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Date of Birth: 1980, August 26
Years: 40 years old
Nation of birth: United States of America
Name bomany jones
birth name Bomani Babatunde Jones
Dad Mack-Jones
Mother Barbara Ann Posey
Nationality Afro-American
Place of birth / city Atlanta
ethnicity Mixture
Working for ESPN
Net worth N/A
subject with N/A
Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brothers Tayari Jones, Patrice Jones

Bomani Jones, born as Bomani Babatunde Jones, is an American sportswriter currently working for ESPN. He is known for hosting shows like Highly Questionable, The Right Time with Bomani Jones, and The Evening Jones podcast.

Additionally, Bomani Jones has also served as a panelist for SB Nation, Salon and Page 2 on ESPN.com and Around the Horn. He is heavily involved in sports radio.

Bomani Jones, born in Georgia, is of African-American descent

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Bomani Jones was born on August 26, 1980, to African-American parents, Barbara Ann Posey, a teacher, and Mack Jones, also a teacher. He has American citizenship and black ethnicity. She has a sister named Tayari Jones , who is an award-winning novelist. He also has a brother named Patrice Jones . Bomani was born in Atlanta but the family later moved to Houston, Texas, when he was a young child.

Bomani attended a local school in Houston. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2001. He then attended Claremont Graduate University to complete his master’s degrees in politics, economics, and business. She has completed her second master’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is studying for a doctorate in economics at UNC.

Race

Bomani Jones began working for AOL and ESPN.com as a music and pop culture critic before beginning his career as a sports writer. During 2008-2009, Bomani hosted two radio shows called ‘The Three Hour Lunch Break’ and ‘Sports Saturday with Bomani Jones’. The shows ended after the radio stations were sold. He launched his own radio show called ‘The Morning Jones’ in 2010 from Durham, North Carolina.

During that year, Bomani Jones served as a contributor and panelist for ESPN. After the end of his radio show ‘The Morning Jones’, Bomani started his own internet shows, ‘The Evening Jones’ and ‘Bomani & Jones’ until 2013.

Bomani Jones became a regular face on ESPN, appearing on ESPN2’s Dan Le Bastard is Highly Questionable during 2012. He began guest hosting on The Dan Le Bastard Show with Stugotz around the same time. According to sources, it is revealed that he had signed a four-year deal with ESPN on May 9, 2013. He has since become the co-host of Highly Questionable. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Duke University and Elon University.

It is worth $6.5 million

Bomani Jones is supposed to earn a very good amount of salary that has increased his net worth to millions of dollars. The reporter has a net worth of $6.5 million, and as of 2019, he is supposed to be getting a salary of $53,000 per year.

What is the relationship status of Bomani Jones?

Bomani Jones, 39, is a handsome man. He has a good physique and is very presentable. There is no doubt that many women must have fallen for this handsome hunk. However, Bomani Jones is very reluctant to give out his personal information. Therefore, it is not known if this handsome man is currently single or mixed race. In 2011, he obliquely wrote on his blog that he is single and was once engaged, as he quoted an ‘ex-fiancée’.

Bomani Jones even wrote that marriage is very hard. His ring finger is still empty, therefore it can be said that he is not married/engaged at the moment and is taking some time for that. His past/present affairs/girlfriends are completely in the shadows.

Bomani Jones is active on social media. He is a popular and beloved personality.

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