Reporter Kim Jones announced on Twitter that she is leaving NFL Network on Friday, with this presumably being her last day.
https://twitter.com/KimJonesSports/status/1487165389108695040
“After 10 years, my time at NFL Network is ending,” wrote Jones, who has been with the network for 10 years. “I’m healthy, happy, grateful and – as always optimistic. My best to the good folks at NFLN. Life is good.”
Jones, who also works as a fill-in host on WFAN, came to NFL Network in 2012 after working as a reporter for YES for seven years. In her previous stint, she was also a commentator for New York Yankees radio broadcasts on WCBS. Before that, she worked as a New York Giants beat reporter for The Star-Ledger.
No specifics on why her time with NFLN is over or if Jones might have another opportunity lined up. But in the meantime, the well-wishes from co-workers and colleagues poured in following the announcement.
You are the best and will be missed a TON.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 28, 2022
You’re one of the absolute best and will continue to be wherever you land next Kim — a true force and role model in our industry.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 28, 2022
A teammate twice over. One day we’ll go for the hat trick. You’ll be missed. Wish you nothing but the best!
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 28, 2022
We miss you already, Kim.
Thanks for all your amazing work.
Let’s do it again soon.— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) January 28, 2022
Congratulations to @KimJonesSports, one of the most talented, versatile, interesting people in sports media, on her great run at NFLN . . . and good luck on whatever comes next! https://t.co/Sz5kWW7iYh
— Neil Best (@sportswatch) January 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/SalSports/status/1487180578592022533
Jones made headlines in 2018 when, while covering a Washington Football Team practice, she suffered an aortic dissection and was rushed to a nearby hospital for surgery. In an Instagram post from her bed a week later, she would say “A week ago today, I almost died,” adding that “the surgeons saved my life.”
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