Kylie Hartung
Cooper Neal/Getty ImagesAs the number of prominent female reporters across the NFL continues to grow, Prime Video's Kylie Hartung They rushed into the supportive community they created with each other.
“It's absolutely amazing,” Hartung, 39, said exclusively. Us Weekly Before Prime Video The first ever playoff broadcast Between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, January 11. “It's the most special group of women I've ever considered myself a part of. I feel very lucky.”
Hartung is joined on the sidelines of Prime Video's NFL coverage by Taylor rockswith Charissa Thompson Anchoring network coverage during pre-game, post-game and halftime.
“It's very real between us,” Hartung explained. “Charissa, Taylor and I have very different skill sets. We have very different personalities. I think we are able to work together and support each other in a very special way. There is no competition. We are each other's biggest cheerleaders.”
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Across the networks, there are other female reporters at prominent venues like Fox Sports. Erin Andrews and Pam Oliver And “CBS” Tracy Wolfson and Kay Adamswhich provided Netflix's inaugural Christmas Day coverage.
“We all get along and love each other,” Hartung told us. “Charissa and I were friends before we were together Thursday Night Football together. I had never met Taylor before the first time everyone got together. But it was immediate for all of us.”
Kylie Hartung interviews New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on September 19, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Cooper Neal/Getty ImagesHartung, who also serves as a contributor to NBC's Today show, is important Sunday Night Football Sideline reporter Melissa Stark As another fellow fan. When the duo worked together during an NFL Divisional Round playoff game between the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field in Detroit in January 2024, Hartung had a moment of gratitude.
“We were sitting on the bus (on the way to the stadium) and I cried in the most cheesy, silly, emotional way,” Hartung recalls. “When I was 15 years old I would never have imagined this. Melissa has been so supportive of me and I appreciate that I can call her a friend. We will compare notes if I have a team before her or if she has a team before me.”
Ahead of the Los Angeles Rams' playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings, Kelly Stafford is ready to take one for the team. Stafford, the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, revealed that she was suffering from a bad illness as the NFL playoffs approached. “I can't think straight,” Kelly said on Tuesday, January 7.
Hartung also shouted on NBC Maria Taylor And ESPN Laura RutledgeWith which she helped launch the SEC Network in 2014.
“I feel very fortunate that all of our friendships have continued,” she said. “I hope we can be role models for women younger than us. It's a competitive environment and there are only so many opportunities. But there's enough to go around.”
“At the end of the day, one of the things we all have in common is that we are all kind, welcoming, kind people who are excited about each other’s successes and eager to encourage each other,” Hartung added.
Hartung will be on the bench for Prime Video's first-ever playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, which airs live on Saturday, January 11 at 7:30 PM ET.
