An Emmy Award-winning journalist, Nancy Newman joined the YES Network in 2003. In her role with the YES Network, the exclusive television home of the New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, NYCFC and the WNBA's New York Liberty, she hosts the MLB pre-game show ‘Batting Practice Today’ on Yankees game days, as well as pre-and post-game shows for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets basketball team. The YES Network has won 126 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch, and Nancy Newman herself has earned six Emmys including ‘NewYorkYankees Studio Host’, ‘BattingPractice Host’ and ‘BrooklynNets Studio Host’.

Ms. Newman earned an Emmy nomination for her role as host of the ‘Stars and PinStripes’ program special, a show featuring country mega-star Garth Brooks two days before he performed in a concert at Yankee Stadium. In addition to discussing his career accomplishments, Ms. Newman accompanied the singer to the Yankee Stadium Museum, where he had the opportunity to hold a bat used by Babe Ruth. Ms. Newman also hosts the annual recap of Yankees HOPE Week, a week-long charitable program involving members of the Yankees, as well as ‘Yankees Magazine’ the official year-round weekly magazine program which goes behind the scenes and in the Community with the New York Yankees.

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