Jon Kelley is an award winning American sports journalist, author, producer, and television personality. Born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

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, Kelley played four seasons as a running back for the University of Nebraska before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism

Broadcast journalism

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. He signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 in 1988 before embarking on a broadcasting career.

He served as the host of the final season of ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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's reality television show The Mole

The Mole (U.S. Season 5)

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Kelley also trains celebrities and athletes on the art of being interviewed. He works for Media Training company, J2 Strategic Communications http://j2sc.com, alongside Bob Goen

Bob Goen

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, Steve Kmetko

Steve Kmetko

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, and Terry Murphy

Terry Murphy

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Chicago Sports Anchor

During his eight years in Chicago, Kelley was widely regarded as one of the region's top sports anchors and directors, covering the World Championship Bulls in all six of the team's title seasons. In addition to his nightly sportscasts, Kelley hosted the number one rated "Sports Sunday," WMAQ-TV's half-hour, expanded sports highlights program. There he shared the anchor desk with some of the city's most dynamic sports and entertainment personalities, including NBA rebounding star Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman

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 and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno

Jay Leno

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...

. Kelley joined WMAQ-TV as a sports reporter and weekend anchor in April 1991.

WMAQ-TV

While at WMAQ-TV, Kelley was part of a sports team that earned such prestigious awards as the Chicago/Midwest Emmy award for producing and anchoring his hour-long special highlighting the Chicago Bulls' quest for a fifth championship. Kelley also received the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism and an Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award for Best Sportscast.

WDAF-TV

Kelley has also done stints as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at WDAF-TV, Channel 4, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked as a news reporter at KMTV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his career as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KTIV-TV in Sioux City, Iowa.

Fox Sports Network

Kelley served as the main anchor for the Fox Sports Network's "The National Sports Report," and the lead anchor for the weekly series, "Baseball Today."

Extra

Kelley co-hosted "Extra's

Extra (TV series)

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" one-hour weekend edition and was the show's primary correspondent for the daily show from 2001 through 2007.

ABC

In December, Kelley co-hosted ABC's "Holiday with the Stars" and just recently co-hosted ABC's "All-star Tribute to Movies" on Oscar Sunday. Kelley's diverse broadcast career has spanned over 15 years in news, sports, and entertainment. He recently hosted the summer 2008 revival of the reality TV series The Mole.

KNTV-TV

On July 8, 2011, it was announced that he will join the NBC affiliate in San Francisco as co-anchor of the morning show.

Writings

Kelley is the co-author of the book "Breaking Into Broadcasting," a guide to landing one's first (or next) on-air job in television.

External links

• "The Mole" Page on ABC.com (Official)