Michele Tafoya, who joined “Sunday Night Football” as a sideline reporter in 2011, will no longer be a part of NBC’s broadcast crew, as Super Bowl 56 was the final game she called for the network.
A longtime mainstay in sports media, Tafoya’s next endeavor is in a different realm, ushering in the next chapter of her career.
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What happened to Michele Tafoya?
Following the Super Bowl in February, Tafoya revealed to The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch that she was leaving the sports world to enter the political arena, where she would serve as co-chair of the political campaign for Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls.
Within the interview, Tafoya offered this explanation of her decision:
Tafoya, a native of California, spent some of the early years of her broadcasting career covering sports in the Minneapolis area, where she now resides with her family, explaining the connection to one of Minnesota’s gubernatorial candidates.
Three months after Tafoya announced she would be joining as the co-chair of Qualls’ campaign, his candidacy came to an end.
While no longer in sports, Tafoya still finds her way to the airwaves with television appearances on talk shows to discuss American politics and culture.
Tafoya also hosts the “Sideline Sanity Podcast,” in which she aims to provide a “serious dose of sanity” during “insane times in our world.”
Tafoya remains active on Twitter, where she shares many of her views, footage of television appearances and podcast episodes.
