AJ Ross joined CBS Sports in 2018. She serves as a sideline reporter for the NFL ON CBS and the Network’s college basketball coverage, including the NCAA Tournament. She is also a host on CBS Sports' all-women studio show, WE NEED TO TALK.

Ross previously served as a sideline reporter for the HBCU All-Star Game and host of BEYOND LIMITS.

Prior to joining CBS Sports, she served as a news reporter with WABC in New York where she reported breaking news and human-interest stories across the Tri-State area and beyond. Ross first appeared on camera as an anchor and multi-media journalist for WMBF News in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

She continued her television career at WSYX in Columbus, Ohio as both a news anchor and reporter before moving on to WTAE in her hometown of Pittsburgh, then to WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio as a news reporter.

Ross received a degree in broadcast journalism from Howard University where she graduated magna cum laude. Ross is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and served as the director of Region IV from 2011 to 2013, and a member of Alpha Chapter Delta Sigma Theta.