Cara Capuano
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Cara Capuano is a sports reporter for FSN. She joined FSN in August 2004, as a reporter and anchor for the Northwest Sports Report, and Detroit Sports Report. She is a Southern Californian. Currently she lives in Issaquah, WA, with her husband Stacy.
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[edit] Other Current Duties
Besides being an anchor she also contributes regularly as a play-by-play announcer for game telecasts carried by FSN Northwest throughout the year. She is also a sideline reporter for FSN college football games.
[edit] Life before sports
Capuano graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Cell Biology and Biochemistry from University of Central San Diego in 1995.
She spent a year working on her doctorate at UCLA before deciding to leave the laboratory and pursue her dream career in sportscasting.
[edit] Sports Career
Her sports journey started when she worked at both UPN-13 and FSN in Los Angeles, where she started as a sports assistant.
In 1998, Capuano moved in front of the camera, moving to Bozeman, Montana, to work as the sports director at KCTZ-TV.
She spent some time serving as a play-by-play announcer, color analyst and sideline reporter for the matches between Montana State and the University of Montana in football, volleyball and basketball. She worked for a year as a sports anchor and reporter in Corpus Christi, TX.
[edit] ESPN
In 2000 she landed a position at ESPN. While in Bristol, CT, Capuano spent her time on the anchor desk between ESPNEWS and Sportscenter. She also returned to the sidelines, calling play-by-play for Division I women's college basketball.
