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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>2016–2024 <br>[[ESPN]] (''[[Cold Pizza]]'', ''[[First Take (TV series)|First Take]]'')<br>2004–2016<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> ==Early years== John Edward Bayless II was born and raised in [[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma.<ref name="rt"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Bracht |first=Mel |date=2012-05-10 |title=Bayless Stands by His Comment |work=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |page=2C |quote=I'm obviously a native Oklahoman, born and bred...}}</ref><ref name="wapo" /> His father, John Sr., immediately began calling him Skip—his father also had called his mother "Skip", as in "skipper of the ship". The name instantly stuck, and Bayless was never called John by his parents, to the point that he eventually had his name legally changed to Skip.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Skip Bayless Interview Part I: Colorful, Conscious And Of Course, Controversial - The Starting Five |url=http://thestartingfive.net/2009/02/24/the-skip-bayless-interview-part-i-colorful-conscious-and-of-course-controversial/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225142009/http://thestartingfive.net/2009/02/24/the-skip-bayless-interview-part-i-colorful-conscious-and-of-course-controversial/ |archive-date=February 25, 2009 |access-date= |work=The Starting Five}}</ref> His parents owned and operated the Hickory House restaurant in Oklahoma City, which specialized in barbecue. Bayless worked in the restaurant in his youth, but never considered it as a career path. His younger brother [[Rick Bayless]] carried on the family tradition and became a chef, restaurateur and television personality. He also had a younger sister.<ref name="wapo">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/skip-bayless-espn2-first-take-co-host-may-be-the-most-hated-man-in-sports/2013/09/13/c001a7c2-170a-11e3-804b-d3a1a3a18f2c_story.html Rick Maese, "Skip Bayless, ESPN2 'First Take' co-host, may be the most hated man in sports", ''The Washington Post'', September 13, 2013]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=LuAnn Tucker Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/luann-tucker-obituary?id=11836840 |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=The Oklahoman |date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204034824/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/luann-tucker-obituary?id=11836840 |archive-date=December 4, 2024}}</ref> Bayless's interest in sports began at an early age. He played baseball and basketball. Bayless was the salutatorian of Northwest Classen's graduating class of 1970. He was a two-year member of the [[National Honor Society]] and president of the school's [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]] chapter. He was also an officer in the letterman's club. At the urging of one of his English teachers, Bayless became the primary sports columnist for the school newspaper his junior and senior years. Prior to his senior year, Bayless represented Northwest Classen at Oklahoma [[Boys/Girls State|Boys State]]. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Grantland Rice Scholarship (named for the [[Grantland Rice|sportswriter of the same name]]) to attend [[Vanderbilt University]] (Rice's alma mater).<ref>Frank Boggs, "Skip's B proves Nobody's Perfect", ''The Oklahoma Times'', May 21, 1970</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tra-online.com/scholarship.html|title=Welcome to the Thoroughbred Raci|access-date=April 26, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421041748/http://www.tra-online.com/scholarship.html|archive-date=April 21, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> While at Vanderbilt, he majored in English and history, and graduated ''[[Latin honors#United States|cum laude]]'' in 1974. He was a member of [[Phi Kappa Sigma]] fraternity, serving two years as the chapter's "rho" (sports director).<ref>[http://www.pks.org/maltese_cross/mc2012.pdf Christopher M. Hanes, "Alumnus of the Year: Skip Bayless", ''Maltese Cross'', Spring 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073803/http://www.pks.org/maltese_cross/mc2012.pdf |date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> He was also the sports editor of ''The Hustler'', the university's student newspaper, and spent the summer of 1969 interning under sports editor Frank Boggs at ''[[The Oklahoman|The Daily Oklahoman]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestartingfive.net/2009/02/24/the-skip-bayless-interview-part-i-colorful-conscious-and-of-course-controversial/|title=The Skip Bayless Interview Part I: Colorful, Conscious And Of Course, Controversial - The Starting Five|work=The Starting Five|access-date=April 26, 2016|archive-date=February 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218005616/http://thestartingfive.net/2009/02/24/the-skip-bayless-interview-part-i-colorful-conscious-and-of-course-controversial/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Career== ===Print journalism=== Bayless went directly from Vanderbilt to ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', where he wrote sports features for a little more than two years. He then took a position at the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' in August 1976. There, he was best known for investigative stories on the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]' clubhouse resentment of "golden boy" [[Steve Garvey]] and his celebrity wife [[Cyndy Garvey|Cyndy]], and on [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] owner [[Carroll Rosenbloom]]'s behind-the-scenes decisions to start different quarterbacks each week. Bayless won the [[Eclipse Award]] for Outstanding Newspaper Writing in 1977 for his coverage of [[Seattle Slew]]'s [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]] victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drf.com/events/past-eclipse-award-winners|title=Past Eclipse Award Winners|work=Daily Racing Form|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> At 26, Bayless was hired by ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' to write its lead sports column, and three years later, joined the ''[[Dallas Times Herald]]''. This caught the attention of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', prompting the paper to do a story on the development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2007/12/espns_print_fetish.html|title=The Wall Street Journal misreads ESPN's appetite for top print journalists|last=Shafer|first=Jack|date=December 21, 2007|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Bayless was voted Texas sportswriter of the year by the [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] three times (1979, 1984 and 1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latestnews/2016/08/01/skip-bayless-joins-fox-sports|title=Skip Bayless Joins FOX Sports|date=August 1, 2016|work=Fox Sports|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> In 1989, Bayless wrote his first book, ''God's Coach: The Hymns, Hype and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys'', about the rise and fall of [[Tom Landry]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]]. Following the Cowboys' [[Super Bowl]] victory in 1993, Bayless wrote ''The Boys: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys' Season on the Edge'', and following the third Cowboys Super Bowl win in four seasons, Bayless wrote a third book about the Cowboys, ''Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys''. ''Hell-Bent'' caused a stir, in part, because in the course of writing about the conflict between Cowboys coach [[Barry Switzer]] and star quarterback [[Troy Aikman]], Bayless reported on speculation by Switzer and people close to him within the Dallas organization that Aikman was gay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboysheadlines/2011/08/31/troy-aikman-hints-he-might-deck-skip-bayless-if-two-were-to-meet-|title=Dallas Cowboys: Troy Aikman hints he might deck Skip Bayless if two were to meet|date=August 2011|publisher=SportsDay|access-date=11 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022205048/http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboysheadlines/2011/08/31/troy-aikman-hints-he-might-deck-skip-bayless-if-two-were-to-meet-|archive-date=October 22, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1998, Bayless left Dallas after 17 years and become the lead sports columnist for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. In his first year there, Bayless won the [[Lisagor Award]] for excellence in sports column writing, presented by the Chicago Headline Club (the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/10/tribunes-bayless-wins-major-award/|title=Tribune's Bayless Wins Major Award|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|date=May 10, 1999 |access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2000, he was voted Illinois sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/04/29/tribunes-bayless-honored/|title=Tribune's Bayless honored|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|date=April 29, 2001 |access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> Bayless left the ''Chicago Tribune'' in July 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/07/16/leaving-this-space-with-fond-memories/|title=Leaving this space with fond memories|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|date=July 16, 2001 |access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> Bayless's work has also appeared in various national sports publications, including ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010499/index.htm Skip Bayless, "Mail Bonding", ''Sports Illustrated,'' August 4, 1997]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ===Radio=== In 1991, Bayless began a two-year stint hosting a sports talk radio show from 6–8 p.m. Monday through Friday for Dallas radio station [[KLIF-AM|KLIF]]. In 1994, he became one of the original investors in the Fort Worth radio station [[KTCK (AM)|KTCK]] ("the Ticket"), and hosted ''The Skip Bayless Show'' from 6–9 a.m. weekdays from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, the original owners sold the station to [[Cumulus Media]], which bought out Bayless's contract. Also in the mid-1990s, he was a frequent guest on [[ESPN Radio]]'s first national weekday show, ''[[The Fabulous Sports Babe]]''. After moving to Chicago, he began making regular appearances on [[Chet Coppock]]'s show on the [[Yahoo! Sports Radio|Sporting News Radio]] network, ''Coppock On Sports''. In 2001, he became the primary guest host of the syndicated radio program, ''[[The Jim Rome Show]]''. Soon thereafter, Bayless began co-hosting a weekend show on [[ESPN Radio]] with former ''[[SportsCenter]]'' anchor [[Larry Beil]], which aired until 2004, when he moved full-time into television. ===Television=== In 1989, Bayless joined host [[Dick Schaap]] as a panelist on ESPN's ''[[The Sports Reporters]]'', and over the next decade, he was a regular on the Sunday morning show. In 1992, Bayless became a member of the original debate team on ''NFL Prime Monday''{{'}}s "Knights of the Roundtable" segments with [[Mitch Albom]] and [[Michael Wilbon]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} In 1999 and 2000, he provided commentary for the [[Golf Channel]] from the major golf championships.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} In 2001 and 2002, Bayless appeared regularly on [[Jim Rome]]'s show on [[Fox Sports Networks|Fox Sports Net]], ''The Last Word''. He also made frequent appearances during the same period of time on Fox's ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]''. When Rome moved to ESPN in 2003, Bayless became a fixture on ''[[Rome is Burning]]''. He was also featured in a weekly Sunday morning ''[[SportsCenter]]'' debate segment with [[Stephen A. Smith]], "Old School/Nu Skool".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ====ESPN (2004–2016)==== [[File:ESPN salutes the troops on its 'First Take' Show 141110-Z-QX261-024.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Bayless (left) with [[Stephen A. Smith]] and [[Cari Champion]] during a ''First Take'' broadcast at [[McGuire Air Force Base]] in 2014]] ESPN hired Bayless full-time in 2004 to team up with Woody Paige of ''[[The Denver Post]]'' in daily debate segments called "1st and 10" on [[ESPN2]]'s ''[[Cold Pizza]]'', and to write columns for [[ESPN.com]]. In May 2007, the show, which had been produced in the network's New York studios, was rebranded as ''[[First Take (talk show)|First Take]]'', and production was moved to the network's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. Around this time, Bayless stopped writing for ESPN.com; he resumed writing columns for the website in August 2012.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} On April 26, 2016, it was reported that Bayless had parted ways with ESPN, and would be moving to [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] after his contract expired in August.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/04/26/skip-bayless-espn-first-take-fox-sports|title=Skip Bayless leaving ESPN, but his antics are bound to continue|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=April 26, 2016|first=Richard|last= Deitsch|access-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> His final appearance on ''First Take'' was on June 21, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/tvradio/tom-jones-media-tidbits-on-skip-bayless-and-more/2283085/|title=Tom Jones' media tidbits on Skip Bayless and more|last=Jones|first=Tom|date=June 25, 2016|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|access-date=June 25, 2016}}</ref> ====Fox Sports 1 (2016–2024)==== Bayless debuted ''[[Skip and Shannon: Undisputed]]'' along with [[Shannon Sharpe]] in September 2016 on [[Fox Sports 1]].<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'|last=Gentille|first=Sean|date=August 24, 2016|work=Sports News|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> Bayless is known for criticizing [[LeBron James]] and [[Aaron Rodgers]] and praising [[Tom Brady]] in both ''First Take'' and ''Skip and Shannon: Undisputed''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/bransonwright/2009/03/post_217.html|title=ESPN's Skip Bayless and his constant criticism of LeBron James|website=cleveland.com|date=March 10, 2009}}</ref> He is also an outspoken defender of [[Baker Mayfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gullo |first=Robert |date=6 May 2022 |title="It's a collective stupidity on the part of this league" - Skip Bayless critical of teams not showing interest in Baker Mayfield |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-skip-bayless-supports-baker-mayfield |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=SportsKeeda}}</ref> Despite being a staunch Cowboys fan, Bayless has also recently been increasingly critical of Cowboys quarterback [[Dak Prescott]], head coach [[Mike McCarthy]] and owner [[Jerry Jones]]. Bayless was criticized for remarks he made on September 10, 2020, about Cowboys quarterback [[Dak Prescott]], such as saying that Prescott's statements about suffering from depression were a sign of "weakness".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/skip-bayless-under-fire-after-saying-dak-prescotts-depression-shows-weakness-1531136|title=Skip Bayless Under Fire After Saying Dak Prescott's Depression Shows 'Weakness'|author=Scott McDonald|date=September 10, 2016|work=Newsweek|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> In March 2021, Bayless signed a four-year, $32 million contract with [[Fox Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Pickman|url=https://www.si.com/media/2021/03/04/skip-bayless-fox-new-deal-espn-interest|title=Report: Skip Bayless Signs New $32 Million Deal With Fox Sports|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=March 4, 2021|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}</ref> On January 2, 2023, amid [[Damar Hamlin|Damar Hamlin's]] hospitalization for injuries sustained in the Week 17 game between the [[2022 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] and [[2022 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]], Bayless made a tweet that was widely described as insensitive, stating: "No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ... which suddenly seems so irrelevant."<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=RealSkipBayless |number=1610101204687949827 |title=No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome ... which suddenly seems so irrelevant.}}</ref> The tweet was called out by several high-profile sports figures such as former quarterback [[Robert Griffin III]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=RGIII |number=1610113373827436544 |title=Damar Hamlin's LIFE is in the balance. Get your head out of your Ass.}}</ref> and former wide receiver [[Dez Bryant]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=DezBryant |number=1610107554582904834 |title=WE NEED TO CANCEL @RealSkipBayless ASAP!!!}}</ref> Less than an hour later, Bayless sent out an apology tweet saying "Nothing is more important than that young man's health. That was the point of my last tweet. I'm sorry if that was misunderstood but his health is all that matters. Again, everything else is irrelevant. I prayed for him & will continue to."<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=RealSkipBayless |number=1610114342523113472 |title=Nothing is more important than that young man's health. That was the point of my last tweet. I'm sorry if that was misunderstood but his health is all that matters. Again, everything else is irrelevant. I prayed for him & will continue to.}}</ref> The day after, Shannon Sharpe did not show up for ''Undisputed'' to avoid a possible confrontation about Bayless' tweet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title=Shannon Sharpe explains Undisputed absence and Skip Bayless dispute after Damar Hamlin collapse |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/shannon-sharpe-explains-undisputed-absence-153117647.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> Sharpe left ''Undisputed'' in 2023 following the conclusion of the [[2023 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], stemming from a personal attack Bayless made against Sharpe in defense of [[Tom Brady]] where Bayless implied Sharpe's criticism of Brady's play was motivated by jealousy over his longevity in the NFL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10090494-shannon-sharpe-says-skip-bayless-disrespect-caused-undisputed-exit|title=Shannon Sharpe said Skip Bayless' "disrespect" caused 'Undisputed' exit|author=Erin Walsh|date=September 22, 2023|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref> Bayless re-launched ''Undisputed'' in August 2023 with [[Richard Sherman (American football)|Richard Sherman]], [[Keyshawn Johnson]] and [[Michael Irvin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestreet.com/sports/skip-bayless-returns-fox-introduces-new-dream-team|title=Skip Bayless returns to Fox, introduces his new 'dream team'|author=Colin Salao|date=August 28, 2023|work=The Street|access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref> He left ''Undisputed'' and Fox Sports 1 on August 2, 2024, after 8 years on the network.<ref name="undisputed-end" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Maddaus |first1=Gene |title=Skip Bayless and Fox Sports Sued by Hairdresser for Sexual Harassment |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/skip-bayless-fox-sports-sexual-harassment-sexual-battery-lawsuit-noushin-faraji-1236265990/ |work=Variety |date=6 January 2025}}</ref> On January 5, 2025, Bayless was listed as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by former Fox Sports hairstylist Noushin Faraji against the network. Faraji alleges Bayless offered her $1.5 million for sex.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=A.J.|last2=McCarthy|first2=Michael|url=https://frontofficesports.com/fox-skip-bayless-others-sued-on-14-counts-sexual-battery/|title=Fox, Skip Bayless, Others Sued on 14 Counts Including Sexual Battery|work=Front Office Sports|date=January 5, 2025|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> ===Films=== Along with ESPN colleagues [[Woody Paige]] and [[Jay Crawford]], Bayless had a cameo role in the 2006 film ''[[Rocky Balboa (film)|Rocky Balboa]]''. The three are seen on their "First and 10" segment discussing a possible fight between a retired [[Rocky Balboa|Balboa]] and current heavyweight champion Mason Dixon. Bayless opines that Balboa "was completely overrated" and mocks his age. He appeared in the 2010 ESPN ''[[30 for 30]]'' film, ''Pony Excess'', about the [[Southern Methodist University football scandal]] involving gross violations of [[NCAA]] rules and regulations. Bayless covered the [[SMU Mustangs football|Mustangs]] while writing for both ''The Dallas Morning News'' and the ''Dallas Times Herald''. He also appeared in the 2011 [[ESPNU]] documentary, ''Herschel'', about [[University of Georgia]] running back [[Herschel Walker]]. ===Other honors and awards=== In 2008, Bayless was selected to the Oklahoma City Wall of Fame recognizing outstanding alumni of [[Oklahoma City Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/education-briefs/article/3281243|title=Education Briefs|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2009, he was inducted as one of the five members of the inaugural class of the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2009/08/vanderbilt-student-media-hall-of-fames-inaugural-class-named-86948/|title=Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame's inaugural class named|author=Vanderbilt News and Communications|work=Vanderbilt University|access-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2012, he received two honors: he was nominated for a [[Sports Emmy Award]] in the category of Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Analyst,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/sports_33rd_nominees.html|title=The Emmy Awards - THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR THE 33RD ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS|access-date=April 26, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329200540/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/sports_33rd_nominees.html|archive-date=March 29, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and was the co-recipient with [[Steve Porter (producer)|DJ Steve Porter]] of a [[Webby Award|Webby]] People's Voice Award in the category of Video Remixes/Mashups for "All He Does Is Win", Porter's mashup of clips of Bayless passionately defending oft-maligned quarterback [[Tim Tebow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/search?keywords=All%20He%20Does%20Is%20Win|title=Search for Free WI-FI, Search for Missing Children|access-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903125341/http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/search?keywords=All%20He%20Does%20Is%20Win|archive-date=September 3, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ==Published books as author== *''God's Coach: The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys'', [[Simon & Schuster]], 1990. {{ISBN|0-671-70581-4}}. *''The Boys: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys' Season on the Edge'', Simon & Schuster, 1993. {{ISBN|0-671-79359-4}}. *''Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys'', [[HarperCollins Publishers]], 1996. {{ISBN|0-06-018648-8}}. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} == Further reading == * {{cite web|last=Bayless|first=Skip|date=December 5, 2018|url=https://m.facebook.com/notes/skip-bayless/here-i-am/2084322811590228/|title=Here I Am|publisher=Facebook}} Autobiographical essay recounting Bayless's formative years, including his abusive childhood and introduction to sports. ==External links== {{cc}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120427150952/http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/bayless_skip/ "Profile: Skip Bayless"], ESPN website *[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/story/2012-03-20/hiestand-bayless/53674556/1 Skip Bayless never worries about having a First Take, ''USA Today'', March 21, 2012] *{{IMDb name|name=Skip Bayless|id=1716493}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayless, Skip}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American sports radio personalities]] [[Category:Chicago Tribune people]] [[Category:ESPN people]] [[Category:Fox Sports 1 people]] [[Category:Los Angeles Times people]] [[Category:Miami Herald people]] [[Category:Northwest Classen High School alumni]] [[Category:Sportswriters from Oklahoma]] [[Category:The Dallas Morning News people]] [[Category:Vanderbilt University alumni]] [[Category:Writers from Oklahoma City]]
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