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THE HUMAN MEDIUM

May 11-13, 2026 | DALLAS, TEXAS

Kristi Scales

Sideline Reporter
Dallas Cowboys

“No one does it better than Kristi Scales on the Cowboys Radio Network. She’s usually miles ahead of the TV network types forced to eat her dust. Number 1 on the gold scale.” --Barry Horn, Dallas Morning News sports media critic*Now entering her 28th NFL season as Sideline Reporter for Dallas Cowboys games on The Dallas Cowboys Radio Network and her 36th season overall as a member of the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. Her first 8 years on the crew, she served as booth producer before moving to Sideline Reporter for the 1999 season.*Winner of the Blackie Sherrod Lifetime Achievement Award for sports journalism & broadcasting. She and 2017 co-winner Charean Williams of Pro Football Weekly (and a fellow Texas Aggie) are the first women to earn the award, becoming only the 6th and 7th honorees. Previous winners include legendary sportswriters and broadcasters Pat Summerall, Dan Jenkins, Frank Luksa, Verne Lundquist, and Brad Sham.*Talent/gameday broadcaster on “The Fan 105.3FM” KRLD-FM in Dallas.*For the past 25 years, she has been a judge for Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader auditions as featured on Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” and previously on CMT’s “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team”.*Author of the book “Americas Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”. *Co-host of Dallas Cowboys’ podcast Girls Talk Boys Talk on DallasCowboys.com.*Writer for The Dallas Morning News’ on-line sports section SportsDay.com with her Cowboys’ postgame column “Sideline Exclusive”.*During a preseason game in 2002, Kristi became the first female to fill the role of analyst in the booth for an NFL radio broadcast.*Has produced three Super Bowl broadcasts as well as international American Bowl broadcasts from London, Toronto, Mexico City & Monterrey. Broadcast from the sideline of the Tokyo Dome for the Cowboys’ American Bowl game in Japan as well as London’s Wembley Stadium for a regular season game in 2014.*Graduated Texas A&M University with a degree in Speech Communication, Magna Cum Laude.