Maria Taylor Bio, Family, Career, Husband, Net Worth, Metrics

Maria Taylor is a sports analyst and news anchor. She had worked as a host for ESPN and SEC Network. Currently, she works as a sportscaster for NBC Sports. The sportscaster has covered many areas, including college football, college volleyball, the National Basketball Association (NBA), and men’s and women’s college basketball.

Additionally, she had been in the media for a while due to her departure from ESPN. Also, it is reported that her departure came after the July 2020 conference call between Rachel Nicholas and LeBron James. Scroll to know more about her and also read her net worth and measurements.

MARIA TAYLOR: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The sportscaster was born on May 12, 1987 as Suzette Maria Taylor in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States. She is the daughter of father Steve Taylor and mother Suzette Taylor. It seems that she is the only child of her parents since there is no information about her siblings. She has an American nationality and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity.

For her education, she had attended Centennial High School. During her high school years, she had a successful four-year basketball career during which she received numerous accolades. Additionally, she was selected to the United States Junior A2 National Volleyball Team in 2004. On an athletic scholarship, she joined the University of Georgia where she continued to play in volleyball and basketball from 2005 to 2009.

MARIA TAYLOR: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2013, she worked as a sideline reporter on ESPN2’s weekly Saturday night primetime college football television show. Previously, she had been actively working as an analyst since 2009. For three years, she had been a reporter and host for IMG College at the University of Georgia. Besides that, she had appeared on various studio shows including SEC Men’s Basketball Tonight and SportsNite.

Additionally, she joined the SEC Network in 2014 and covered a college football reporter. She has worked with commentator Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer. After gaining experience, she joined the ESPN College GameDay broadcast team as a reporter and host, replacing Samantha Ponder in 2017. In ESPN, she covered several college games on national football and basketball news- ball.

However, she reported leaving the network a day after the 2021 NBA Finals ended on July 20. In addition, the network offered to raise her salary to $1 million, but she decided to leave the network. After two days, she joined NBC Sports for her on-air debut during the 2020 Summer Olympics and also serves as a correspondent.

MARIA TAYLOR: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Coming to her personal life, the gorgeous sports analyst has married her longtime boyfriend, Rodney Blackstock. They tied the knot on May 5, 2019, at the beachfront Hilton Sandestin in Destin, Florida. Additionally, they met at a Charlott Hornet game in 2014 and started dating. Additionally, Blackstone offered a floral-inspired halo ring after three years of their relationship. It looks like the duo aren’t planning on having kids anytime soon, but you might not be confirmed about anything.

Looking briefly at Rodney, he is originally from Greensboro, North Carolina and is of Brazilian ethnicity, and is fluent in Portuguese. He was previously a sports agent and also played as an unrestricted free agent in the 2007 NBA Draft. He also served as Director of Sports Marketing at Q4 Sports in California until May 2020. But it appears the couple are no longer together. Speculation started swirling when Maria shared a photo of a man captioning ‘Love our love story’. She herself did not share much information about her married life except for sharing the photo.

MARIA TAYLOR: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Moving on to her earnings, she earns a good income from her profession in the field of journalism. Hence, she has an estimated net worth of around $2 million and an annual salary of around $60,000. With this huge sum, she leads a lavish and splendid life.

She has a verified Instagram account @mariataylor with 283,000 followers. On Twitter, she has a verified account @MariaTaylor with 286.6k followers.

MARIA TAYLOR: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The gorgeous media personality has a slim and attractive body that measures 34-30-38 inches in chest-waist-hips respectively. His body measures 6 feet 2 inches or 1.88 meters and weighs 72 kg. She has brown hair color with black eye color.