Lydia Stephans

Lydia Murphy-Stephans (born October 19, 1960) is an American speed skater, television producer, sports media pioneer, and CEO of SportsBubble. She competed in the women's 1000 metres at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Following a short international career in speed skating, Murphy-Stephans worked for several television networks, including ABC Sports, and has gone on to win multiple Emmy Awards. She was the first woman to run a national sporting network in the United States.

Biography Murphy-Stephans was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1960. In 1976, Murphy-Stephans won the junior National Short Track Championship title. At the 1985 Winter Universiade, she also won two silver medals. Following the Olympics, Murphy-Stephans served as the national short track coach at the US Olympic Education Center. While at ABC, she was in charge of their show Wide World of Sports. By the end of the 1990s, Murphy-Stephans had moved to the television network Oxygen, in the role of President and Executive Producer.

In 2022, Murphy-Stephans founded SportsBubble, an internet-based company that provides software, marketing and services.