Jill Arrington

Tiffany "Jill" Arrington (born July 27, 1972) is an American former college football sideline reporter for ESPN during the 2004 season. She left ESPN after that season for personal reasons.

Biography

Personal life

Arrington was born in Conyers, Georgia, the daughter of Mary Jane (née Odum) and former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Rick Arrington, and resides in Beverly Hills, California. She is the aunt of Dakota and Elle Fanning.

Arrington is a 1994 graduate of the University of Miami, where she was a member of the university's tennis team, was selected as the university's Orange Bowl princess and joined Delta Gamma sorority.

Career

Prior to joining ESPN, Arrington covered college and professional football for CBS and Fox Broadcasting Company.

She is also noted for her good looks. In 2001, Arrington was voted the sexiest sportscaster by "Playboy". She was ranked #48 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2002 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2002/ | accessdate=January 23 | accessyear=2007] and #70 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2003.cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2003 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2003/ | accessdate=January 18 | accessyear=2007]

She has been featured in commercials for Coors beer, and played Deion Sanders' wife in Nike's "Briscoe High" commercials.

During an interview with University of Georgia coach Mark Richt in 2002, Arrington pronounced Georgia defensive end David Pollack's last name (pronounced POL-ak) as if it were a slur directed at the Polish. Critics have often cited the incident as an example that sideline reporting adds little to games.

Quotes

* On interviewing football players: "Yes, I can get their attention. But I have to ask the right question for respect." [http://www.jillarrington.com/mag/details.html]
* On "Monday Night Football"'s Melissa Stark: "I'd take her down. She's just a little thing."http://www.jillarrington.com/mag/maxim.html]
* On herself: "If I were one of those big, tough football players, I'd volunteer to be interviewed by me"
* On the Maloof family: "I've partied with Gavin Maloof, and I assure you he likes his trombones rusty."
* On interviewing football players: "Yes, I can get their attention. But I have to ask the right question for respect." [http://www.jillarrington.com/mag/details.html]

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