Leila Rahimi

Leila Rahimi is an American television sports anchor and reporter.

Biography Rahimi was born and raised in Denton, Texas. After high school, she interned with Dallas Mavericks announcers Wally Lynn and Mike Fisher. From 2001 to 2005, she worked as an anchor/reporter with KTCK-AM Sports Radio in Dallas. In 2006,

In January 2021 Rahimi was announced as a partner to long-time WSCR host Dan Bernstein on a new mid-day show dubbed "Bernstein and Rahimi". She has since continued contributing to WSCR, making appearances on the "Bernstein and Holmes Show" (often referred to as "Leila Wednesdays") and occasionally filling in for either of them.

A year after she was laid off from NBC Sports Chicago, Rahimi returned to the NBCUniversal family in November as a part-time sports anchor and reporter for NBC-owned station WMAQ-TV. She is currently rotating her reporting alongside Mike Berman and Jeff Blanzy in the station's weeknight newscasts, and is currently co-hosting with Berman on the weekly sports news program Sports Sunday, replacing their longtime main sports anchor Siafa Lewis, who was hired by the CBS-owned station KYW-TV as the weekday news anchor in the same month. Rahimi was the second female co-host of Sports Sunday, behind Paula Faris.

In the 2023-24 season, Rahimi returned to sideline reporting duties for select Bulls home broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago.

On April 28, 2025 Rahimi was named as its new midday show co-host alongside Marshall Harris following Bernstein's departure.