Another local sideline reporter comes to us courtesy of reader Thomas, who sends in the name of one Hazel Mae, a New England Sports Network lead anchor. I think that means she reads a lot of sports on the teleprompter, but don’t hold me to it. Who knew that Red Sox nation had hooked themselves such a fine reporter?

Wikipedia has this on her:

Hazel Mae (b. April 7, 1970, Philippines) is the lead anchor for the New England Sports Network’s SportsDesk news program. Hazel grew up in Toronto and began her sports broadcasting career hosting a sports update show on campus at York University. During the summer of 2007 Hazel was one of the candidates considered first president of Red Sox Nation.

Hazel Mae anchored the morning edition of Sportsnetnews on Rogers Sportsnet, one of Canada’s all-sports networks. In addition to her duties on Sportsnetnews, Mae was the host of JZone, a weekly magazine show dedicated to the world of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays. Mae began her tenure at Rogers Sportsnet providing sports updates to Rogers Sportsnet radio affiliates throughout Ontario.

Mae subsequently moved to Boston, where she is the lead anchor for NESN’s SportsDesk. She has held this position since December of 2004. Mae also serves as host of NESN’s Red Sox week-in-review program, The Ultimate Red Sox Show, and the Boston Bruins top-ten in-season show, The Buzz.