In 1987, Gayle Sierens became the first woman ever to call the NFL on TV -- a regionally televised Chiefs-Seahawks game in the last week of the season. Mowins will call the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers in the second game of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" doubleheader -- the first woman in 30 years take the microphone in an NFL game, and the first for a national broadcast. "The iconic open to the show and the iconic music, the first time you hear that, you get kind of goosebumps, even if you're just sitting at home watching," Mowins said. Mowins realized she wanted to be a sportscaster after watching "The NFL Today" on CBS as a kid. "Beth was hired not because she's a woman but because she's a terffic play-by-play personality," he said.

Source: CNN September 11, 2017 17:26 UTC