Kimberly Alicia Jones (born on September 7, 1969 in Dallastown, Pennsylvania) is a clubhouse reporter for New York Yankees games on the YES Network and a semi-regular talk show host on WFAN, a New York City-based all sports radio station. She has held her position with YES since 2005.[1]
Jones graduated from Penn State University in the early 1990s and is associated with their Center for Sports Journalism.[1] From 2005-2007, Jones made regular appearances on the Penn State radio program Let's Talk Penn State with a segment that shares its name with her current blog: "Keeping Up With the Jones."
Before joining YES, she was the New York Giants beat reporter and an NFL columnist for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. In addition to her duties on YES and WFAN, Jones continues to write a Sunday NFL column for The Star-Ledger.[1]
On November 8, 2011 following Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly's indictment of former Pennsylvania State University assistant coach (under Joe Paterno) Jerry Sandusky on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys, Jones appeared on Mike Francesa's Mike'd Up program in what many have called the most passionate take on the sex scandal heard to date.[2]
Jones also keeps a blog for YESNetwork.com, entitled "Keeping Up With the Jones," that provides news and insight about the Yankees and often features interviews with current and former players.
An incident that is somewhat famous in the New York area and on the internet occurred during an interview with Jones in 2010. During the broadcast of a Yankees road game against the Minnesota Twins, Jones held up a "pork chop on a stick" as a demonstration of local cuisine. A fan then walked up behind her and bit off a piece of pork chop, leaving both Jones and the rest of the on-air crew in disgust.
On WFAN she is a co host of the football Talk Show "Monday Night Live" with WFAN's Ed Coleman.
Jones also guest hosts on WFAN for either the Boomer and Carton radio show or Benigno and Roberts when the hosts are on vacation or unavailable. She has partnered with Chris Carlin, Sid Rosenberg, Marc Malusis and Adam "The Bull" Gerstenhaber.
Jones is also back up commentator for the New York Yankees radio network WCBS.
In March 2011 Kim was offered an undisclosed amount of money to be a part of an upcoming Playboy pictorial entitled "Women of Sports Broadcasting". The nude and semi-nude spread would also include, among others, Wendy Nix, Sara Walsh, Alex Flanagan, and Adriana Monsalve. Representatives of PEI have yet to announce when they will begin this project.
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