Skip Bayless Wiki
Skip Bayless (real name; John Edward Bayless II) is an American sports columnist, author, and television personality born on 4th December 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. He is the host of sports opinion and debate show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed on Fox Sports 1. He is a former commentator on the ESPN2 show, First Take, with Stephen A. Smith.
In the summer of 1969 Skip interned at The Daily Oklahoman under sports editor Frank Boggs. He wrote for the Miami Herald for two years after graduation. He was hired by the Los Angeles Times in 1976 to write investigative reports. He later moved to The Dallas Morning News where he wrote its lead sports column for three years. He was later poached by Dallas Times Herald which prompted The Wall Street Journal to write a story on that. In 1998 he left Dallas and became the lead sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune and left in 2001.
Skip Bayless Age
Skip was born on 4th December 1951 (he is 67 years old as of 2018).
Bayless Height
Skip stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (178 cm) tall.
Skip Bayless Family
Skip Bayless Parents
Skip was born to John Edward Bayless II, his mother’s name is unknown. His father began calling him Skip, the name stuck and he eventually changed his name legally to Skip. His parents were restauranters and owned and operated the Hickory House restaurant in Oklahoma City, which specialized in barbecue.
Skip Bayless Siblings
Skip has two siblings a brother Rick Bayless and a sister whose name is unknown. His brother Rick took his parents path and is a chef, restaurateur and television personality.
Skip Bayless Wife
Skip married his wife Ernestine Sclafani in 2016. Ernestine is the Vice President of the international public relations organization “Weber Shandwick”. She was born in 1962 in Long, Island, New York USA.
Skip and Ernestine met for the first time during an ESPN business meeting with Kevin Dillon while he was a part of the company. The two exchanged business cards and would eventually go on to date.
Skip Bayless Children
Skip has no children as of 2018.
Skip Bayless Education
Skip graduated high school from Northwest Classen as the salutatorian in 1970. He was a member of the National Honor Society for two years and chapter president of his school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was an officer in the letterman’s club and before he became a senior, he represented his school at Oklahoma Boys State. During his junior and senior years, he was the school newspaper sports columnist
He was given a Grantland Rice Scholarship into Vanderbilt University where he majored in English and History and graduated cum laude in 1974. He was the sports editor of the students’ newspaper, The Hustler.
Skip Bayless Salary
Skip reportedly earns $5 million annually with a $4 million signing bonus as part of a four-year deal he signed in 2016 with Fox Sports 1.
Bayless Net worth
Skip has an estimated net worth of $ 13 million.
Radio and TV Career
Skip began his career in radio at Dallas Radio station, KLIF in 1991 where he hosted the sports talk radio show until 1993. In 1994 he hosted his own show The Skip Bayless Show in the Fort Worth radio station, KTCK until 1996. He appeared regularly on Chet Coppock’s Coppock On Sports show on the Sporting News Radio network. In 2001 he became the major guest host of the syndicated radio program, The Jim Rome Show.
In the mid-90’s he was a frequent guest on The Fabulous Sports Babe, ESPN Radio first national weekday show. He later co-hosted a weekend show on the same station with Larry Bell until 2004 before moving into television full-time.
Skip made his television debut in 1989 as a panellist on an ESPN show, The Sports Reporters. He also made regular appearances on Jim Rome’s show on Fox News, The Last Word, and The Best Damn Sports Show Period.
He became a full-time TV personality in 2004 after he was hired by ESPN to write columns and to work with Woody Paige in daily debate segments called 1st and 10. The show was later renamed First Take after production was moved to Bristol from New York in May 2007. He left the show on June 21, 2016.
He moved to Fox Sports making his debut on Fox Sports 1 with his new sports talk show, Skip, and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe on September 6, 2016.
Skip Bayless Show
Skip is a co-host of the American, sports talk show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed alongside Shannon Sharp on Fox Sports 1. The show premiered on 6th September 2016. The show is a daily two-and-a-half hour sports debate show where Skipo and Shannon give their unfiltered, incisive, passionate opinions on the biggest sports topics of the day.
Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe
Skip and Shannon are co-hosts of the American sports talk show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed on Fox Sports 1.
Bayless First Take
In 2004 Skip was hired by ESPN to write columns and to work with Woody Paige in daily debate segments called 1st and 10. The show was later renamed First Take after production was moved to Bristol from New York in May 2007. He left the show on June 21, 2016.
Skip Bayless Books
- 1996: Hell-bent: The Crazy Truth about the “win Or Else” Dallas Cowboys
- 1993: The boys
- 1990: God’s Coach: The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry’s Cowboys
Skip Bayless Cowboys
Bayless is a Cowboys fan although most people assumed he was more of a Cowboys’ toughest critic as he wrote muckraking book about the saintly Tom Landry, who pissed off Troy Aikman. On his show, he calls the team “My beloved Cowboys”. He also uses terms such as “my quarterback” Dak Prescott and “my defence” when talking about the team.
When Cowboys win Bayless does a TV host’s version of an end zone dance. He might film himself doing Conor McGregor’s strut walk. Or he’ll come on his show Undisputed, pound the desk, and yell, “How ’bout dem Dallas Cowboys!” as it is his victory celebration phrase.
Skip Bayless Patriots
Skip Bayless is a critic for the Patriots. In December 2018 after Patriots lost 34-33 to Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium Bayless called New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick who is a seven-time Super Bowl champion “overrated” during an episode of “Undisputed” on FOX Sports 1.
“Bill Belichick is overrated, and once again Tom Brady had overcome a defense that would you believe this? Every time the Dolphins snapped the ball yesterday, they got 9.2 yards.” — @RealSkipBayless pic.twitter.com/uT8v3DZ979
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) December 10, 2018
Bayless Diet
Bayless revealed that his diet is chicken, turkey, fish, and eggs for protein; a little rice; and broccoli and one cheat day a week when he can eat pizza and Pinkberry.
Bayless Today
Skip co-hosts sports talk show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed alongside Shannon Sharp on Fox Sports 1.
