of Fox Sports Net show DIG and for the DirecTV Sports Mix Channels. Strong worked as a sideline reporter for the NFL Network, as a presenter for the Game Show Network's Extreme Dodgeball as well as Fox Sports Net's [...] Superstars III, NBC's [...] Championships, and the International Pool Tour in the U.S. and Europe. In September 2006, Strong began anchoring for the NFL Network, covering news on NFL Network Now and NFL Total Access.
Strong is also the founder of The Green Yogi, a power yoga studio, with locations in Manhattan Beach and Berkeley, California.