Catherine "Kit" Hoover (born July 29, 1970) is an American

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, sportscaster and

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currently serving as the anchor of ''

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'', and co-host of ''Access Daily with Mario & Kit''.Natalie Morales exits Access Hollywood... The Wrap.com
/ref> She has worked as a sportscaster for

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and

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. She has also been a

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for ''

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,'' a host on '' The View'' and a

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on '' Shaq Vs.''

Early life

Hoover attended Marist School in

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, where she won three years consecutively both the mile and two mile runs. She was named the "2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient" of Marist School. Hoover earned a

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journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (p ...

from the

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Career

Hoover made her television debut as a cast member on the first season of

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's ''

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'' in July 1995, a reality television series that followed five to six strangers traveling from location to location in an RV. Following ''Road Rules'', Hoover was hired as an entertainment correspondent for '' American Journal'', a nationally syndicated magazine show. In 1999, she joined

as a correspondent for

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''FOX Files'' and also served as a correspondent for ''The Pulse'' and ''Celebrity Spotlight'', and also co-hosted the latter. She also hosted ''FOX Rules with Kit Hoover''. In August 2003, Hoover joined

as co-host of

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's live

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, ''

Cold Pizza ''Cold Pizza'' is an American television sports morning talk show that aired weekdays on ESPN2 from 2003 to 2007. The show's style was more akin to ''Good Morning America'' than ''SportsCenter''s straight news and highlights format. It included d ...

''. She conducted live interviews and presented features and highlights on the daily weekday two-hour program. During her time on ''Cold Pizza'', Hoover covered numerous sports events such as the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. In January 2004, she became a feature and field reporter for the tennis events such as the

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, Wimbledon and the

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. She served in this role until July 2006, focusing on topics off the tennis court, interviewing the winner and giving the breaking news while the tennis match. In March 2005, Hoover and her ''Cold Pizza'' co-host

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, were replaced by

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. She served as a judge on ESPN's reality television show, ''

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'' (2004–2006) for the show's all three seasons. Afterward, she continued her role for ESPN and continued her role on ''Dream Job'' and the tennis matches. Hoover left ESPN in September 2006. Hoover served as a correspondent for the

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from October 2006 to July 2008. On July 27, 2008, Hoover hosted Six Flags TV at the multiple

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Theme Parks around the U.S. She hosted TLC’s lifestyle makeover series ''Real Simple, Real Life'' (2008–2009) based on the magazine '' Real Simple''. On August 3, 2010, Hoover made her first appearance on

Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program '' Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greate ...

's sports reality television program ''

Shaq Vs. ''Shaq Vs.'' is an American reality television show produced for ABC by Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital starring American basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. It began airing on August 18, 2009. Shaquille O'Neal claims to be "the grea ...

'' on the début of its second season. She served as both the co-host of the show alongside

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, as well as the

. Since September 13, 2010, she has co-hosted ''

Access Daily ''Access Hollywood'', formerly known as ''Access'' from 2017 to 2019, is an American weekday television entertainment news program that premiered on September 9, 1996. It covers events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created ...

'' with various co-hosts, and in 2019 became host of the flagship program ''

''.

Personal life

Hoover enjoys fitness and exercising, especially running. She has been featured on the cover of ''

Woman's World ''Woman's World'' is an American supermarket weekly magazine with a circulation of 1.6 million readers. Printed on paper generally associated with tabloid publications and priced accordingly, it concentrates on short articles about subjects such a ...

'' magazine and has shared tips on staying healthy and running in numerous publications such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In April 2020, she was named ''Women's Health'' magazines' "Mom Crush" and shared tips on how she stays active.

Filmography

As a television host and personality

As an actress

References

External links

*Owens, Deb Karazin (March 28, 2009)
"Ten Minutes With Kit Hoover"
in ''Fairfield Magazine''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Kit 1970 births Living people American television reporters and correspondents American infotainers UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni People from Atlanta Tennis commentators Women sports announcers American television sports announcers Road Rules cast members Marist School (Georgia) alumni American women television journalists 21st-century American women