Reporter Kim Jones announced on Twitter that she is leaving NFL Network on Friday, with this presumably being her last day.
After 10 years, my time at NFL Network is ending. I’m healthy, happy, grateful and — as always — optimistic. My best to the good folks at NFLN. Life is good. 😊✌️
— Kim Jones (@KimJonesSports) January 28, 2022
“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
I’m thankful and grateful for our personal and professional friendship over the last few years. Going to miss seeing you at Bills games and practices. Congratulations on a great decade. 👏 Here’s to whatever is next! 🍻 https://t.co/lq1Jv0OfoM
— Sal Capaccio 🏈 (@SalSports) January 28, 2022
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.”
