Jessica Blaylock is the television host of Florida Panthers broadcasts on Scripps Sports, fronting the pregame, intermission and postgame shows. Jessica Blaylock has covered the Panthers for twelve seasons, longer than anyone else on the current broadcast, and for ten of those years she worked Miami Marlins baseball at the same time.
| Fast facts: Jessica Blaylock | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Hosting the pregame, intermission and postgame shows on Panthers broadcasts |
| Current role | Television host, Florida Panthers broadcasts |
| Employer | Scripps Sports |
| Hometown | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Education | University of Florida, a BA in telecommunications and a BA in history |
| Previous roles | In-game reporter on Miami Marlins broadcasts, 2015 to 2024; Orlando Magic coverage for FOX Sports Florida; operations producer at ESPN, 2006 to 2011; radio host and Jaguars beat reporter at 1010XL in Jacksonville |
| Hockey connection | None as a player. She reached hockey through regional sports television |
| Also written | Jess Blaylock |
Who is Jessica Blaylock?
Jessica Blaylock hosts the Panthers’ studio coverage, and 2026-27 is her twelfth season covering the club and her second in the host chair. The Panthers’ own broadcaster page lists both figures, and the club’s programming announcement of 28 September 2026 names her as intermission host and host of the pregame and postgame shows, alongside play-by-play voice Steve Goldstein, analyst Randy Moller, rinkside reporter Katie Engleson and alumnus Ed Jovanovski.
She hosts a broadcast that changed hands around her. The Panthers left Bally Sports Florida for their own arrangement with Scripps Sports, announced on 2 July 2024, and 69 of the 84 games now air on Scripps channels. The team she introduces each night is also different: Florida acquired captain Brady Tkachuk from Ottawa on 21 June 2026, putting him on the same roster as his brother Matthew. The channels and streams are in our guide to how to watch the Florida Panthers.
What is Jessica Blaylock’s career?
| Year | Role | Outlet |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Operations producer, college football, college basketball and NASCAR | ESPN |
| Jacksonville years | Radio host, Jaguars beat reporter, THE PLAYERS Championship | 1010XL |
| Jacksonville years | Jaguars and high school football features | CSS |
| 2010 | Orlando Magic coverage, five seasons, plus high school football and basketball | FOX Sports Florida |
| 2015 | In-game reporter, Marlins | FOX Sports Florida, later Bally Sports Florida |
| 2015 | Panthers coverage begins | FOX Sports Florida |
| 2024 | Panthers coverage continues | Scripps Sports |
| 2025 | Television host, Panthers studio shows | Scripps Sports |
Jessica Blaylock covered the Panthers and the Marlins at the same time for ten years, from 2015 to 2024. Two professional teams, one market, overlapping seasons, and the hockey job outlasted the baseball job.
Her route in was production, not performance. Blaylock spent five years at ESPN as an operations producer before she worked on camera at all.
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Was Jessica Blaylock the Marlins reporter?
Yes, for ten seasons. Blaylock was the in-game reporter on Miami Marlins television broadcasts from 2015 to 2024, according to the Panthers’ own biography of her, and the baseball work ran in parallel with her hockey work the whole time.
One Marlins moment traveled further than the rest. After a win at loanDepot Park, she was interviewing a player when the team emptied a cooler over her on camera, and the clip was picked up by Inside Edition and by Yahoo Sports.
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Does Jessica Blaylock have a Wikipedia page?
No, and the page that comes up instead belongs to a different journalist in the same city. Jeannie Blaylock is a weekday anchor at WTLV and WJXX in Jacksonville, where she has won twelve Emmys and a Peabody for the Buddy Check 12 breast-cancer awareness project. Jessica Blaylock is from Jacksonville and began her career in Jacksonville radio, so the two names sit in the same market, the same business and the same search results.
They are not related, and nothing published connects them beyond a surname and a city.
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Where is Jessica Blaylock from?
Jacksonville, Florida. Blaylock went to the University of Florida and left with two bachelor’s degrees, one in telecommunications and one in history, and her first jobs were in her home city: Jaguars beat reporting and an evening show on the radio station 1010XL, plus coverage of THE PLAYERS Championship at Sawgrass.
Everything since has been in Florida too. ESPN, then Orlando, then Miami, then Sunrise. Every team’s channels are in our guide to how to watch NHL hockey.
How old is Jessica Blaylock, and how tall is she?
She was born on January 15, 1983.
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Is Jessica Blaylock married?
No publicly confirmed information exists about Jessica Blaylock’s relationship status.
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