{{Short description|American sports journalist (born 1982)}} {{Infobox person | name = Abby Chin | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Abigail Chin | birth_date = {{Birth year|1982}} | birth_place = United States | occupation = Sports journalist, television reporter | years_active = 2000s–present | employer = NBC Sports Boston | known_for = Boston Celtics courtside reporter and host | education = University of Colorado Boulder | spouse = Mike Schmidt | children = 2 }} '''Abby Chin''' (born 1982) is an American sports journalist.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author1=Bill Doyle |title=Pregnancy has been very smooth' for Celtics courtside reporter Abby Chin |url=https://eu.telegram.com/story/opinion/columns/2015/11/19/bill-doyle-pregnancy-has-been/32978880007/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=Telegram & Gazette |date=19 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Chad Finn |title=NBC Sports Boston should do whatever it takes to bring back Abby Chin |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/08/sports/nbc-sports-boston-should-do-whatever-it-takes-bring-back-abby-chin/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=Boston Globe |date=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |author1=Justin Quinn |title=NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin to return to cover Celtics in '20-'21 |url=https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/14/nba-boston-celtics-abby-back/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |work=CelticsWire |publisher=USA Today |date=14 December 2020}}</ref> She is a Boston Celtics basketball pregame and postgame reporter, as well as a court-side reporter. Chin also has covered major events for national networks, including the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on NBC and NBA Summer League on NBA TV.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=What's Her Story featuring Abby Chin |url=https://www.mclane.com/event/whats-her-story-featuring-abby-chin/ |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=McLane Middleton |language=en-US}}</ref> She actively fights for gender and ethnicity inclusion in sports and identifies as Asian American.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cifarelli |first=David |date=2024-05-09 |title=Abby Chin works to inspire women, diverse people to join sports media |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/05/abby-chin-works-to-inspire-women-diverse-people-to-join-sports-media.html |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=masslive |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Chin grew up in Denver, Colorado and studied broadcasting at the University of Colorado Boulder.<ref name=":0" /> Following graduation in 2003, she worked as a production assistant at ESPN and later interned in Colorado sports radio and television.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == For a time, Chin worked for local television stations in Alabama and then CSN Northwest in Portland, Oregon.<ref name=":0" /> In January 2013, she began working as the Celtics court-side reporter, replacing Greg Dickerson.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abby Chin (Jour) {{!}} College of Communication, Media, Design and Information {{!}} University of Colorado Boulder |url=https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/abby-chin-jour |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=www.colorado.edu |language=en}}</ref> At the end of the 2019-20 season, Chin was laid off from her role as sideline reporter, igniting an online petition with over 1600 signatures to re-hire her.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-07 |title=Celtics reporters Abby Chin, A. Sherrod Blakely will stay at NBC through end of the season |url=https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2020/08/celtics-reporters-abby-chin-a-sherrod-blakeley-will-stay-through-end-of-celtics-season-at-nbc-sports-boston-after-layoffs.html |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=masslive |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, she returned to Celtics media in a new role as play-by-play announcer.<ref name=":1" />
In March 2025, Chin was joined by sportswriter Jackie MacMullan and Connecticut Sun player Diamond DeShields for the second-ever all-female Celtics telecast in celebration of Women's History Month.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-17 |title=NBC Sports Boston to feature all-female broadcast for Celtics-Nets celebrating Women's History Month |url=https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nba/boston-celtics/all-female-broadcast-celtics-nets-nbc-sports/696581/ |access-date=2026-01-03 |work=NBC Sports Boston |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == She is married to Mike Schmidt, a software engineer, and has two children, Mabel and Silas.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Kemi">{{cite web |title=Abby Chin age, net worth, wiki, family, biography and latest updates |url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/breaking-news/abby-chin-age-net-worth-wiki-family-biography-and-latest-updates |website=Kemi Filani News |date=12 October 2022 |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
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