In a surprise move, NBC taps Melissa Stark to replace Michele Tafoya as sideline reporter on Sunday Night Football

New York Post

Stark, currently at the NFL Network, was the sideline reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football from 2000 to 2003, before becoming a correspondent for the Today show. Stark's hiring is surprising because Kathryn Tappen, who worked NBC's Super Bowl LVI in February opposite Tafoya, was considered a shoe-in for the job.