ESPN star Holly Rowe reveals why she dumped 'hot boyfriend' bodybuilder

ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe is among the faces who are seen at marquee WNBA, women’s college basketball and college football games on the network.

The longtime ESPN employee shed some light on her personal life during an appearance at the Little Rock Touchdown Club in Arkansas. She recalled dating a bodybuilder who was a Mr. Switzerland champion and revealed why the relationship didn’t pan out.

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"I had a really hot boyfriend, and he was Mr. Switzerland, bodybuilder," she said. "We dated for four years. And when I say smoking hot … And the reason we broke up was we were at the ESPYs and Pat Summitt had just gotten this award, the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, because she had just been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. And I’m in the audience, and I’m just bawling in the audience, and he asked me, ‘What’s wrong with you? She’s just a coach.’

"And so, we broke up," Rowe continued. "So I just need you to understand I gave up Mr. Switzerland because of Pat Summitt. This is a true story."

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Rowe’s story received chuckles from the crowd.

She didn’t name who the bodybuilder was that she was dating.

She has been with ESPN since 1995 and over the last 30 years has carved out a role for herself as the lead sideline reporter for the network’s coverage of college football and women’s college basketball games.

She has also been a part of the Utah Jazz’s coverage as an analyst. She was the first woman to serve in the role for the Jazz.

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Pro Athletes Navigate Complicated Tax Rules

If you live in one state and work in another, you have to let the IRS know about it when tax time arrives.

If you work in more than one state, that's also something you need to tell the IRS.  And for professional athletes, competing on the road makes figuring out income taxes very complicated.

"Take, [for] example, a professional baseball player.  How many cities does that baseball player play in?  They will owe a tax return, sometimes, in ten to 15 states.  So, it can be a little bit onerous.  For a first-time professional athlete, when they first get their check, it's great, and then they realize, 'I have to pay tax everywhere,'" says tax attorney and Certified Public Accountant Rich Hofmann.

Hofmann says professional athletes need to track where they are when they're working.  But, he says, for most pro athletes who work for an organization, the organization will do the tracking.

Hofmann also says how an athlete's contract is structured could affect where their income tax is paid.  "They might be able to structure some of their compensation as deferred compensation. There may be some things they can do in terms of  signing bonuses and residency when that bonus is realized.  So, there's some really cool things you can do, but, again, it really depends on the player and the facts and circumstances."

Hofmann says pro athletes should get an agent who knows what's going on and has access to tax expertise.

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