Karley and Chloe Marotta jump at chances to call basketball games together
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The chemistry between sports broadcasting duos can be hard to explain, but viewers know it when they tune in.
Karley and Chloe Marotta don’t have to worry about working on their back-and-forth rapport whenever the sisters put on the headsets, because they have been preparing for it since they were kids and filming themselves doing homemade newscasts.
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In the past year, the Marottas have gotten to broadcast together professionally a handful of times, including a few Marquette women’s hoops games and the WIAA girls state basketball tournament.
“When we were little, we would do this all the time,” Karley said before the sisters called the Golden Eagles’ hard-fought loss to No. 17 Minnesota on Nov. 7.
“Do fake TV. Chloe was really not paying attention but I would be like in it, and I tried to get her to commentate here and there. And she would. We have the cutest videos of it when we were younger. I feel like it’s pretty natural.”
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Karley Marotta is Milwaukee’s first female TV sports director and Chloe was standout Marquette player
Karley, 31, and Chloe, 26, have grown into perfect roles that complement each other on broadcasts.
Karley was hired by WTMJ in October 2025, making her the first female TV sports director in the city’s history. Chloe was one of the best players in MU women’s history, playing five seasons from 2018-2023.
“In the game, it's so nice to bounce off of each other,” Chloe said. “And I think she knows that I like to talk a lot.
“So she kind of like backs up for a second. And then I know that she wants to go somewhere sometimes, you find it where you talk over each other, and you got to have like multiple games together in order to fix that. But for us, I feel like that's been a little easier.”
After MU, Chloe played one season in Hungary’s professional league. But she came back home looking to get into something else. She stayed in basketball by coaching with the AAU team that she started with her brother, Cam, and then made the leap into the broadcasting side.
Chloe got tips from Big East senior associate commissioner for broadcasting Scott Hecht, and some mentorship from broadcasters like Meghan McKeown and Kim Adams.
“So I just kind of got into it,” Chloe said. “And then they trusted me and the Big East has been the best, honestly, just supporting me.”
Karley also gave her a nudge.
“I knew she’d be perfect at it and she’s so good at it,” Karley said. “It’s so cool to see her career be on the rise.”
It is a little strange for Chloe to be calling MU games as a prominent former player.
“Every time I come in here, I'm like, I can't believe I'm wearing heels and a pink top instead of my basketball jersey,” Chloe said.
“I really kind of enjoy this side of it, though. And get to kind of see what the new culture is like and the new system that Coach [Cara] Consuegra has put in.”
Sisters try to do games together when they can
Chloe is usually paired with Bob Brainard on MU games. Karley needs to juggle her own demanding job, and also had a son last year, but every chance to work with Chloe is too much to pass up.
“Sometimes I'm like, ‘Oh my God, I need like a weekend off,’ ” Karley said. “And it's been so busy, but it's like more fun than anything, especially to do it with her.
“And I love this. It feels so natural for me. Because I love basketball, too. So this is one of my favorite things to do. I never pass it up, though I could use a big nap.”
The feeling of sharing a broadcast is still the same as the first one they did last season when MU played Wisconsin.
“It was so funny because we were doing the opening, and it was a pre-record opening, and Karly looked at me and all of a sudden she was tearing up,” Chloe said.
Karley then jumped in seamlessly from her broadcasting partner, like they were calling a fast-paced hoops game.
“It happens to me every time,” Karley said. “I almost teared up today but I was like ‘Get over it.'
“Seriously, I think it's so cool.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Karley and Chloe Marotta jump at chances to call basketball games together