Lindsay Czarniak

Lindsay Czarniak is an Emmy award and Gracie award winning broadcaster known for her work across the sports industry including FOX NFL and NASCAR, CBS’s Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), and NBC’s coverage of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Previously she spent six years at ESPN anchoring SportsCenter and other programs.

Lindsay’s podcast “Lunch with Lindsay” dives deep into the stories that connect us all through conversations with high profile guests and pairings of athletes, musicians and newsmakers including country music star Eric Church, NASCAR standout Chase Elliott and NBA all-star Chris Paul. Her recent work includes hosting partnerships with events like the Indy500 and horse racing’s Triple Crown through America’s Best Racing.

Prior to joining FOX sports, Czarniak worked at ESPN from 2011 to 2017, anchoring “SportsCenter” and contributing to Sunday NFL Countdown as a reporter and host in the field. During this time, she became the first woman to host the network’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on ABC.

Czarniak began her career in Atlanta, GA at CNN. She began her career as an on-air news reporter for WAWS/ WTEV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida, before transitioning to cover sports at WTVJ in Miami and FOX Sports’ Speed Channel as an ARCA RACING SERIES pit reporter. From Miami she moved to WRC, the NBC affiliate in Washington, DC where she worked for the legendary George Michael as a sports reporter/anchor and fill in host of “the George Michael Sports Machine”.

Czarniak grew up learning about horse racing from her father, Chet Czarniak, who began covering the sport for USA Today in the early 1980’s.

Czarniak graduated from James Madison University in 2000 with a major in journalism and a minor in studio art. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.