Taylor Rooks is an American sports journalist and broadcaster. Rooks attended Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, from which she graduated in 2010.

She currently appears on Bleacher Report and Turner Sports. Before joining the Turner networks, she was a host, reporter, and correspondent at SportsNet New York.

Prior to the New York Market, she worked for the Big Ten Network. She appeared on BTN Live, BTN Football Pregame, and Women’s Sports Report.

Prior to SNY, CBS, and BTN, Rooks was a football and basketball recruiting reporter for scout.com. She has an on-air presence for major events, such as the Big Ten Football Championship.

Rooks became the newest host, reporter, and anchor for SportsNet New York. Rooks is also a sideline reporter for CBS Sports Network for the 2016-2017 college football season.

She has established a large following on social media platforms, such as Twitter and Instagram.

Who is Taylor Rooks uncle Lou Brock?

Rooks comes from a family of athletes. Her father is former football player Thomas Rooks, while her uncle is legendary MLB Hall of Famer, Lou Brock. Taylor is also the niece of former Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints NFL player, Marv Woodson.

Louis Clark Brock was an American professional baseball outfielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent most of it as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

An All-Star for six seasons, Brock was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 1985 and was inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.

Best known for stealing bases, Brock once held the major league records for most bases stolen in a single season and in a career. He led the National League (NL) in stolen bases in eight seasons.

Brock’s left leg was amputated below the knee in October 2015, because of an infection related to a diabetic condition.

Brock announced on April 13, 2017, that he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow’s plasma cells.

On July 28, 2017, Brock and his wife said they had received word from Mercy Hospital’s doctors that, according to their blood tests, the cancerous cells were gone.

Brock said cancer had been declining for some time. “We got reports that it was 25% gone, then 50%, then 75% gone,” he said. “The doctors were absolute. [Cancer] is not there.” Brock died on September 6, 2020, at the age of 81.