Christ Follower. Youth Minister. Journalist. Sports Lover.
Britton Lynn's spent 10 years in sports television working for ESPNU, FOX6 WBRC, FOX Sports Interactive, Big South Network, ESPN3 and Liberty Flames Sports Network , among others. While in television, she found joy coaching soccer with an inner-city sports ministry and discipling students with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life on the side.
In March 2019, she left television to pursue her passion for ministry full-time. Britton's goal is to be a role model for students, teaching them how to grow in their relationship with Christ and helping them understand scripture more clearly. Britton was recently appointed by Bishop Russell Kendrick, IV of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to be on the Commission for Racial Justice and Reconciliation. Britton remains passionate about "speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs 31:8) and is currently pursuing a Masters at Denver Seminary that specializes in Justice and Mission.
Although Britton is passionate about her faith, she is also passionate about sports. Britton has covered everything from the BCS National Championships, the ESPY Awards in LA, NCAA Baseball Super Regionals, Golf SEC Championships, Gymnastics and Cheerleading National Championships, ESPN's 30for30--Pony Exe$$, to working as a news correspondent during the breaking coverage of the April 27th 2011 Tuscaloosa Tornado for Dallas television station Channel 33 to reporting in Africa on the genocide and war against international terrorist, Joseph Kony.
Outside of her work for ESPNU, Britton worked with the University's TideTV and Crimson Tide Sports Network as a reporter and the jumbotron talent during baseball and basketball games. Britton is also passionate about the NFL having worked for both Dallas Cowboys Television’s “Blue Star Media” and the Atlanta Falcons.
In college, Britton wrote for the University of Alabama’s school paper, the Crimson White—the most circulated college newspaper in the nation--and was named the Senior Sports Reporter her junior year. She also freelanced for 'Bama Magazine, the Tuscaloosa News and Sports Spectrum (Christian sports magazine).
After college, Britton was offered a job as the Texas Field Reporter for FOX Sports Interactive in Austin, Texas. While there, she worked primarily interviewing the nation's top recruits, as well as analysts. She also wrote numerous articles that were featured on MSN.com and sideline reported for FOX Sports Southwest's Swimming and Diving State Championships.
During her time at FOX Sports Interactive, Britton broke one of the first interviews on the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal with former Saint, Joe Horn, speaking on his experience with the bounty.
Although her career in sports started as a writer. In college, Britton was promoted to Senior Staff Reporter for the sports section of the University of Alabama's student newspaper, The Crimson White, the most circulated collegiate student-run newspaper in the country. Covering the Crimson Tide’s sports teams developed her love of writing.
Liberty Flames Sports Network was another stop. Where she co-anchored and produced a nationally syndicated sports show "Game On," while also sideline reporting for ESPN3 and the Big South Network covering Liberty University's basketball, baseball and softball teams. During that time, she traveled throughout the country producing, writing and hosting feature stories on athletes and coaches.
Previously, Britton worked for three years as the Traffic Anchor for the #1 Most Watched Morning Show in the state of Alabama, Good Day Alabama. Britton is also the first female sports reporter to be a part of the FOX6 Sports Team. She reported on the Emmy award-winning high school Friday night football show, Sideline, while hosting her "Inside the Huddle Game of the Week" from the field.
Britton contributed features to FOX6's statewide Saturday college football show, Tide and Tigers Today, focusing on long-term investigative sports stories and sports-related human interest stories. In her first year of television, Britton Lynn won an RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award (Region 9-AL,AR,LA,MS) for Best Sports Reporting in the feature Kai's Story then later won a second away for a year-long investigative story on helmet reconditioning and re-certification in the state of Alabama finding that there are no laws in the state of Alabama regulating high school and middle school students’ helmets.
Most recently in television, Britton was the first female Sports Director in the state of Alabama for local television at WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama managing the sports department's employees, content and serving as the main Sports Anchor for all weekly newscasts, as well as covering the University of Alabama, Auburn, SEC Championship Game, among others.
Britton graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama Honors College with a major in Telecommunication Broadcasting minoring in Political Science . While in college, Britton was recognized as one of the top students academically being honored by Blue Key and a number of prestigious honor societies for being in the top 5% of her graduating class of roughly 5,000 students.
While in school, she served as an SEC Correspondent for ESPNU for three years working as a sideline reporter, conducting exclusive player and coach interviews, covering press conferences and reporting for the network's "SEC Weekly" Show.
In March 2019, she left television to pursue her passion for ministry full-time. Britton's goal is to be a role model for students, teaching them how to grow in their relationship with Christ and helping them understand scripture more clearly. Britton was recently appointed by Bishop Russell Kendrick, IV of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to be on the Commission for Racial Justice and Reconciliation. Britton remains passionate about "speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs 31:8) and is currently pursuing a Masters at Denver Seminary that specializes in Justice and Mission.
Although Britton is passionate about her faith, she is also passionate about sports. Britton has covered everything from the BCS National Championships, the ESPY Awards in LA, NCAA Baseball Super Regionals, Golf SEC Championships, Gymnastics and Cheerleading National Championships, ESPN's 30for30--Pony Exe$$, to working as a news correspondent during the breaking coverage of the April 27th 2011 Tuscaloosa Tornado for Dallas television station Channel 33 to reporting in Africa on the genocide and war against international terrorist, Joseph Kony.
Outside of her work for ESPNU, Britton worked with the University's TideTV and Crimson Tide Sports Network as a reporter and the jumbotron talent during baseball and basketball games. Britton is also passionate about the NFL having worked for both Dallas Cowboys Television’s “Blue Star Media” and the Atlanta Falcons.
In college, Britton wrote for the University of Alabama’s school paper, the Crimson White—the most circulated college newspaper in the nation--and was named the Senior Sports Reporter her junior year. She also freelanced for 'Bama Magazine, the Tuscaloosa News and Sports Spectrum (Christian sports magazine).
After college, Britton was offered a job as the Texas Field Reporter for FOX Sports Interactive in Austin, Texas. While there, she worked primarily interviewing the nation's top recruits, as well as analysts. She also wrote numerous articles that were featured on MSN.com and sideline reported for FOX Sports Southwest's Swimming and Diving State Championships.
During her time at FOX Sports Interactive, Britton broke one of the first interviews on the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal with former Saint, Joe Horn, speaking on his experience with the bounty.
Although her career in sports started as a writer. In college, Britton was promoted to Senior Staff Reporter for the sports section of the University of Alabama's student newspaper, The Crimson White, the most circulated collegiate student-run newspaper in the country. Covering the Crimson Tide’s sports teams developed her love of writing.
Liberty Flames Sports Network was another stop. Where she co-anchored and produced a nationally syndicated sports show "Game On," while also sideline reporting for ESPN3 and the Big South Network covering Liberty University's basketball, baseball and softball teams. During that time, she traveled throughout the country producing, writing and hosting feature stories on athletes and coaches.
Previously, Britton worked for three years as the Traffic Anchor for the #1 Most Watched Morning Show in the state of Alabama, Good Day Alabama. Britton is also the first female sports reporter to be a part of the FOX6 Sports Team. She reported on the Emmy award-winning high school Friday night football show, Sideline, while hosting her "Inside the Huddle Game of the Week" from the field.
Britton contributed features to FOX6's statewide Saturday college football show, Tide and Tigers Today, focusing on long-term investigative sports stories and sports-related human interest stories. In her first year of television, Britton Lynn won an RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award (Region 9-AL,AR,LA,MS) for Best Sports Reporting in the feature Kai's Story then later won a second away for a year-long investigative story on helmet reconditioning and re-certification in the state of Alabama finding that there are no laws in the state of Alabama regulating high school and middle school students’ helmets.
Most recently in television, Britton was the first female Sports Director in the state of Alabama for local television at WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama managing the sports department's employees, content and serving as the main Sports Anchor for all weekly newscasts, as well as covering the University of Alabama, Auburn, SEC Championship Game, among others.
Britton graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama Honors College with a major in Telecommunication Broadcasting minoring in Political Science . While in college, Britton was recognized as one of the top students academically being honored by Blue Key and a number of prestigious honor societies for being in the top 5% of her graduating class of roughly 5,000 students.
While in school, she served as an SEC Correspondent for ESPNU for three years working as a sideline reporter, conducting exclusive player and coach interviews, covering press conferences and reporting for the network's "SEC Weekly" Show.
When she's not working in television, Britton enjoys coaching. In Austin, Britton coached two seasons with Major League Baseball’s RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) t-ball team through The Austin Stone's Total City Sports. She also did a little umpiring for t-ball! Once she moved to Birmingham, she got trained as a U12/U14 coach for NorthStar Soccer Club, a faith-based non-profit serving at-risk youth throughout the Birmingham area, and coached the same group of girls for 3.5 years.
Britton and her dog, Rudy, are a registered Pet Partners Therapy team that visits children from abusive situations, as well as foster care programs throughout the city. She did a story on the local nonprofit they partner with, Hand in Paw, in September 2015.
When she's not working or coaching you can find her running, hiking, practicing yoga, trying out new recipes, paddle-boarding, kayaking with her dog, Rudy and visiting her family in Texas.
Britton and her dog, Rudy, are a registered Pet Partners Therapy team that visits children from abusive situations, as well as foster care programs throughout the city. She did a story on the local nonprofit they partner with, Hand in Paw, in September 2015.
When she's not working or coaching you can find her running, hiking, practicing yoga, trying out new recipes, paddle-boarding, kayaking with her dog, Rudy and visiting her family in Texas.