Skip Bayless – $6 Million
Skip Bayless is known for sharing the screen with Stephen A. Smith on the ESPN2 show “First Take.” Folks still remember the legendary banter the co-hosts shared, but he moved on from the show in 2016. He started fronting the Fox Sports 1 talk show “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” alongside Shannon Sharpe.
His work in print journalism is equally extensive, with columns written for The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, and The Dallas Morning News. Bayless has also authored three publications, and his work as a columnist earned him a Chicago Headline Club Lisagor Award. We can conclude that Bayless is also a bankable sports journalist, and it reflects through his annual $8M pay, as per USA Today.
