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Jayne Kennedy Overton (née Harrison; born October 27, 1951) is an American television personality, actress, model, corporate spokeswoman, producer, writer, public speaker, philanthropist, and sports broadcaster.
What is Jayne Kennedy Doing Now? Jayne Kennedy is in her 70s now, and still involved in show business. She received the National Sports Media Association’s 2022 Roone Arledge Award for innovation in June 2022, and regularly updates her Instagram and Twitter handles.
Pat Harvey sits down with none other than Jayne Kennedy, the iconic female sports anchor who paved the way for many behind her when she joined The NFL Today on CBS in 1978.
Jayne Kennedy (born Jane Harrison on October 27, 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actress, model and sportscaster. Jayne was crowned Miss Ohio USA 1970 (she was the first African American woman to win the title), and was one of the 10 semi-finalists in the 1970 Miss USA pageant.
As one of the first female sports broadcasters and the first African- American female in that role, she destroyed the myth that women could not make it in the world of sports broadcasting, blasting the doors wide open for women in sports forevermore.
Jayne Kennedy had to talk her agent into putting her name out there to CBS in the late 1970s for a shot at landing a job on the NFL’s best pre-game TV show.
Jayne Kennedy (born Jane Harrison on October 27, 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actress, model and sportscaster. Jayne was crowned Miss Ohio USA 1970 (she was the first African American woman to win the title), and was one of the 10 semi-finalists in the 1970 Miss USA pageant.
Kennedy became the first Black woman announcer on a nationally televised sports program in 1978 when she replaced Phyllis George on The NFL Today. Just like any other sports show in the late 1970s, it was dominated by white men.
September 21, 1978 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. She glances sideways, stealing a reassuring look at the teleprompter, then steadily recites the latest data on coaches, quarterbacks and touchdowns. Her...
Jayne Kennedy left 'The NFL Today' two years ago, but she still misses the action. 'It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it,' she said. 'Here I was in New York watching eight or nine games at a...