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|caption = Glazer at Celebrity Fight Night in 2019
|caption = Glazer at Celebrity Fight Night in 2019
|birth_name = Jason Charles Glazer
|birth_name = Jason Charles Glazer
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|26|mf=y}} (Age 51)
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|26|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey]]
|birth_place = [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey|Manalapan Township]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
|nationality = American
|nationality = American
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|alma_mater = [[Pace University]]
|alma_mater = [[Pace University]]
|occupation = [[Sports journalist]], sports broadcaster
|occupation = [[Sports journalist]], sports broadcaster
| spouse = {{marriage|Rosie Tenison|2024}}
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'''Jason Charles Glazer''' (born December 26, 1969) is a television personality and sports reporter. Since 2004, he has worked as a [[National Football League]] (NFL) insider for [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]' NFL pregame studio show, ''[[FOX NFL Sunday]]'', on which he reports exclusives, late-breaking updates, injury news, and other reports. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019.


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He was also part of FOX's [[Thursday Night Football]] television coverage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jay-glazer|title=Jay Glazer}}</ref> Glazer has been on multiple TV shows, including guest starring on all five seasons on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Ballers]]'' and ''[[The League]]'' on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]. Glazer trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season.<ref name="rsandomirnyt">[[Richard Sandomir|Sandomir, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/sports/football/28glazer.html "Fox's Glazer Straddles Jobs as N.F.L. Reporter and Trainer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2018.</ref><ref name="fight">{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jay-Glazer-17647 |title=Jay Glazer MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography |website=Sherdog.com |date=1969-12-26 |access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref>
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'''Jason Charles "Jay" Glazer''' (born December 26, 1969) is a TV Personality and [[National Football League]] (NFL) insider for [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]'s award-winning NFL pregame studio show, [[FOX NFL Sunday]], where, since 2004, he breaks in with exclusives, late-breaking updates and injury news, and other various reports right up until the start of Sunday’s games and all the way through FOX’s Sunday coverage. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019.


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In January 2018, it was announced that Glazer had joined [[Paramount Network]] and [[Bellator MMA]] to be part of their broadcast team after serving as host for the UFC for the previous five years. He was the first host of an MMA show in America when he hosted the Pride Fighting Championships in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2018/1/16/16897452/jay-glazer-bellator-mma-broadcasting-team-fox-nfl-sonnen-rampage-paramount|title=Bellator MMA Adds Jay Glazer To Broadcast Team|work=MMAmania.com|access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/mma/jay-glazer-ufc-bellator-fox.html|title=Jay Glazer joins UFC competitor Bellator, but will keep his NFL role at Fox|date=2018-01-16|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
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He is also part of FOX’s Thursday Night Football.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jay-glazer}}</ref> Jay has been on multiple TV shows including guest starring on all five seasons on HBO’s Ballers and The League on FX. Glazer trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season.<ref name="rsandomirnyt">[[Richard Sandomir|Sandomir, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/sports/football/28glazer.html "Fox's Glazer Straddles Jobs as N.F.L. Reporter and Trainer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2018.</ref><ref name="fight">{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jay-Glazer-17647 |title=Jay Glazer MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography |website=Sherdog.com |date=1969-12-26 |access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref>


==Career==
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In January 2018, it was announced that Glazer had joined [[Paramount Network]] and [[Bellator MMA]] to be part of their broadcast team. Glazer remains an NFL reporter with Fox Sports.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2018/1/16/16897452/jay-glazer-bellator-mma-broadcasting-team-fox-nfl-sonnen-rampage-paramount|title=Bellator MMA Adds Jay Glazer To Broadcast Team|work=MMAmania.com|access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/mma/jay-glazer-ufc-bellator-fox.html|title=Jay Glazer joins UFC competitor Bellator, but will keep his NFL role at Fox|date=2018-01-16|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2014, Glazer opened the Unbreakable Performance Center in [[West Hollywood]] with former Chicago Bears' all-pro linebacker, [[Brian Urlacher]], and U.S. Women's Volleyball Captain, [[Lindsey Berg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2014/06/02/brian-urlacher-jay-glazer-opening-new-gym-unbreakable-performance/|title=Brian Urlacher -- Opens Hollywood Baller Gym ... For Badass Athletes Only!}}</ref> The gym has become the home to many elite athletes, actors, musicians, and business people. Clientele have included [[Demi Lovato]], [[Odell Beckham Jr.]], [[Chuck Liddell]], [[Michael Strahan]], [[Wiz Khalifa]], [[Chris Pratt]], and [[Sylvester Stallone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/unbreakable-performance-center-demi-lovato-nick-jonas-sylvester-stallone-work-1010824|title=What It's Like Working Out with Pop Stars, Actors and Athletes|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=6 June 2017}}</ref>


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Glazer and Nate Boyer in 2015 launched a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity named MVP (Merging Vets & Players<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vetsandplayers.org/}}</ref>), which works to match up former combat veterans and former professional athletes in order to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the battlefields and playing fields.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19544361/mvp-brings-nfl-players-and-military-veterans-together/|title=This Gym is Bringing NFL Players and Military Veterans Together for the Workout of Their Lives|date=5 December 2017}}</ref>
In 2014, Jay opened the Unbreakable Performance Center in [[West Hollywood]] with former Chicago Bears’ all-pro linebacker, [[Brian Urlacher]], and U.S. Women’s Volleyball Captain, [[Lindsey Berg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2014/06/02/brian-urlacher-jay-glazer-opening-new-gym-unbreakable-performance/}}</ref>


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Glazer also trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season with over 1,000 athletes having utilized his training program and been coached under his system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/24/jay-glazer-mma-training-nfl|title=Step into Jay Glazer's Gym|date=23 July 2015 }}</ref>
The gym has become the home to many elite athletes, actors, musicians, and business people. Clientele have included Demi Lovato, Odell Beckham Jr., Chuck Liddell, Michael Strahan, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, Sly Stallone, and more.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/unbreakable-performance-center-demi-lovato-nick-jonas-sylvester-stallone-work-1010824}}</ref>


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In 2015, he hosted the season finale of ''[[Wicked Tuna]]'' for National Geographic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2025570/|title=Jay Glazer|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
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Jay Glazer and Nate Boyer in 2015 launched, MVP (Merging Vets & Players<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vetsandplayers.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjPaCBhDkARIsAISZN7QoaXFCJL1CktCHZBoHqDFIPcGkTonODvTc4ysw2W5Eh3FSEtSru3gaAjUwEALw_wcB}}</ref>), which works to match up former combat veterans and former professional athletes in order to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the battlefields and playing fields.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19544361/mvp-brings-nfl-players-and-military-veterans-together/}}</ref>


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Glazer was raised in [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey]]<ref>Best, Neil. [https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/glazer-s-been-crafty-as-fox-to-become-the-top-insider-1.772013 "Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider"], ''[[Newsday]]'', October 4, 2008. Accessed July 5, 2018. "Glazer grew up in Manalapan, N.J., and attended Pace University while working as a stand-up comic and bartender."</ref> where he attended [[Manalapan High School]].<ref>[https://www.nj.com/sports/2022/01/nfl-insider-jay-glazer-on-fighting-mental-health-stigma-new-book-jersey-attitude-giants-and-more-qa.html "NFL insider Jay Glazer on mental health, new book, ‘Jersey attitude,’ Giants and more - Q&A"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 19, 2022. Accessed November 26, 2022. "[Q] What was life like growing up? [A] I grew up on the Jersey Shore, I went to Manalapan High."</ref> He went to college at [[Pace University]], graduating with a degree in mass media.<ref name="Fox Sports Bio">{{cite web|title=Jay Glazer|url=http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jay-glazer|work=[[Fox Sports]]|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> He then began his writing career as a columnist at the ''[[New York Post]]''.<ref name="newsday">{{cite web|last1=Neil|first1=Best|title=Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/glazer-s-been-crafty-as-fox-to-become-the-top-insider-1.772013|website=Newsday.com|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref>
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Jay also started the first MMA-training program for professional athletes with over 1,000 athletes having utilized his training program and gotten coached under his system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/24/jay-glazer-mma-training-nfl}}</ref>
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In 2015, he hosted the season finale of [[Wicked Tuna]] for National Geographic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2025570/}}</ref> Also hosted the 100th episode of Pitbulls and Parolees on Animal Planet.

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Glazer was raised in [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey]].<ref>Best, Neil. [https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/glazer-s-been-crafty-as-fox-to-become-the-top-insider-1.772013 "Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider"], ''[[Newsday]]'', October 4, 2008. Accessed July 5, 2018. "Glazer grew up in Manalapan, N.J., and attended Pace University while working as a stand-up comic and bartender."</ref> He attended [[Pace University]], graduating with a degree in mass media.<ref name="Fox Sports Bio">{{cite web|title=Jay Glazer|url=http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jay-glazer|publisher=[[Fox Sports]]|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> He then began his writing career as a reporter at the ''[[New York Post]]''.<ref name="newsday">{{cite web|last1=Neil|first1=Best|title=Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/glazer-s-been-crafty-as-fox-to-become-the-top-insider-1.772013|website=Newsday.com|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Glazer is Jewish and has a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=The Jay Glazer Outtakes: More Stories from the Most-Connected Man in Football|title=https://www.gq.com/story/jay-glazer-nfl-fox-sport-extrass|first1=Drew|last1=Magary|date=2014-01-28|access-date=2019-09-29|work=[[GQ]]}}</ref>
Glazer is Jewish and has a son.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jay Glazer Outtakes: More Stories from the Most-Connected Man in Football |url=https://www.gq.com/story/jay-glazer-nfl-fox-sport-extrass |first1=Drew|last1=Magary|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=September 29, 2019|work=[[GQ]]}}</ref>


==Acting appearances==
==Acting appearances==
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* ''[[Ballers]]'' (2015) – as himself
* ''[[Ballers]]'' (2015) – as himself
* ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' (2017) – as Dave Hines
* ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' (2017) – as Dave Hines
* ''[[Ridiculousness (TV series)|Ridiculousness]]'' (2022) - as himself


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|2025570|Jay Glazer}}
* {{IMDb name|2025570|Jay Glazer}}


{{Thursday Night Football}}
{{Thursday Night Football}}
{{NFL Network}}
{{NFL Network}}



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Latest revision as of 18:16, 1 August 2024

Jay Glazer
Glazer at Celebrity Fight Night in 2019
Born
Jason Charles Glazer

(1969-12-26) December 26, 1969 (age 54)
Manalapan Township, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPace University
Occupation(s)Sports journalist, sports broadcaster
Spouse
Rosie Tenison
​
(m. 2024)​

Jason Charles Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is a television personality and sports reporter. Since 2004, he has worked as a National Football League (NFL) insider for Fox Sports' NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday, on which he reports exclusives, late-breaking updates, injury news, and other reports. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019.

He was also part of FOX's Thursday Night Football television coverage.[1] Glazer has been on multiple TV shows, including guest starring on all five seasons on HBO's Ballers and The League on FX. Glazer trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season.[2][3]

In January 2018, it was announced that Glazer had joined Paramount Network and Bellator MMA to be part of their broadcast team after serving as host for the UFC for the previous five years. He was the first host of an MMA show in America when he hosted the Pride Fighting Championships in 2005.[4][5]

Career

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In 2014, Glazer opened the Unbreakable Performance Center in West Hollywood with former Chicago Bears' all-pro linebacker, Brian Urlacher, and U.S. Women's Volleyball Captain, Lindsey Berg.[6] The gym has become the home to many elite athletes, actors, musicians, and business people. Clientele have included Demi Lovato, Odell Beckham Jr., Chuck Liddell, Michael Strahan, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, and Sylvester Stallone.[7]

Glazer and Nate Boyer in 2015 launched a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity named MVP (Merging Vets & Players[8]), which works to match up former combat veterans and former professional athletes in order to help each other through the transition into their new lives away from the battlefields and playing fields.[9]

Glazer also trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season with over 1,000 athletes having utilized his training program and been coached under his system.[10]

In 2015, he hosted the season finale of Wicked Tuna for National Geographic.[11]

Glazer was raised in Manalapan Township, New Jersey[12] where he attended Manalapan High School.[13] He went to college at Pace University, graduating with a degree in mass media.[14] He then began his writing career as a columnist at the New York Post.[15]

Personal life

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Glazer is Jewish and has a son.[16]

Acting appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Jay Glazer".
  2. ^ Sandomir, Richard. "Fox's Glazer Straddles Jobs as N.F.L. Reporter and Trainer", The New York Times, May 28, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jay Glazer MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog.com. 1969-12-26. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ^ "Bellator MMA Adds Jay Glazer To Broadcast Team". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. ^ "Jay Glazer joins UFC competitor Bellator, but will keep his NFL role at Fox". Awful Announcing. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  6. ^ "Brian Urlacher -- Opens Hollywood Baller Gym ... For Badass Athletes Only!".
  7. ^ "What It's Like Working Out with Pop Stars, Actors and Athletes". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 June 2017.
  8. ^ https://vetsandplayers.org/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "This Gym is Bringing NFL Players and Military Veterans Together for the Workout of Their Lives". 5 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Step into Jay Glazer's Gym". 23 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Jay Glazer". IMDb.
  12. ^ Best, Neil. "Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider", Newsday, October 4, 2008. Accessed July 5, 2018. "Glazer grew up in Manalapan, N.J., and attended Pace University while working as a stand-up comic and bartender."
  13. ^ "NFL insider Jay Glazer on mental health, new book, ‘Jersey attitude,’ Giants and more - Q&A", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 19, 2022. Accessed November 26, 2022. "[Q] What was life like growing up? [A] I grew up on the Jersey Shore, I went to Manalapan High."
  14. ^ "Jay Glazer". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  15. ^ Neil, Best. "Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider". Newsday.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  16. ^ Magary, Drew (January 28, 2014). "The Jay Glazer Outtakes: More Stories from the Most-Connected Man in Football". GQ. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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