Kathryn Tappen

NBC Sports Reporter

Career Highlights: Versatile NBC Sports Kathryn Tappen serves as reporter for coverage of Notre Dame Football, “Football Night in America,” the Summer and Winter Olympics and more. Tappen also served as a reporter for NBC’s coverage from Super Bowl LVI. In March 2020, Tappen anchored studio coverage as part of the all-female crew that broadcast and produced the Blues-Blackhawks matchup, the first done solely by women. Prior to NBC, Tappen joined the NHL Network in 2011 as the host of “NHL Tonight,” the network’s nightly highlight show. Prior to that, she spent five years with the New England Sports Network as the lead studio host for Boston Bruins games, and also reported on the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, and Boston Celtics. Tappen was a weekend anchor, as well as a weekday sports reporter for NBC-affiliate WJAR in Providence after she began her career in 2003 at College Sports Television. An Academic-All American at Rutgers University, Tappan was a member of the track and field and cross-country teams.