Elle Duncan is an ESPN sportscaster who began her journalism career on the live syndicated sports radio show 2 Stews. Duncan reported on traffic as part of Ryan Cameron’s team on V-103 before becoming a sports reporter on the show Frank and Wanda.
In 2014, she joined NESN in Boston as a reporter and host. She also worked for the Red Sox as a sideline reporter and anchored coverage of Super Bowl XLIX. In April 2016, Duncan joined ESPN as a host for SportsCenter.
This article will look at Elle’s husband, her parents, and their experience with racism.
Elle and her husband Omar Ali have a daughter, Eva, and hope to have a son in December.
Elle and her husband Omar Ali got married in July 2016. The couple welcomed their first daughter, Eva, two years later. The happy parents named Eva after Elle’s grandmother, who passed away in May 2020. On May 16, Elle posted a series of photos to Instagram and dedicated the following message to her grandmother:
“The most amazing grandma in the world earned her wings today… I will miss her laugh and her energy, calling out 12 names before she came up with the right one: her root beer sodas, her grilled cheese sandwiches. I will miss going to Denver and heading straight to her house. Our family’s base of operations. Now he is with my grandfather who passed away 3 months ago…”
Elle and Omar celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in June 2020, and Elle shared via Instagram that they are expecting a baby in December 2020. She posted several Instagram photos and videos, adding the caption:
“A lot has changed, but one fact remains: we are incredibly ratchets! Oh… and I still love you Oh! More life and more babies on the way! #baby #dec2020”
Elle’s father, Clark, made great sacrifices to support his daughters’ dreams and careers.
Elle’s parents, Clark and Toni, met during high school and began dating. After dating for a while, they got married and have been married for the past forty-four years. Elle posted an Instagram photo celebrating her parents’ marriage and added the caption:
“Happy 44th Anniversary to a true example of commitment to love, fellowship and enduring fire! Kelli and I were lucky to be your children…mainly because of those fire genes you passed down to us!
Clark was very involved in his daughters’ lives when they were growing up. He was a constant source of support and guidance during Kelli and Elle’s softball games. Clark also made sacrifices to ensure that his daughters achieve their dreams and succeed in their careers. On June 21, Elle shared photos of her father on Instagram and praised him in the caption:
“Happy Father’s Day to my dad Clark. The kind of dad who would walk around with pictures of me in his briefcase in case someone mentioned a boy and he could talk to proud daddy…or drop everything to be there for us…or cross over so that the daughter of he could chase us. a dream…”
Elle quit her job at Boston-based NESN due to the racism she experienced in the city.
On June 12, 2020, Elle revealed via Twitter that he left NESN in Boston because of hate and racism she and her husband clashed in the city. Several days later, she appeared in the Dale and Keefe Program to talk about his time in Boston. He revealed that friends of his had warned him about rampant racism in Boston, but he decided to move there anyway.
Elle reasoned that the entire town couldn’t have been racist, but she and her husband began to experience racism early on. She described an experience at a restaurant where customers made it clear that Elle and Omar were not welcome. “I can vividly remember, looking back as we were leaving the restaurant, the entire restaurant was looking at us as we were leaving,” she said.
Elle described more racist incidents she experienced and then questioned people who claim the victims are lying. She said:
“No one wants to be accused of being in a city full of racists… But what I would say to them is, how can we all be lying? How can Adam Jones and [fellow ESPN personality] Mike Wilbon, Torii Hunter, myself, and the countless African Americans who have said they have experienced this problem in Boston, how can we all be wrong?
NESN wanted to extend Elle’s contract for another year after it ended in April 2016, but Elle insisted that the only way she would stay with the network would be if she moved to another city. She had made friends at NESN and enjoyed the work environment, but she couldn’t live in Boston. She added:
“It was painful. I hate reliving this. Honestly, it was a terrible time for me and my husband. It sucked.”
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