Kay Adams | |
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 Adams in 2023 | |
| Born | (1986-04-06)April 6, 1986 (age 39) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Missouri |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
Kay Adams (born April 6, 1986) is an American sportscaster and television personality. She hostedGood Morning Football onNFL Network from 2016 to 2022. She previously had several on-air hosting roles and also hosted the DirecTV Fantasy Zone channel during football season. Following her departure in 2022 from NFL Network, Adams has hosted her own daily NFL show,Up & Adams, forFanDuel TV. From 2020 to 2022 she hosted the daily entertainment showPeople (the TV show!).
Adams was born inChicago on April 6, 1986.[1][2][3] Her parents wereimmigrants from Poland.[4] She became interested in a media career while attendingWhitney M. Young Magnet High School.[4]
After graduating from high school, Adams attended theUniversity of Missouri, majoring in communications and working various part time jobs to pay for her education, including bartender at a sports bar and radio personality on local music and sports radio stations.[4]
Early in her career, Adams was an in-game host for theSt. Louis Cardinals at their home games.[5][4]
Adams’ first role with professional football was on fantasy football shows, including SiriusXM'sLivin' the Fantasy andSiriusXM Fantasy Drive andDirecTV'sNFL Sunday Ticket Fantasy Zone.[5] Adams was a guest on the October 17, 2012, episode ofThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[6]
She has also worked forFanDuel and was a reporter forNBC Sports Network. While with NBCSN, she occasionally appeared as a guest on network shows such asThe Crossover with Michelle Beadle, hosted byMichelle Beadle, andNBC SportsTalk.[2]
From 2016 to 2022, Adams was one of the hosts ofNFL Network'sGood Morning Football.[7] The show is the network's year-round morning show Monday through Fridays.[8] She has also hosted special events for theChicago Bears and a sideline reporter forKansas City Chiefs exhibition games.[citation needed]
On November 3, 2016, Adams was co-host onImpractical Jokers in the Nitro Circus live event at thePrudential Center alongsideTravis Pastrana on November 3, 2016.[9]
On September 17, 2018, it was announced that Adams would be joining theDAZN boxing broadcast team hosting each fight night broadcast on the live and on-demand sports streaming platform, alongsideSugar Ray Leonard, Brian Kenny, Chris Mannix and LZ Granderson.[citation needed]
In 2020, Adams hosted a mobile version ofWho Wants to be a Millionaire where the general public played for real money.[10] Adams also hostedPeople (the TV show!), a daily entertainment newsmagazine based onPeople magazine which aired from the fall of 2020 until the spring of 2022 over the stations ofMeredith Corporation (merged withGray Television in the fall of 2021).[11]
After deciding to not re-sign with NFL Network, Adams began hosting her own daily NFL sports show,Up & Adams, forFanDuel TV.[12] The show, which launched on September 6, 2022, was credited with contributing to the growth of the channel's audience.[13]
Adams, who is currently 34 years old...