Jay Glazer
Jay Glazer | |
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 Glazer at Celebrity Fight Night in 2019 | |
| Born | Jason Charles Glazer December 26, 1969 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pace University |
| Occupation(s) | Sports journalist, sports broadcaster |
Jason Charles "Jay" Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is a TV Personality and National Football League (NFL) insider for Fox Sports's award-winning NFL pregame show, FOX NFL Sunday, where 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. He is also part of FOX’s Thursday Night Football.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
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.[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, Sly Stallone, and more.[7]
Jay Glazer and Nate Boyer in 2015 launched, 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]
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.[10]
and in 2015, hosted the season finale of Wicked Tuna for National Geographic.[11] Also hosted the 100th episode of Pitbulls and Parolees on Animal Planet.
Glazer was raised in Manalapan Township, New Jersey.[12] He attended Pace University, graduating with a degree in mass media.[13] He then began his writing career as a reporter at the New York Post.[14]
Personal life
Glazer is Jewish and has a son.[15]
Acting appearances
- The Longest Yard (2005) – Sportswriter
- The Game Plan (2007) – Hack Pack
- The League (2014) – as himself
- Ballers (2015) – as himself
- Bones (2017) – as Dave Hines
References
- ^ https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jay-glazer.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Jay Glazer MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog.com. 1969-12-26. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Bellator MMA Adds Jay Glazer To Broadcast Team". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Jay Glazer joins UFC competitor Bellator, but will keep his NFL role at Fox". Awful Announcing. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ https://www.tmz.com/2014/06/02/brian-urlacher-jay-glazer-opening-new-gym-unbreakable-performance/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/unbreakable-performance-center-demi-lovato-nick-jonas-sylvester-stallone-work-1010824.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://vetsandplayers.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjPaCBhDkARIsAISZN7QoaXFCJL1CktCHZBoHqDFIPcGkTonODvTc4ysw2W5Eh3FSEtSru3gaAjUwEALw_wcB.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19544361/mvp-brings-nfl-players-and-military-veterans-together/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/24/jay-glazer-mma-training-nfl.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2025570/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ 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."
- ^ "Jay Glazer". Fox Sports. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ Neil, Best. "Glazer's been crafty as Fox to become the top insider". Newsday.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ Magary, Drew (2014-01-28). [The Jay Glazer Outtakes: More Stories from the Most-Connected Man in Football "https://www.gq.com/story/jay-glazer-nfl-fox-sport-extrass"]. GQ. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
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External links
- Jay Glazer at IMDb
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