Rachel Nichols
Full Name
Rachel Nichols
Job Title
Television Host & Sports Reporter
Company
Fox Sports
Speaker Bio
Rachel Nichols is television host and sports reporter, currently working at Fox Sports as a panelist on shows like Undisputed and The Herd. She also appears on CNN and on the Monumental Sports Network, where she hosts a show called “Hometown with Rachel Nichols.” Her weekly NBA podcast is called Bully Ball, co-hosted by Boogie Cousins and Rajon Rondo.

Nichols’ previous stops include ESPN, where she created and hosted the network’s highly-successful NBA show, The Jump, and also served as a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football and the NBA Finals. Nichols has also hosted a weekly interview show on CNN called “Unguarded with Rachel Nichols,” and at TNT and TBS, she worked on the networks’ NBA, NCAA Tournament, Major League Baseball and golf broadcasts.

Nichols first got her start in newspapers, working for the Washington Post for nearly a decade. A native of Potomac, Md., she attended Northwestern University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.