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“I still have a postgame interview! You can’t make me cry right now,” Cassidy Hubbarth said with a wobbly smile, brushing back emotion as the ESPN broadcast team sent her off with heartfelt praise. After 15 years at the network, the Chicago native closed a major chapter in her career during the Miami HeatChicago Bulls play-in game.

From Mike Breen calling her “kind and caring,” to Doris Burke calling her “a star among stars,” the tributes weren’t just about her on-air presence—they were about who she is off-camera, too. She joined ESPN just a few years after college and grew into one of the most trusted sideline voices during the NBA’s 2010s boom. Now she’s heading to Amazon, ready for the next era. But while her career’s been in the spotlight, her personal life? That’s a whole different story. So, for now, let’s take our time and explore her personal life and know about Cassidy Hubbarth’s life away from the cameras.

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Is Cassidy Hubbarth married?

Cassidy Hubbarth has always played her cards close to her chest. People have seen her on ESPN for years, sharp, confident, and fully in her element. But ask anyone about her personal life, and most will just shrug. Mmm.. it’s because she’s one of those rare public figures who managed to keep work and home life separate, and honestly, it’s kind of impressive.

But, everything has a time, right? Back in 2015, a tweet changed everything. A fan tweeted at her, probably half-joking, asking about her relationship status. Cassidy casually replied that she was married. Just like that. No big announcement, no press release, just a tweet. For many, it was the first time they’d even heard she had a husband. No one knew who he was, when they got married, or how long they’d been together.

On the other hand, three years later, she disappeared from TV for a while. Viewers noticed. Rumors started. Where did she go? Was she working behind the scenes? Was she sick? Then in 2018, she posted on Instagram that she had just had a baby. A daughter. Once again, no buildup, no media circus. She’d gone through the entire pregnancy privately. Not even her fans saw it coming.

She later opened up about why. “I hid my pregnancy,” she said, “because I thought people cared. And no one cared.” That line stuck. It wasn’t sad, it was just honest. She also added, “It only made it more stressful. It was just something that I could control when the most uncontrollable thing was about to happen.” She’d spent so many years in a field that demands constant presence, constant visibility. She was scared that slowing down, even for a moment, would cost her everything she’d built. That hits hard.

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Since becoming a mom, she’s spoken more about the chaos of balancing it all. She doesn’t sugarcoat it. Working parenthood is messy, and she admits that. But she also says she’s got a “pretty good life,” and she means it.

Still, her husband remains a mystery. No photos. No names. No public appearances. It’s as if she drew a line and never once crossed it. Honestly, let’s respect that. In a world where people overshare constantly, she chose quiet. So yes, Cassidy Hubbarth is married. She has a daughter. But beyond that? The details stay hers—and hers alone. And looks like that’s good for her. Well, you know, sometimes it’s actually good to look again at the same thing; maybe we’ll find an answer. So, here we go again in search of her husband’s details.

Has Cassidy Hubbarth revealed who her husband is?

Unfortunately, we’ve still got the same answer—Cassidy Hubbarth has never revealed who her husband is. That might sound wild considering she’s been in the public eye for years, but somehow, she’s pulled it off.

You’d think the birth of a child might open the door to more sharing, but nope. Cassidy kept her pregnancy completely off the radar. But once she admitted, “It was really hard for me, too. After having my daughter, my life completely changed, and my priorities changed, and your time changes.”

For her, it wasn’t just about hiding the pregnancy—it was about the pressure to keep performing. She said, “There are a lot of times when I have to get myself out of a funk if I’m comparing myself to what I could’ve done if I wasn’t basking in cookies for the bake sale tomorrow.” That sentence alone says a lot about the constant push-pull she feels between motherhood and her career.

She doesn’t pretend it’s easy. She knows the balance and the responsibilities that come with it. And so far, she’s nailed it. Well, it’s not just the emotional load—it’s physical, too. She’s open about how her body changed after giving birth. “I had a C-section, which is something I don’t think enough people talk about. It changes your body. Some people have an ability to go right back, but I have not.”

The Chicago native admits she still holds onto clothes that don’t fit anymore. “Do I still have my favorite pants from high school in the hopes that I can one day be that size again? Yes.” But she’s starting to accept the shift, leaning more into comfort and practicality.

Her approach to fashion is all about real life now. “I’m leaning into more comfortable clothes and being able to be stylishly comfortable since I’m on-air, and then having to run and pick up my daughter and take her to the park.” So yeah— her life is still a total mystery. No name. No face. No public moments. However, we don’t know his name, but we still have something very interesting about their relationship.

When and where did Cassidy Hubbarth meet her husband?

Cassidy Hubbarth has never publicly confirmed when or where she met her husband. But, some reports speculate it may have been during her time working at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. It’s because she attended Northwestern and started building her career there. “I went to Northwestern, which is actually in the town that I grew up in—Evanston, Illinois,” she said. The school was known for its journalism program, and Cassidy took full advantage of that. But again—she’s never said it outright.

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What we do know is they’ve been together for many years. Long before ESPN, long before the sideline lights and NBA coverage, she was grinding it out in Chicago. Cassidy once said, “My husband and I have been together for a long time, and I think before we decided to have kids… I always knew that once we were gonna have a family, I would end up just not being the same person I always knew.”

It’s clear their relationship wasn’t something that came with fame. The way she talks about that time in her life—the early jobs, the hustle—paints a picture of someone who was focused, driven, and deeply rooted in her hometown.

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If she did meet her husband during that stretch of her life, it means he’s been with her through all of it. The late nights. The career jumps. The uncertainty that comes with trying to break into sports media.

But even with all this context, she never shared the first-meeting moment shared in an interview. So while the Kellogg rumor makes sense, Cassidy Hubbarth has never confirmed when or where they met. The timeline suggests it was early, long before she became a household name. And she’s kept that part of her life, like much else, entirely her own.

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