Joe Buck, an American sportscaster for ESPN, resides in Ladue, Missouri, with his former Bronco cheerleader wife Michelle Beisner.
He was previously married to Ann Archambault, but their relationship didn’t last long, and they eventually divorced in 2011.
Highlights
- Joe Buck and Michelle Beisner married on April 14, 2014, and have twin sons, Wyat Joseph and Blake Andrew, born in April 2018.
- He previously married Ann Archambault on January 23, 1993, and they have two daughters, Trudy and Natalie.
- Joe and Ann divorced in 2011, and her Instagram account suggests she is in a new relationship.
Joseph Francis Buck began his broadcasting career as an undergraduate at Indiana University Bloomington in 1989.
He called play-by-play for the Cardinals minor league, Louisville Redbirds, and reported ESPN’s coverage of the Triple-A All-Star Game.
Later, he joined Fox Sports in 1994 and, at 25, became the youngest man ever to announce NFL regular slate games on network television.
In 1996, he was named play-by-play voice for Major League Baseball alongside Tim McCarver, who has worked alongside his father.
Moreover, HBO Sports signed him to host a sports-based talk show, Joe Buck Live, on February 5, 2009.
Joe has called 21 All-Star Games and 23 World Series for Fox Sports till 2021. However, his 20-season tenure as Fox’s lead NFL broadcast team ended in 2022.
ESPN announced that it would sign him a multi-year deal with the network on March 16, 2022, and he made his on-air debut during the 2022 PGA Championship in May 2022.
Joe Buck Married Cheerleader Michelle Beisner In 2014
Since marriage, Joe Buck and Michelle Beisner have built a solid and happy life together. They first met in late 2012, and their dating rumors started in the 2013 Super Bowl.
Michelle’s then-NFL Network colleague, Rich Eisen, introduced them. Rich called her and explained that someone in his booth wanted her phone number.
Michelle had a boyfriend at the time, but she was also curious about the mystery person. Later, Joe texted her, “Still live with that boyfriend of yours? Well, that’s dumb.”
From his National Car Rental commercial, she had assumed Joe was smug and arrogant. However, her initial impression of him was wrong, and she admitted he was the opposite.
She ended things with her then-boyfriend and began dating Joe. He got tattoos to impress her, as she had commented that she loved men with tattoos.
The lovebirds married on April 14, 2014, and welcomed twin sons Wyat Joseph and Blake Andrew, born in April 2018, a day after Joe’s 49th birthday.
48-year-old Michelle is a former NFL cheerleader who works as an ESPN reporter, featuring Monday Night Football and Monday Night Countdown reports.
Likewise, she worked for ABC, Fox Sports Net, NBC, Comcast, and CBS.
Previously, she was a pit reporter for the Champ Car World Series on ESPN and also worked as a feature/field reporter for The Best Damn Sports Show.
Similarly, she hosted The Turbo Tour on the Speed Channel, Grand Prix of Denver, and The Vista on Altitude Network.
Michelle had 15 years of dance training and served four years as a squad captain of the Denver Broncos cheerleaders.
She has starred in feature films such as Throttle, Any Given Sunday, and Alice and Wasteland.
Joe Buck’s Previous Marriage With Ann Archambault
Joe Buck and Ann Archambault had known each other from middle school and had an on-and-off relationship before marriage.
He memorably proposed to her during a live radio broadcast. He invited her to the KMOX postgame show at Mike Shannon’s Streaks and Seafood in St.Louis.
The love birds married on January 23, 1993, in a small, intimate ceremony before close friends and family. Later, they welcomed two daughters, Trudy and Natalie.
The married couple had built a solid family despite their busy lives and the sportscaster’s demanding career.
However, after nearly two decades of happy marriage, they divorced in 2011. They remained friends and focused on co-parenting their two daughters.
55-year-old Ann Carolyn Archambault preferred a private life after her divorce from Joe in St. Louis.
Her Instagram account proves that she is also in her new relationship.
The daughter of Thomas and Jackie Archambault, Ann attended Spring Woods High School and graduated from the University of Mississippi. She is of Caucasian ethnic background.
Additional Information
- Joe Buck, the son of Jack Buck and Carole Lintzenich, was born on April 25, 1969, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- He claimed to have developed a virus on the nerves of his left vocal fold after broadcasting Super Bowl XLV, but it was caused by anesthesia used during multiple hair transplants.
- He quit Twitter in June 2015 to avoid engaging negative people and allowing criticism to affect his job.
- His net worth is estimated at $35 million as of 2024.