Adrian Kennedy Karsten (March 13, 1960 – September 2, 2005) was an American sports reporter, best known for his work as a college football sideline reporter for ESPN.

[3] ESPN hired Karsten as a production assistant in 1983 and he began reporting in 1991.

[4] Karsten was known in the cycling community for his 'side-line' style reporting while anchoring during ESPN's broadcasts of the Tour de France.

[1] In July 2005, Karsten pleaded guilty to not reporting $607,000 that he made between 1999 and 2002 for his work at ESPN.

He committed suicide, by hanging himself in his garage in Green Lake, Wisconsin, just before he was scheduled to report to prison.