Dana Jacobson

Journalist

Birthday November 5, 1971

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.

Age 52 years old

Nationality United States

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1971

Dana Jacobson (born November 5, 1971) is a host and correspondent for CBS News currently serving as a co host for CBS Saturday Morning.

She is also an anchor & reporter for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network.

1989

Subsequently, she attended and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, in 1989.

1993

Jacobson graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and communications and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.

2002

Prior to that Jacobson spent a decade at ESPN, from 2002 until 2012.

2005

In March 2005, she was named co-host of Cold Pizza and transitioned with the show as it became First Take.

2008

At a private roast for co-workers Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic in January 2008, Jacobson, who is Jewish, cursed the University of Notre Dame's Touchdown Jesus.

Jacobson and ESPN both released a statement apologizing to those offended by the roast comments.

Jacobson was suspended from ESPN for one week.

Upon returning, she apologized on-air for her behavior and comments.

2011

On December 30, 2011, she left First Take and returned to anchoring SportsCenter.

2012

On March 27, 2012, USA Today announced that Jacobson would leave ESPN when her contract expires at the end of April.

Monday, April 30, 2012, was her final day at ESPN when she anchored the 6–8 p.m. ET SportsCenter.

2015

She joined CBS News in 2015, 2 years after she began working for CBS Sports Network.

2018

On July 13, 2018, Jacobson, along with long-time CBS correspondent Michelle Miller, were named the new co-hosts of the Saturday edition of CBS This Morning.

Jacobson was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, in a Jewish family and attended Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

On the October 11, 2018, edition of CBS This Morning, host Gayle King announced that Jacobson was engaged.

According to 98.5 radio in Boston (The Sports Hub), Jacobson got engaged to Boston Celtics play-by-play announcer Sean Grande.

2019

They were married on September 28, 2019.