Mina Kimes Biography
Mina Kimes is a senior writer, podcast host, and television contributor for ESPN, serving as an NFL analyst. She first joined ESPN The Magazine in 2014 and was later named an NFL analyst in June 2020 for the daily news and information show, NFL Live. Kimes provides football analysis on various ESPN shows such as Get Up, SportsCenter, and First Take. She is also a regular contributor to Around the Horn and Debatable, ESPN’s daily digital show. Additionally, Kimes hosts The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny’s football podcast, and launched the ESPN Daily podcast in October 2019.
Mina Kimes Age
Kimes is 38 years old as of June 2024. She was born on September 8, 1985, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Mina Kimes Height
She is 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 meters) tall.
Mina Kimes Nationality
She is American.
Mina Kimes Education
Kimes attended Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English.
Mina Kimes Parents
Mina’s parents are Father Winston Kimes, who served as a captain in the United States Air Force, and mother Sun Min Kimes, who is of Korean descent. Mina often speaks fondly of her parents and credits them for their support and influence in her life. She moved to Arizona with her family during her teenage years.
Mina has a brother named Isaac Kimes. He works as an attorney and has also been supportive of Mina’s career in journalism.
Mina Kimes Husband
Mina is married to Nick Sylvester, a musician and music producer. They got married in 2015 and currently live in Los Angeles with their dog, Lenny. In July 2023, Mina announced on Twitter at the ESPYs that she was pregnant with her first child, a boy, who was born later that fall.
She has shown support for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners, partly because her father is from Seattle.
Mina Kimes ESPN
Award-winning journalist Kimes is an NFL analyst, senior writer, podcast host, and television contributor for ESPN. Since joining ESPN The Magazine in 2014, her profile has grown steadily across the company’s multimedia platforms, spanning digital and print, television, radio, and podcasting.
In June 2020, Kimes was named an NFL analyst, joining ESPN’s daily news and information show, NFL Live. She also offers football analysis on Get Up, SportsCenter, First Take, and more, in addition to being a regular contributor to Around the Horn and Debatable, ESPN’s daily digital show.
Kimes has been at the forefront of ESPN’s podcasting efforts. She hosts The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny’s football podcast and launched the ESPN Daily podcast in October 2019. The original host of ESPN Daily, Kimes remains a contributor in the NFL offseason.
An acclaimed writer, Kimes has written many memorable features for ESPN. She penned the first ESPN Cover Story in October 2019 – the incredible survival story of NFL wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and his mother – when ESPN The Magazine transitioned to a new digital format. Her many notable ESPN The Magazine cover stories included profiles of NFL players like Von Miller, Antonio Brown, Baker Mayfield, and Aaron Rodgers. Kimes has also traveled extensively for high-profile stories on esports, NBA Draft prospect Luka Doncic and Korean bat flips.
Previously, Kimes co-hosted ESPN Radio’s The Morning Roast national weekend show with Domonique Foxworth and Clinton Yates, which the trio launched together in January 2017. She has also contributed to special ESPN live Twitter shows, including ESPN’s digital NFL Draft coverage since 2018.
Before ESPN, Kimes was an investigative reporter for Bloomberg News (2013) and a business writer for Fortune Magazine (2007-13), where she penned pieces on topics from arms exports to tainted drugs.
A two-time finalist for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting, Kimes received a National Headliner Award first place honor in 2019 for magazine feature writing. Kimes has also earned numerous awards for business and investigative journalism. She was the inaugural recipient of the SABEW’s (Society of American Business Editors and Writers) Larry Birger Young Business Journalist prize, honoring journalists under the age of 30. Other organizations that have recognized her work include the New York Press Club, the National Press Club, and the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
In addition to her work with ESPN, Kimes has been a color commentator for local television broadcasts of Los Angeles Rams preseason games.
Mina Kimes Salary
Mina Kimes earns over $2 million per year. This is after she agreed to a new contract with ESPN that saw her getting paid over $1.7 million per year, according to the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand. In addition to this, she has a separate deal with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions for her podcast, which will push her yearly earnings past $2 million.
Mina Kimes Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be $1 million according to online sources.
