Tiffany "Jill" Arrington (born July 27, 1972) is an American

United States

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 sportscaster with Fox Sports. She was previously a sideline reporter on college football

College football

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 for ESPN

ESPN

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 during the 2004 season.

Personal life

Arrington was born in Conyers, Georgia

Conyers, Georgia

Conyers is the only city in Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. It is twenty-four miles east of Atlanta. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,689. Census estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 12,205. The city is the county seat of Rockdale County. By 2009, the reported population was...

, the daughter of Mary Jane (née

Married and maiden names

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 Odum) and former Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 quarterback Rick Arrington

Rick Arrington

Richard Cameron “Rick” Arrington is a former American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He played three seasons for the Eagles from 1970-1972. He attended the University of Tulsa and the University of Georgia...

. She is the aunt of Dakota

Dakota Fanning

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 and Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

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.

Arrington is a 1994 graduate of the University of Miami

University of Miami

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, where she double majored in journalism and political science and minored in drama. She was a member of the university's tennis

Tennis

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 team, was selected as the university's Orange Bowl princess and joined Delta Gamma

Delta Gamma

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 sorority.

Career

After graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, Arrington began her broadcasting career as a producer for 5 years for a nationally syndicated entertainment show called Main Floor and a year producing for Paramount's Real TV

Real TV

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. After that she then entered the sports world as a sideline reporter for FOX Sports covering women's tennis and features for FOX NFL Sunday

FOX NFL Sunday

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. She was also the co-host of FOX Sports NFL Under the Helmet for one season. Arrington was the host of the Arena Football League's Pregame Show on TNN

TNN Motor Sports/TNN Sports

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 as well as the sideline reporter for arena football games for 3 seasons. She then went to CBS Sports as the lead sideline reporter on the Southeastern Conference

SEC on CBS

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 College Football and US Open Tennis tournament for four years as well as feature reporter on The NFL Today

The NFL Today

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 show.

Jill switched to ESPN

ESPN

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 for a year as the lead college football sideline reporter for primetime games as well as feature reporter on ESPN College Gameday. After taking some time off, she returned to sports with the Tennis Channel as host of Court Reports for the Grand Slam events. Jill recently came back to FOX Sports as Host of FSN's Totally NASCAR

Totally NASCAR

Totally NASCAR is a newscast about NASCAR racing that airs on Fox Sports Net. The program returned in 2010, but in a different format from the show that was originally shown from 2001 to 2004...

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In 2001, Arrington was voted the sexiest sportscaster by Playboy

Playboy

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, and was ranked #48 on the Maxim magazine

Maxim (magazine)

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s Hot 100 Women of 2002, and #70 on the FHM

FHM

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s 100 Sexiest Women of 2003.

She currently hosts Totally NASCAR, College Football Saturday Preview, and Verizon NFL Mobile Updates on FOX Sports.

Arrington has appeared in endorsements for Zima

Zima

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, Nike

Nike, Inc.

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, and performed voice-over

Voice-over

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 work for Madden NFL 2005

Madden NFL 2005

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