Editing Jimmy Roberts (section)

==Early life and career==
Roberts grew up in [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York.<ref name=":2" /> His father, Ralph, traded securities with the investment firm Moore & Schley in New York.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1994-03-06 |title=WEDDINGS; Sandra Mayer, James Roberts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/06/style/weddings-sandra-mayer-james-roberts.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His mother, Betty, taught first grade at the Ridgeway School in White Plains.<ref name=":3" /> 

While attending [[White Plains High School]], Roberts captained the varsity lacrosse team.<ref name=":0" /> He was also the school's morning announcer and occasionally wrote columns for his high-school newspaper, ''The Orange''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Scott |date=29 July 2024 |title=For NBC's Jimmy Roberts, the Olympics never get old, even at his 20th Games |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/07/29/jimmy-roberts-nbc-paris-olympics/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Donelson |first=Dave |date=2023-07-18 |title=Westchester's Jimmy Roberts to be Honored by Met Golf Writers |url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/jimmy-roberts-met/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Westchester Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Orange {{!}} White Plains High School |url=https://www.theorangewphs.com/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=The Orange {{!}} WPHS |language=en}}</ref>

Roberts went on to study at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]].<ref name=":0" /> During his time at Maryland, Roberts worked at the popular campus hangout R.J. Bentley's, where one of his Emmy Awards is now displayed.<ref name=":0" /> While still at college, he began work at ABC Sports as a production runner, supporting the outside broadcast team as they covered the lacrosse national championship for “Wide World of Sports.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mushnick |first=Phil |date=25 May 2000 |title=JIMMY ROBERTS SIGNS WITH NBC |url=https://nypost.com/2000/05/25/jimmy-roberts-signs-with-nbc/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=[[New York Post]] |language=en-US}}</ref>