Tiffany "Jill" Arrington (born July 27, 1972) is an American sportscaster and reporter. She previously was a sports anchor at KCBS and KCAL in

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for three years. Before that, she was in the same position at

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and Fox SportsNet for five years, after being a sideline reporter on

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for

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during the 2004 college football season.

Career

After graduating from the

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with a degree in broadcast journalism, Arrington began her broadcasting career as a producer on ''Main Floor'' and '' Real TV''. She then entered the sports world as a sideline reporter for

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covering women's tennis and features for ''

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''. She was also the co-host of FOX Sports' ''NFL Under the Helmet'' for one season. Arrington was the host of the

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's pregame show on TNN, as well as the sideline reporter for arena football games for three seasons. She then went to CBS Sports as the lead sideline reporter on the

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College Football and US Open Tennis tournament for four years, as well as feature reporter on '' The NFL Today'' show. Arrington switched to ESPN for a year as the lead college football sideline reporter for

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games and feature reporter on '' ESPN College Gameday''. After taking some time off to raise her daughter, she returned to Fox Sports in 2010 as the host of FSN's ''Totally NASCAR'', ''College Football Saturday Preview'', ''Verizon NFL Mobile Updates on FOX NFL Sunday'', ''FoxSportsFlash'', and ''NFL Online OT''. She was a sports anchor for FoxSports1's ''3 Things to Know'' live sports news updates for two years, as well as co-host and feature reporter for FS1's ''America's Pregame''. She was also a sports anchor in Los Angeles for the duopoly of KCBS/ KCAL CBS2 television stations. Arrington has appeared in endorsements for Zima and Nike, and has performed

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work for ''

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''.

References

American television sports announcers American television reporters and correspondents NFL announcers College football announcers Arena football announcers American tennis commentators Motorsport announcers People from Conyers, Georgia University of Miami School of Communication alumni American women sports commentators 1972 births Living people American women television journalists 21st-century American women journalists 21st-century American journalists American people of English descent {{US-tv-journalist-stub