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In the summer of 2016, Fox Sports sideline reporter Jen Hale felt she was in great health; she’d even recently done a 100-mile bike ride. But she started experiencing incredible fatigue, sometimes sleeping for up to 15 hours a night. That eventually led to further fatigue, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping, and even missed meetings, but a chest x-ray revealed nothing, so she thought she was fine and kept trying to power through. As Hale told Carly Breit for a Women’s Health piece this week, though, things eventually got worse, and some questions from Fox Sports colleague Ronde Barber and struggles in different airports helped convince her something was wrong:

Right now, Jennifer Hale lives in New Orleans, LA. Jennifer Eileen Hale and Jennifer E Hale are some of the alias or nicknames that Jennifer has used. He currently works as a Sideline Reporter: NFL and NBA at Fox Sports. Fox Sports’ Jen Hale was given five years to live at 38 thanks to heart disease, but has recovered, no longer needs a transplant Fox By Andrew Bucholtz on In the summer of 2016, Fox. Jul 06, 2018 Jennifer Hale is an award-winning sports journalist, who began her career as a political reporter and news anchor, before returning to her passion of athletics. Jen now works as the courtside.

I had to go from my NBA meetings in New York to Charlotte, North Carolina to cover a football game. As I walked through the airport, I had to sit down at each gate—even rolling my suitcase up a small incline left me extremely out of breath.

Ronde Barber, who was an NFL analyst on my broadcast team, was concerned. “What’s going on with you?” he asked, and he rolled my suitcase for me. Again, I shook it off. Just tired, I assured him.

The next day, Ronde saw that the swelling had risen from my feet to my legs, another symptom I was trying to ignore until I got through the game Sunday. He asked why my legs looked so large. I told him what I was trying to convince myself of—that it was probably a food allergy or maybe even bug bites. “I feel fine, it’s fine,” I said, once again.

After the game, at the airport, a TSA agent asked if I felt okay because I didn’t look good. The swelling had extended to my waist—so much so, I couldn’t zip my skirt up all the way, and had to cover up with a jacket.

That led to Hale, then 38, researching her symptoms on the flight and making an appointment with a gastroenterologist for the next day to see if it was acid reflux. And while that doctor didn’t find anything wrong with her digestive system, he was concerned enough about the swelling to refer her to the emergency room, where they figured out that she had cardiomyopathy. That disease had stretched her heart out and made it work at just 16 percent capacity. Her family had had a history of heart disease, but it had previously only shown up in male relatives. But this diagnosis led to Hale being given just five years to live if she wasn’t able to get a heart transplant, and that was far from a certainty; she was placed on a transplant list, but that came with no guarantees.

However, Hale was placed on medication that would hopefully help reduce the size of her heart and return it to better working order, and while her doctor recommended she take six months off from work, she said she couldn’t do that because of how passionate she was about her job. Fortunately, they were able to find a way for her to keep working a reduced schedule, wearing a LifeVest device under her clothes that would monitor and shock her heart if necessary. That’s pictured here:

Fortunately, the shock treatment was never needed, and Hale’s heart has recovered well. She told Breit her heart is now at 50 percent capacity, and she was removed from the transplant list this February. It’s remarkable to read this story from Hale, and to see how serious health problems can show up for even those who seem to be in superb shape. And her story is proof that it’s always worth keeping an eye on your health and how you’re feeling, even if it isn’t initially possible to figure out what’s wrong.

It’s amazing that Hale was able to keep working during this time, and it’s great that she’s been able to bounce back from this. She’ll again be a regular presence on Fox’s NFL telecasts this fall, working primarily with Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth. And she’ll continue her work as a sideline reporter on Fox Sports New Orleans’ Pelicans broadcasts, too. It’s also impressive that she’s not only battled through this tough time, but has chosen to share her story to try and help others.

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[Women’s Health]

Jennifer Hale (born February 28, 1978)^[1][2][3] is an American journalist working for Fox Sports as an NFL sideline reporter where she is currently paired with Chris Myers, Brock Huard, and Greg Jennings.^[4] She also covers NBA's New Orleans Pelicans for Fox Sports New Orleans and also covers College Football for Fox Sports. She has been a substitute host on Fox Sports 1 shows Skip and Shannon: Undisputed and Lock It In. She covers The Basketball Tournament for ESPN as well as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. She has also worked as a Sideline Reporter for TNT's coverage of the 1st Round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs.^[5][6]

Early life and education[edit]

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Hale is a native of New Orleans, and was raised in Alabama.^[7] She graduated from Louisiana State University with honors where she was captain of the cheerleading squad, homecoming queen, and Miss LSU.^[4] Hale interned for CNN in their Washington D.C. bureau.^[8] She also got her Master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and spent time in Germany in a fellowship to study the US-German relationship after the fall of Communism.^[3]

Career[edit]

Hale started her journalism career covering politics for KNOE-TV, a station in Monroe, Louisiana, which sent her to Baton Rouge as their capitol correspondent then went to WAFB in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[9][10] When she was a weekend anchor and reporter for WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama, she wrote a book called Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt in 2009.^[11] She also was a fill-in correspondent for MSNBC during her time in Birmingham.^[9][10] Prior to her Fox Sports career, she was an anchor on WVUE-DT's morning show in New Orleans, Louisiana. She called a call from some friends from LSU to interview former athletes and special guests at LSU football games to put on their website, coupled her work with the New Orleans Saints led to people in the Saints organization to recommend Hale to Fox Sports.^[9] During the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Hale filled-in for Jenny Taft as moderator for Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. She covered The Basketball Tournament 2020 in Columbus, Ohio for ESPN staying in the bubble set-up during the Covid-19 pandemic. She was the only reporter on site. She also worked as a Sideline Reporter for TNT's coverage of the 1st round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs.^[12]

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Personal life[edit]

In 2015, Hale launched All Access Sideline Pass, an organization that focuses on educating and empowering young women in the New Orleans community through outreaches and seminars.^[13] She also supports Alzheimer's Research, the Speech and Hearing Impaired Foundation among other causes and she's the Women's Health spokesperson for Thibodaux Regional Hospital.^[14] Hale was named one of New Orleans top female achievers by New Orleans Magazine in 2015.^[8] In 2018, Hale revealed in a Women's Health article she co-written that she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy during the 2016 NFL season.^[2] She wore a portable defibrillator for six months until medication she took helped get her heart rate back to normal.^[15] She is a cross-fit enthusiast.^[16]

References[edit]

1. ^'Jennifer Hale (@JenHale504) - Twitter'. twitter.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
2. ^ ^abHale, Jennifer; Breit, Carly. 'I was young, fit Fox Sports Reporter but my heart was shutting down'. Women's Health. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. ^ ^abreport, Advocate staff (August 22, 2018). 'LSU alum, Fox Sports mainstay Jennifer Hale tells story of heart condition she never saw coming'. New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
4. ^ ^ab'Jennifer Hale'. Fox Sports PressPass. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. ^'ESPN to Televise The Basketball Tournament Championship Week, Aug. 1-6'. espnpressroom.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
6. ^Ken Trahan. 'Interview: Fox Sports broadcaster Jen Hale in depth on Saints, Pelicans, Westminster dog show, her health'. crescentcitysports.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
7. ^Murret, Patricia M. (November 25, 2014). 'When not covering the NFL and NBA for FOX Sports, reporter Jennifer Hale retreats to her cozy French Quarter condo'. NOLA.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
8. ^ ^abSingletary, Kimberley (July 2015). 'Jennifer Hale, 2015 New Orleans Top Female Achievers'. My New Orleans. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
9. ^ ^abcHowell, Allison. 'Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Hale'. Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
10. ^ ^abRomano, Sara (March 9, 2016). 'Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Hale'. Medill School of Journalism. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
11. ^Lewis, Ted (September 23, 2015). 'Fox sideline reporter Jennifer Hale always the achiever'. New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
12. ^Christian Clark. ''It isn't quote, unquote fun, but it's worth it': Pelicans sideline reporter Jennifer Hale describes her bubble experience'. nola.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
13. ^'About'. Sideline Pass with Jennifer Hale. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
14. ^'Jen Hale'. NBA.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
15. ^LESLIE CARDÉ. 'Hidden, wearable defibrillator kept New Orleans' Jen Hale on the job despite heart condition'. NOLA.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
16. ^Ken Trahan. 'Interview: Fox Sports broadcaster Jen Hale in depth on Saints, Pelicans, Westminster dog show, her health'. crescentcitysports.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

External links[edit]

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• Jennifer Hale profile at Fox Sports
• Jen Hale profile at New Orleans Pelicans
• Jen Hale on Twitter

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