Amanda Balionis makes shocking golf admission after accepting new job

Amanda Balionis has amassed thousands of fans for her sports broadcasting across both golf and the NFL , and her recent statement confirmed where her focus will lie for the next few months .

In a wide-ranging interview from earlier this year, the broadcaster discussed the differences in working on the NFL compared to the PGA Tour .

She discussed her love of both sports, and gave quite an eloquent answer about which sport she prefers to cover for work .

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Speaking to The Golfer's Journal, she said: "I would say I'm inherently more of a football fan. Some of my youngest memories are football, it was the first sport I fell in love with.

"I'm very happy to sit on the couch all weekend and never move. But I would say I love covering golf... I wasn't a huge fan of watching golf growing up, so I learned to love this sport in a very different way.

"It ended up being a part of my life I could never imagine not having. I've totally fallen in love with it and the stories that we can tell."

Balionis will go back to her roots and cover the NFL on CBS for the next couple of months as the season gets underway, with fans buzzing to have the football back on their TV each week.

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