she was selected to work on the children's programming show Kidwatch on KRON which led to her interest in journalism. She also pursued and won a recurring singing role on Just Kidding on the same station. Maxie returned to TV in the mid 1990s. She purposefully did not cover track and field until she was established as a general correspondent which allowed her to cover the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA All Star Games, Tour de France, championship boxing and tennis for Fox, CBS, Oxygen Media and NBC. When she did cover track it was in support of Carol Lewis on events she did not cover. Maxie's insightful commentary and intelligent interviewing skills made her look like a shining star. ESPN took notice and Maxie was the first member hired for the morning talk show, "Cold Pizza" in 2003. When talk began of moving the show to Bristol, CT Maxie opted out of her contract and began freelancing for the network and she established her own television production company, LeMax Productions LLC in 2005. LeMax Production's first client was Red Bull energy drink based in Austria. LeMax went on to contract with Madison Square Garden Network, ABC, ESPN amongst others. Maxie has also done work as a motivational speaker. In 2009, Maxie joined NASCAR as Manager of Communications for East Regional Media Outreach. She has written episodes for the NASCAR BET show called Changing Lanes. References External links 1967 births Living people American female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States People from San Mateo County, California American female triple jumpers American female high jumpers Women sports announcers American television sports announcers American television reporters and correspondents USC Sol Price School of Public Policy alumni African-American female track and field athletes Track and field athletes from California American women television journalists 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American women