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{{Short description|American sports columnist and commentator (born 1951)}} {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Skip Bayless | image = First Take Salute the Troops broadcast (cropped2).jpg | caption = Bayless in 2014 | birthname = John Edward Bayless II | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|12|4}} | birth_place = [[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Vanderbilt University]] | occupation = Sportswriter, television sports commentator | title = | family = [[Rick Bayless]] (brother) | spouse = {{marriage|Ernestine Sclafani|2016}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernestine Sclafani Bayless explains what it's like living with Skip during his Cowboys' rollercoaster season |url=https://www.foxsports.com/watch/1660417603995 |website=Fox Sports |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> | children = | relatives = | networth = | credits = [[Fox Sports (United States)|FS1]] (''[[Skip and Shannon: Undisputed]]'')<br>2016β2024 <br>[[ESPN]] (''[[Cold Pizza]]'', ''[[First Take (TV series)|First Take]]'')<br>2004β2016<br>''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<br> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''<br> ''[[Dallas Times Herald]]''<br> ''[[Dallas Morning News]]''<br> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<br> ''[[Miami Herald]]'' | URL = }} '''Skip Bayless''' (born '''John Edward Bayless II'''; born December 4, 1951)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Bayless |first1=Skip |title=What's Skip's real name? He discusses legally changing his name to Skip and origin of the nickname |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zltOtMB4aac |website=Youtube |date=November 19, 2022 |publisher=Fox Sports |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="rt">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/skip_bayless |title=Skip Bayless |author=<!-- Not stated --> |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2023-08-25 |quote=Birthday: Dec 4, 1951; Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.}}</ref> is an American sports columnist, commentator, and television personality. He is well-known for his work as a commentator on the [[ESPN2]] show ''[[First Take (TV series)|First Take]]'' with [[Stephen A. Smith]], a show which he left in June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2016/04/26/espn-is-losing-one-of-its-biggest-loudmouths/|title=Skip Bayless is leaving ESPN for a ridiculous amount of money|last=Report|first=Post Wire|date=2016-04-26|website=New York Post|access-date=2016-09-01}}</ref> Bayless debuted his show ''[[Skip and Shannon: Undisputed]]'' with [[Shannon Sharpe]] on [[Fox Sports 1]] in September 2016, which he led for eight years until he left in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sports/news/skip-bayless-shannon-sharpe-show-name-undisputed-fox-sports-1/puarbi99hftq1qcehmp6u5ens|title=The name for Skip Bayless FS1 show: ''Skip and Shannon Undisputed'' |author=Sean Gentille|date=August 24, 2016|work=Sports News|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="undisputed-end">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/skip-bayless-exits-undisputed-fox-sports-1236030419/|title=Skip Bayless Exits 'Undisputed' & Fox Sports: "I Had A Great 8-Year Run"|author=Armando Tinoco|date=August 2, 2024|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
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