Skip Bayless

Skip Bayless

Skip Bayless is an American sports columnist, investigative sports journalist, author, and TV personality. Growing up, he worked in his family-owned restaurant. His brother, Rick, followed the family tradition and became a celebrity chef, while Bayless turned toward sports. He wrote for his high-school and university newspapers and then ventured into his professional journalism career, working with 'The Miami Herald,' the 'Los Angeles Times,' 'The Dallas Morning News,' and the 'Dallas Times Herald.' He eventually made his transition to TV in 1989, hosting shows, first for ‘ESPN’ (notably 'First Take') and then for 'Fox Sports' ('Skip and Shannon: Undisputed'). Bayless's writings on sports have been featured in various national sports publications, such as the 'Sports Illustrated.'

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Born

December 4, 1951

Birth Place

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Nationality

American

Sun Sign

Sagittarius

Also Known As

John Edward Bayless II

Famous As

Sports columnist

Height

5'10" (178 cm)

Residence

Los_Angeles

Education

Vanderbilt University

Father

John Bayless

Mother

Levita Bayless

Spouse(s)

Ernestine Sclafani

Siblings

Rick Bayless

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Skip Bayless throws shade at LeBron James during a game the Los Angeles Lakers were not even playing in. As he was watching the Phoenix Suns take on the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 on Friday night, LeBron James was clearly on the mind of Skip Bayless. The FS1 sports...

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Skip Bayless Says Chris Paul Is Not A Top-15 Point Guard In NBA History

Skip Bayless always finds a way to go against fans, offering eyebrow-raising takes about most people's favorite players. This has gone beyond LeBron James in the past couple of seasons, with the analyst attacking other players like Damian Lillard, Stephen Curry, and Luka Doncic. The last man to join that...

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Skip Bayless Says LeBron James Is The Most Protected Athlete In The NBA

Skip Bayless has - literally - made a living out of criticizing LeBron James. Even when James isn't played - and sometimes when there isn't even basketball on TV - he still finds ways to connect and compare anything to The King. That's why whatever he says about LeBron James...

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The Brooklyn Nets lost Game 3 in Milwaukee to the Bucks. The Brooklyn Nets lost 86-83 in Game 3 to the Milwaukee Bucks, and on Friday, FS1's Skip Bayless reacted to the game on their show Undisputed. The clip of Bayless talking about Game 3 can be seen in a...

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NBA Playoffs: FS1's Skip Bayless Predicts The Nets Will Sweep Giannis Antetokounmpo And The Bucks

The Brooklyn Nets have a 2-0 series lead heading into Thursday night when the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Nets in Game 3. Skip Bayless of FS1 on their show Undisputed spoke about the series on Thursday morning ahead of the game, and he thinks the Bucks will lose the next two games and get swept.

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Skip Bayless Says The Clippers First Round Comeback Was More Impressive Than The LeBron James 3-1 Comeback In 2016

The Los Angeles Clippers have recently won their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. While Luka Doncic was the player that gave the Dallas Mavericks the opportunity to get to that Game 7, the Clippers' collective talent ended up being too much for him to beat by himself. The Clippers...

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NBA Playoffs: FS1's Skip Bayless Predicts Jazz Clippers Series

The Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers begin their second-round playoff series on Tuesday evening in Utah. FS1's Skip Bayless gave his prediction for the series, and the full clip of him explaining can be seen here on Undisputed on Tuesday. Bayless says he is picking the Clippers to win...

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Skip Bayless: Clippers' Comeback Over Mavs Bigger Than LeBron James' 2016 Finals Comeback

The Los Angeles Clippers narrowly avoided getting meme'd into oblivion (for now) and defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs. It took seven games and multiple comebacks, but Kawhi Leonard took his play to another level and made sure his team did not suffer an embarrassing playoff loss for the second year in a row.

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Skip Bayless Is Happy Because Of LeBron James' Elimination: "Somewhere, Michael Jordan Is Chuckling."

If you know Skip Bayless' thoughts about LeBron James, you know he was happy to see the King losing to the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of their first-round playoffs series. Even with James' significant effort to keep the Los Angeles Lakers' season alive, the Suns were too much for the purple and gold, eliminating them in six games. This series meant the first time LeBron lost in the first round of the postseason, and Bayless didn't miss his chance to diss the King.

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Charles Barkley Says Skip Bayless Would Need ‘Full Body Cast’ If He Ever Got Him In A Room

Former NBA player and TNT analyst Charles Barkley is like many American sports fans: He absolutely HATES FS1 talk show host Skip Bayless. It’s not clear when the beef between Bayless and Barkley began, but Barkley has talked about his desire to beat up Skip a few times before in the past.

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What did Skip Bayless say about Boban? Host gives Clippers hilarious solution to stop Boban Marjanovic

What did Skip Bayless say about Boban? The Undisputed Host gave the LA Clippers a hilarious solution to stop Boban Marjanovic. On Wednesday night, Luka Doncic scored 42 points to secure a win for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 against the Clippers. The 105-100 victory means the Mavs take...

Skip Bayless On LeBron James' Game 5 Performance: "Is He Starting To Hit The Wall?"

Skip Bayless made a bold claim about Game 5 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Phoenix Suns series on Monday. According to the controversial analyst, LeBron James needed to win that match at any cost since it was the 'biggest game of his career.'. Well, that was too much since LeBron wasn't...

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Skip Bayless created a new nickname for the Los Angeles Lakers after their Game 3 win against the Phoenix Suns

Skip Bayless created a new nickname for the Los Angeles Lakers after their Game 3 win against the Phoenix Suns. The Los Angeles Lakers took Game 3 against Phoenix on Thursday night with a 109-95 victory. Anthony Davis had 34 points and 11 rebounds, while LeBron James had 21 points...

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Skip Bayless Is Mad At LeBron James: "LeBron Out There Dribbling Between His Legs, Back/Forth, Back/Forth, Like He's Kyrie. Kind Of Embarrassing. Act Your Age, King."

Skip Bayless was bitter after the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 of their first-round playoffs series. The controversial analyst found new ways to criticize the King, taking to Twitter to attack the player. First, he criticized LeBron for dribbling the ball like he was someone...

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Twitter: What did Skip Bayless say about the Clippers? Host has predictable meltdown as Clips lose Game 2

What were Skip Bayless’s about the Clippers vs Mavericks game? The Undisputed host had a meltdown during the Clippers’ loss to Luka Doncic and the Mavs in Game 2. Both he and Fox Sports presenter Nick Wright shared their thoughts on Twitter and they were as entertaining as you’d expect.

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Skip Bayless says LeBron James is disqualified from the GOAT conversation

Skip Bayless no longer believes LeBron James can belong in the GOAT conversation. One bad fourth quarter in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ Game 1 loss to the Phoenix Suns was enough for FS1’s Skip Bayless to remove LeBron James from the GOAT conversation entirely. For a man with takes hotter...

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LeBron James’ Injury Is Overblown, so Skip Bayless and Colin Cowherd Rightfully Called Him Out

Give credit where credit due: When he retires from the Los Angeles Lakers in a couple of seasons, LeBron James will go into the books as one of the two greatest players in league history. LeBron James and Michael Jordan, or MJ and LBJ. You pick the order. But what...

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