Kim Jones (reporter)

Kimberly Alicia Jones (born September 7, 1969) is a New York City-based sports reporter. From 2005 to 2011, she was the clubhouse reporter for New York Yankees games on the YES Network. She currently works for the NFL Network and WFAN radio in New York City. Jones has been a resident of Saddle Brook, New Jersey, since she started covering the New York Giants.[1]

Kimberly A. Jones
Kim Jones reporting at a New York Yankees game in August 2009
Born (1969-09-07) September 7, 1969
Dallastown, Pennsylvania

Early life

Jones graduated from Penn State University in the early 1990s with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and a Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sports Science and is associated with their Center for Sports Journalism.[2] From 2005 to 2007, she made regular appearances on the Penn State radio program Let's Talk Penn State with a segment that shared its name with her former blog: "Keeping Up With the Jones".

Sportscasting career

Before joining YES, Jones was the New York Giants beat reporter and a National Football League (NFL) columnist for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. In addition to her duties on YES and WFAN, she continued to write a Sunday NFL column for The Star-Ledger.[2]

In 2005, Jones was hired by the YES Network to replace Suzyn Waldman as the clubhouse reporter for Yankees games, after Waldman moved on to be the game analyst for Yankees games on WCBS radio.[2] Jones also kept a blog for YESNetwork.com, entitled "Keeping Up With the Jones", that provided news and insight about the Yankees and often featured interviews with current and former players. On January 24, 2012, it was reported that Jones decided not to renew her contract with YES in order to pursue other opportunities.[3] Jones' replacement at YES was announced in March 2012 with the signing of fellow Pennsylvania native, Meredith Marakovits.[4]

Jones has worked as a back-up commentator for the New York Yankees radio network WCBS.

On April 12, 2012, it was reported Jones had been signed as a full-time, New York-based on-air contributor at the NFL Network.[5]

On WFAN, Jones has been a co-host of the football talk show Monday Night Live formerly with WFAN's Ed Coleman and presently Carl Banks.[6] Jones has also guest hosted on WFAN for either the Boomer and Carton radio show or Benigno and Roberts when the hosts have been on vacation or unavailable. She has partnered with Chris Carlin, Sid Rosenberg and Marc Malusis.

While covering a Washington Redskins practice on November 15, 2018, Jones suffered an aortic dissection; she was taken to the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Virginia, where she received surgery to fix the condition.[7]

References
  1. Klapisch, Bob (July 2008). "YES, Ma'am: Yankees field reporter Kim Jones of Saddle Brook gets all the right answers". (201) Magazine. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Luckily for the Saddle Brook resident, journalism has been an enduring strength. Jones hosts a talk show on WFAN, and since 2000 has been covering the NFL for The Star-Ledger of Newark, where she still delivers a once-a-week notes column.
  2. "Kim Jones biography". Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. "Kim Jones leaves YES after seven years". Newsday.com. January 24, 2012.
  4. Terranova, Justin (March 20, 2012). "SNY's Marakovits replacing Jones on YES". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.
  5. TV by the Numbers
  6. "Super Bowl Champ Carl Banks hosts WFAN Monday Night Live Show". New Rochelle, NY Patch. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  7. "NFL reporter opens up about life-threatening heart scare at work". TODAY.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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