Skip Bayless
| Skip Bayless | |
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Bayless in 2011
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| Born |
John Edward Bayless II December 4, 1951 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Residence |
New York, New York Bristol, Connecticut |
| Education | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Sportswriter, television sports commentator |
| Notable credit(s) |
FS1 (Skip and Shannon: Undisputed) 2016–present ESPN (Cold Pizza, First Take) 2004–2016 San Jose Mercury News Chicago Tribune Dallas Times Herald Dallas Morning News Los Angeles Times Miami Herald |
| Family | Rick Bayless (brother) |
Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II December 4, 1951) is an American sports columnist, author, and television personality. He is well known for his work as a commentator on the ESPN2 show, First Take, with Stephen A. Smith, a show which he left in April 2016. Skip debuted his new show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1 September 6, 2016.
Bayless was born as John Edward Bayless II in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His father, John Sr., father immediately began calling him Skip – his father also had called his mother "Skip", as in "skipper of the ship". The name stuck, and Bayless was never called John by his parents. He eventually had his name legally changed to Skip. His parents owned and operated the Hickory House restaurant in Oklahoma City, which specialized in barbecue. Bayless worked in the restaurant in his youth, but never considered it as a career path. His younger brother Rick Bayless carried on the family tradition and became a chef, restaurateur and television personality. He also has a younger sister.
Bayless' interest in sports began at an early age and he played baseball and basketball where he averaged 1.4 ppg as a senior and played JV. Bayless was the salutatorian of Northwest Classen's graduating class of 1970. He was a two-year member of the National Honor Society and president of the school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. He was also an officer in the letterman's club. At the urging of one of his English teachers, Bayless became the primary sports columnist for the school newspaper his junior and senior years. Prior to his senior year, Bayless represented Northwest Classen at Oklahoma Boys State. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Grantland Rice Scholarship (named for the sportswriter of the same name) to attend Vanderbilt University (Rice's alma mater). While at Vanderbilt, he majored in English and history, and graduated cum laude in 1974. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, serving two years as the chapter's "rho" (sports director). He was also the sports editor of The Hustler, the university's student newspaper, and spent the summer of 1969 interning under sports editor Frank Boggs at The Daily Oklahoman.
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