One of our own will be guiding television viewers through coverage of the 57th Super Bowl this weekend. Kent man Neil Reynolds, the main host of NFL on Sky Sports since 2017, is in Arizona where he’s building up to Sunday’s showpiece between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
To be fronting one of the biggest sports events in the world is a privileged position but it’s one Reynolds has worked hard to achieve.
Growing up in Maidstone before moving to Medway, he started his career as an editorial assistant with the KM Group in 1994, working on the daily Kent Today title in Chatham.
It was the foot in the door he needed and the start of a long road to fronting American football on Sky Sports. “I was effectively the tea boy,” said Reynolds, who lives in Walderslade. “I went from being the tea boy to sitting at the Super Bowl.