Klutch Sports Group Signs Maria Taylor
Maria Taylor has signed with Klutch Sports Group for representation in all areas, a sign of the broader profile the sportscaster is getting as her media home, NBC, moves more deeply into sports.
Rich Paul, Klutch’s CEO and founder, recently negotiated a five-year extension for Taylor with NBC, spanning across multiple sports and national broadcasts. Under terms of the new agremeent, Taylor will continue to host “Football Night in America,” the most-watched studio show in sports, as well as “Big NFL Ten College Countdown,” and various Olympics-related programming, along with NBC’s new shows built around the NBA and WNBA.
UTA is an investor in Klutch Sports Group.
NBC has already announced that Taylor is set to host a one-hour pre-show ahead of its first NBA telecast, along with Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter. NBC landed a new 11-year rights deal with the NBA that will have it telecasting games either on NBC or Peacock three nights a week.
Taylor joins a growing roster of sports media talent at UTA, which also represents Chloe Kim, Ian Rapport, Rich Eisan, Emmanuel Acho, Andraya Carter, LaChina Robinson, Charles Woodson, Lou Young and Nick Wright, among others.
Taylor joined NBC Sports in 2021, after a stint working at Disney’s ESPN. Taylor played basketball and was a three-time All-SEC volleyball player while studying at the University of Georgia. She was also a member of the USA A2 National Volleyball team.
Klutch works to represent sports figures not only in relationships with the media, but also with partnerships, brand, events, venues and original content.
