The Pro Football Writers of America will honor six award-winning sports writers who covered the NFL during their careers. Visser will have the enterprise news/features award named after her. She has been a pioneering football writer who became the NFL’s first female beat reporter in 1976, covering the Patriots for the Boston Globe. Visser now …
Lesley sits down for a traditional Polish lunch with legendary Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s lifelong friends, and they talk about his early years.
Visser’s career path made her a perfect choice to speak Wednesday at the Our Turn to Play Luncheon at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena. The annual luncheon helps raise money for the school’s women’s student-athlete programs. “Her story is so interesting and impressive. We always want speakers to inspire our female student-athletes, and we just felt …
Lesley Visser introduces a cutting edge technology now available to help athletes improve their fitness.
Things have changed for Lesley Visser and the New England Patriots since the storied reporter began her career. For fans, the Patriots are synonymous with winning. But long before the five Super Bowl wins the Patriots weren’t just bad, they were an embarrassment. Visser, in 1976, was certainly inexperienced, plus she was entering a workforce …