Who is ESPN reporter Maria Taylor?
MARIA Taylor is a reporter for ESPN and SEC Networks. Georgia native Maria Taylor is showing the world the women can make it in the sports industry. Taylor is an analyst and host for ESPN and SEC Network. The 34-year-old University of Georgia alum has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. For three years, Taylor was a reporter for IMG College at the University of Georgia and in 2013, she was a sideline reporter for the weekly Saturday-night primetime college football telecast hosted by ESPN2. In 2014, she joined SEC Network after serving as an analyst for the NCAA Women's Basketball Selection Show and for both the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and Women's Volleyball National Championship. Taylor started out at SEC Network as a college football reporter and in the same year, joined ESPN as a college analyst and reporter. In 2019, she became the host of ESPN's NBA Countdown and Sunday afternoon NBA games. Before becoming a sports analyst, she was also a standout athlete. At the University of Georgia, she played volleyball and basketball and was named to the All-SEC volleyball team three times and became a member of the USA A2 National Volleyball team. As of 2021, Taylor had an estimated net worth of $2 million. According to PlayersBio, she has an estimated salary of $100,000 between both SEC Networks and ESPN. The majority of her net worth comes from her her analyst career. Taylor is currently married to former sports agent Rodney Blackstock, 40. He obtained a degree in commercial and advertising art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro back in 2009. In 2007, Blackstock was an unrestricted free agent in the NBA draft but never went on to play in the NBA, he instead became a sports agent for more than three years at ApexBlack. Following the end of his agent career, Blackstock went on to became the assistant women's basketball coach at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple met back in 2014 at a Charlotte Hornets game and while they got engaged shortly after dating, the two didn't tie the knot until May 5, 2019.