Marly rivera biography

Puerto Rican journalist

Marly Rivera (born November 14, 1973) is a sportswriter and reporter who formerly worked for ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and was also a contributor to ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes Radio.^[1]

In April 2023, Rivera was fired from the network for getting into an argument with another reporter, Ivón Gaete, calling her a "fucking cunt" at Yankee Stadium following a confrontation. Gaete, a freelance reporter, is the wife of MLB vice president of communications John Blundell.^[2]

Career

Rivera was a general assignment sportswriter and reporter at ESPN Deportes Digital before being named a New York Yankees beat writer. She is the second woman of color to have covered the Yankees as a beat, following in the footsteps of her mentor, Claire Smith.^[3]

Prior to working at ESPN, Rivera was an editorial producer and writer at Major League Baseball Advanced Media and a reporter and editor at Univision Communications. She