Taylor Rooks Extends Deal With Turner Sports As She Prepares for Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTaylor Rooks is getting ready to open another field of study.The Bleacher Report standout and up-and coming Turner Sports broadcaster has signed a new multi-year deal to broadcast across both the digital-sports outlet and TV programs produced by the Warner Bros.

Discovery sports division, even as she has secured a role as a features reporter for the new “Thursday Night Football” streamcast being handled by Amazon’s Prime Video.Rooks has been known for her coverage of the NBA.

She intends for that to continue. But she also wants to make a splash with her time reporting on the NFL.“I don’t want to be someone who can only do one thing, or be put in this box,” she tells Variety. “In this business, it’s really easy to throw people into something that’s confined.

I view myself as an incredibly versatile broadcaster and I want to thrive in all of the settings.” Rooks is the latest in a recent parade of sports-broadcasting notables to secure contract that allow her to work for more than one company.