Abby Chin
Abby Chin is an American sports journalist. 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. She actively fights for gender and ethnicity inclusion in sports and identifies as Asian American.
Early life and education
Chin grew up in Denver, Colorado and studied broadcasting at the University of Colorado Boulder. Following graduation in 2003, she worked as a production assistant at ESPN and later interned in Colorado sports radio and television.Career
For a time, Chin worked for local television stations in Alabama and then CSN Northwest in Portland, Oregon. In January 2013, she began working as the Celtics court-side reporter, replacing Greg Dickerson. 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. In 2020, she returned to Celtics media in a new role as play-by-play announcer.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.