Maddy Glab is a renowned journalist specializing in multi-media coverage of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. Since 2019, she has been a part of the Bills and has earned a reputation as a dependable source of sports news and information.
Maddy Glab’s Early Life
Maddy, a 31-year-old (as of 2023) sports journalist, was born on May 28, 1992 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Coming from a family of athletes and reporters, she is the eldest of three children born to Sandy Glab, a former teacher and coach, and an unnamed father.
Her siblings include Wesley and Terra Glab, alongside several cousins, aunts, and uncles. Growing up, Maddy was an avid sports fan and was particularly drawn to football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball.
Inspired by the likes of Des Lynam and Helen Rollason who were making waves in the industry as female sports journalists, Maddy made the decision to go into the field of sports journalism and went on to pursue her studies at the University of Missouri, majoring in broadcast journalism.
During college, she was a radio presenter for KCOUFM, a student-run station. Additionally, she gained experience by doing internships at ESPN Radio Chicago, WGN-TV Chicago, Fox Sports Midwest, and KOMU-TV Columbia. Upon graduating with honors in 2014, she was hired as a sports reporter and anchor for KLBK-TV Lubbock in Texas.
Career
In 2015, Maddy Glab relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, taking up a position as a sideline reporter and multimedia producer for the University of Tennessee Athletic team.
She was responsible for covering a number of sports, including football, basketball, volleyball, and softball, for both the university’s official radio station and the SEC Network. Additionally, Maddy hosted segments, conducted interviews, wrote feature stories and developed content for social media.
In 2019, Maddy Glab made a move to the city of Buffalo, New York to take on the role of team reporter for the Buffalo Bills. She serves as the correspondent for the Bills and Sabres, contributing to their website and social media.
Additionally, she presents shows and podcasts like Bills Tonight, One Bills Live, Sabres Soundbites, The Instigators Overtime, The Breakdown with Eric Wood, Tasker’s Teammate with Steve Tasker, and Coffee with the Coach with Sean McDermott.
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Buffalo Bills reporter, Maddy Glab, was caught on a hot mic making negative remarks about one of the team’s most popular players, Stefon Diggs. She subsequently issued an apology prior to the press conference which Diggs was due to attend.
At the press conference, according to news sources, Glab was hanging around for the players to appear when a reporter made a joke and suggested she go interview Diggs. A live stream of the press conference picked up her voice and she was heard saying,
“There’s no control over Stefon Diggs. The dude’s gonna do what he wants to do. He’ll look in my face and say ‘F you,’…that’s how he treats everybody.”
Glab’s comments in the video spread quickly across social media, resulting in a great deal of criticism from her supporters and detractors. Subsequently, Glab gave an apology for what was formerly known as Twitter.
She stated that she had not intended to cause any harm and held Diggs in high esteem both as a player and as an individual.
She then went on to clarify that she was just being facetious and that Diggs had an amusing rapport with the press. She confessed she should not have said what she did and that she was incorrect.
Personal Life
Maddy Glab and Steve Crawford began their relationship after being introduced to each other by a common acquaintance, Caroline, who was Maddy’s roommate when she was employed at Stanford University right after finishing college.
Caroline organized for Glab to meet Steve when she migrated to Buffalo to work for the Bills. Steve was living in San Francisco and employed by Uber at the time. Since he had been born and raised in Buffalo, he was a major supporter of the Bills.
Maddy and Steve clicked right away and began a long-distance relationship. They often traveled between Buffalo and San Francisco to see each other, until Steve eventually chose to relocate to his home city in order to be with Glab.
On the 26th of June 2021, they tied the knot in a special service at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo. Following the ceremony, they celebrated with their nearest and dearest at the Hotel Henry for a cozy reception.
Maddy Glab’s Net Worth
Maddy Glab has not publicly disclosed the exact amount of her net worth or salary. Nonetheless, based on certain online sources, her assumed net worth is approximately $500 thousand as of 2023. Her primary source of income is her job as a sports journalist for the Buffalo Bills.
