- First and Only Woman Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame
- First Woman Assigned to Legendary Series Monday Night Football
- First Woman Assigned to a Super Bowl Sideline
- First and Only Woman to Handle a Super Bowl Trophy Presentation
- First Woman Sportscaster to Carry the Olympic Torch
- Only Sportscaster, Male or Female, to Have Worked on the Network Broadcast of the Final Four, The Super Bowl, The World Series, The NBA Finals, The Triple Crown, The Olympics, The US Open and the World Figure Skating Championship
- Named one of the Ten Pioneers of Women's Sports by USA Today
- Named one of the 100 Luminaries in the History of CBS
- Voted the No. 1 Female Sportscaster of All-Time