CBS' Amanda Balionis sidestepped golf growing up and is now one of the game's most visible reporters - Sports Broadcast Journal

“No man is going to be criticized to the level a woman would. It doesn’t matter whether I wear pants and a loose-fitting top, I look fat or if I wear a normal looking skirt and top, my intentions are bad, whatever that means. Woman can’t win.”Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. For CBS’ Amanda Balionis, her journey to becoming one of the best interviewers in sports was never a certainty or a slam dunk.Speaking with her recently, I got the sense that Amanda leaned on her athletic instincts and family values to keep herself moving in a business that at times can be downright brutal to achieve at the highest levels. She was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There was really no question about it. Somehow, someway she would be involved in sports. Albeit, a very circuitous one, for sure!Amanda knew early on that watching a legendary reporter like Bonnie Bernstein was exactly what she wanted to do. Like many in the business she had...