By Tara dos Santos Ann Liguori was only 3 when she decided what her life’s work would be. “I know a lot of people don’t know what they want to do when they’re 3 years old,” says Liguori. “But my earliest recollection is sitting in my highchair watching Ruth Lyons’ variety show [‘The 50-50 Club’], and I just remember this beautiful woman who was interviewing the most fascinating personalities who came into her studio. I was always so curious about learning about people.” Liguori knew then that she would become a television host and interview people, too. That was in the 1960s, when Ruth Lyons’ show was broadcast in Liguori’s hometown of Cincinnati. By the late 1980s, Liguori had become a professional sportscaster—one of a few pioneering women in the male-dominated trade. She soon created her own show, which started with founding her own production company, then knocking on doors …