Linda Cohn grew up in New York and played ice hockey in high school and college. She graduated from SUNY at Oswego in 1981, and for the next decade, was a sports anchor at various radio stations. In 1992, Cohn was hired by ESPN to be an anchor for SportsCenter (1979), and the show helped make her nationally famous. She has continued to anchor "SportsCenter" into the 21st century.