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December 13, 2010

Padrón Joins the Network’s Most Recognized Sports News Program

ESPN Deportes announced today the latest addition to SportsCenter, the station’s flagship sports news program.  Known for her sports communications experience and charisma, Carolina Padrón will make her debut on the program the week of December 20.

“Carolina will connect with viewers with her fresh and entertaining style of delivering the news, highlights and plays,” said Rodolfo Martínez, Vice President of Production for ESPN International and ESPN Deportes. “She brings with her years of experience, a passion for sports, and great enthusiasm, which are all fundamental to her unique personality.”

“I am very excited and proud to be a part of the ESPN Deportes team,” said Padrón. “SportsCenter has a reputation for offering top-notch sports news coverage and helping develop some of the top commentators in the industry. I welcome the challenge and look forward to sharing my passion and sports experience with ESPN’s fans.”

Padrón began her career in her native Venezuela working for Meridiano Televisión, one of the top sports channels in the country.  She is also well-known and loved for her work as a soccer reporter for the radio program “Escuela Vinotinto.”  Padrón went on to become a field journalist reporting on Venezuelan soccer matches and as a commentator for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Germany and the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.  In 2007, she covered the Copa América in Venezuela for Telefutura.  In addition to the experience that she acquired in Venezuela, Padrón covered top sporting events for Radio Marca in Madrid, Spain.

Padrón, originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela, currently lives in Mexico City.  She holds a degree in Social Communication from the University of Santa María, Barcelona-Venezuela as well as a Masters Degree in World Journalism from CEU University in Spain.

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About ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes is the leading multimedia, Spanish-language sports brand dedicated to providing the widest variety of sports to the U.S. Hispanic sports fan via television, online, print, radio and wireless. Sports media assets include ESPN Deportes television which offers unparalleled Spanish-language sports programming, featuring more than 1,400 live and/or original hours of sports programming presented annually; ESPN Deportes Radio, the only around-the-clock Spanish-language sports radio network in the U.S., and currently available in 10 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic radio markets and also distributed on SIRIUS Satellite Radio; ESPN Deportes La Revista, the first general sports Spanish-language magazine in the U.S.; ESPNdeportes.com, the #1 Spanish-language sports Web site among Spanish-preferred fans in the U.S.; and ESPN Deportes Wireless, the brand’s  emerging business which offers Spanish-language sports content to fans to text message enabled phones.