Alex Flanagan is an American sports journalist, who is a graduate of the University of Arizona.

As of February 2008, she is a reporter for the NFL Network. As reporter, it is her job to break news during the day on NFL Network Now which is an update segment. Flanagan came to NFL Network in early 2006 after spending five years at ESPN. At ESPN, she worked as sideline reporter for college football and was also reported on programs such as SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight. Alex (as Alex Wystrach) was also a TV anchor for one of Alabama's most reputable TV stations, WSFA Channel 12, in Montgomery before her career at ESPN. She got her start in Minneapolis as a reporter and weekend weather gal.

In 2007, Alex was the sideline reporter for the Notre Dame home football games on NBC. She returned for the 2008 season.

Flanagan was a host for NBC Sports coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics on CNBC and USA.

On February 1, 2009, Flanagan served as a sideline reporter with Andrea Kremer on NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XLIII. She attended in high school at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona. According to a post on this group, she is 6' 1". She was 33 years old as of a January 29, 2006 article.

Alex is a native of Sonoita, Arizona. She is married to Kevin Flanagan, a former University of Arizona basketball player from 1991-1994. They have two daughters named Addison and Grace and a son named Declan.

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Alex Flanagan Wikipedia Page
She's not one to sit on sidelines (01/29/06)
Late-night Olympics role suits UA grad (08/18/08)