Joy Taylor looks unrecognizable in previous sports media role before hosting her own show and 'Speak' fame
Samuel Coleman
Published Aug 23, 2026
JOY Taylor has grown into one of the country's most prominent sports broadcasting stars, but her journey there was no easy feat.
The 37-year-old cohost of the popular sports talk show Speak looked utterly unrecognizable in a recently-emerged throwback image from almost six years ago.
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Taylor has previously worked as a cohost and moderator with some of the most well-known names in sports media.
Photos of a younger Taylor appearing on The Herd with Colin Cowherd from 2018 materialized online recently while on the show set.
Taylor's rise in media has been remarkable after she dropped athletics after receiving a D1 scholarship at Barry University.
She stopped playing after her freshman year to concentrate instead on her studies and new role as head of radio station WBRY 1640 AM.
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Her media career skyrocketed in 2016 when she made the switch to Fox Sports.
Taylor started as a "pinch-hitter" for FS1, appearing on multiple shows before landing a gig as a moderator for 'Skip and Shannon: Undisputed.'
The show consisted of Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe disputing on all things sports and pop culture, with Taylor hosting the show.
Since then, Taylor has appeared on The Herd and landed her own radio show on Fox Sports Radio, which airs each Saturday.
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Taylor took up her newest role in late 2022, cohosting the popular FS1 show Speak with Emmanuel Acho and LeSean McCoy.
She is the younger sister of NFL legend Jason Taylor, a Miami Dolphins legend and Defensive Player of the Year in 2006.
Taylor has over 720,000 followers on Instagram and 465,500 on X, formerly Twitter, and can be seen weekly on FS1's Speak.
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