The American sports television personality Jenny Taft has been reported to leave the well-known Fox Sports 1 show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. Jenny Taft is an American Sports television personality born September 5th, 1987 (Aged 35) who is known for working as a moderator on the show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed from the year 2018 until the start of 2022.
She succeeded the previous moderator Joy Taylor, an American sports personality and a host on Fox Sports. The show is hosted by Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe. She completed her degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 2010.
She is the daughter of a professional ice-hockey defenseman, John Taft making sports a point of interest at her home from a very young age. The show is an entertainment talk show with various guests and invitees from the world of athletics to talk, discuss and present their opinions on the current occurrences in the sports world. The show has been appreciated for its candidness and spontaneous nature and the focused discussion with no interruptions. The audience can achieve a greater insight from experts and the hosts also being very experienced in sports.
She began with broadcasting as her line of career in 2011 when she joined Fox Sports North as a sideline reporter. A sideline reporter is someone who provides the audience with real-time-to-time commentary about the game that is being played at the moment.
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Jenny Taft began her hosting career in Fox Sports 1 by reporting a Supercross event as a track reporter in the year 2013. This marked her debut event at FS1. She started reporting for college football in the year 2014 and was updated as the lead football sideline reporter in the year 2017.
She reported alongside the famous Gus Johnson, who is a commendable play-by-play commentator, and also an experienced analyst Joel Klatt. Despite taking on various new responsibilities in the year 2018, she continued to stay a sideline reporter for college football, as she considered this as something she found interesting and enthusiastic.
She was also the reporter for U.S National Soccer Team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup held in the year 2015. She didn’t stop only at covering football events as she expanded her expertise at Fox Sports by covering National Football League, Major League Baseball, and also Westminister Kennel Club Dog Show.
She also served as a fill-in reporter for many other Fox Sports 1 shows and was appreciated for her expertise and dedication to her work. In 2020 she was the lead reporter for the XFL games and continued to work as a sideline reporter for college football too. Before leaving Undisputed in 2022, she signed an extension contract with Fox Sports. Taft is married to Matt Gilroy, and the couple welcomed their firstborn in March 2022.
Why did Jenny Taft leave Undisputed?
The news of Taft leaving Undisputed was nothing less than a shocker for the religious audiences of the show. Before her exit from the show, she had signed an extension with Fox Sports prior to leaving for maternity leave.
Taft has always been known for being open about her opinions and has a strong way of presenting them without any fear. On many occasions, she has been at complex par with the hosts of the show due to differences in the opinions of the duo with the former.
In August 2021, she was involved in a heated debate with the Undisputed host Skip Bayless who criticized the appearance of Mike McCarthy. McCarthy is an American Football coach and currently is the head coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
Bayless unappreciative talked about McCarthy’s appearance, comparing it with his efficiency as a coach, which seemed to be highly unacceptable by Taft. She openly called out Bayless over his statements by saying, “Criticizing his appearance?
I don’t know if that is a fair shot for McCarthy.” Bayless was then seen defending his statement, which only added to the argument. It is not clear whether this is the reason behind Taft leaving Undisputed or whether there is something yet to be talked about. Taft has been succeeded by Jennifer Hale as of 2022.
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