Background
Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother Barbara Ann Posey and father Mack are professors and activists.
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Jones graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 2001 with a bachelor"s degree in economics.
Career
He is the co-host of Highly Questionable with Dan Le Batard, which airs daily on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, and is also a regular panelist on Around the Horn. Jones also hosts The Right Time with Bomani Jones, which airs daily at 4:00 pm Eastern on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio, and the podcast The Evening Jones. He has also written for Bachelor of Science Nation, Salon and Page 2 at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com.
Later he moved to the Houston, Texas, attending school in the town of Waller in the Greater Houston area.
He followed that up with a master’s in politics, economics and business from Claremont Graduate University and a master’s in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He later studied towards a doctorate in economics at University of North Carolina Durham.
Prior to his career as a sports writer, beginning in 2004 Jones worked as a music and popular culture critic, including writing for America Online and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com. From January 2008 to October 2009, Jones hosted two radio shows in Raleigh: The Three Hour Lunch Break on 620 the Bulletin, and Sports Saturday with Bomani Jones on 850 the Buzz.
The shows ended after the radio stations were sold.
In January 2010, Jones launched his radio show, The Morning Jones, which was hosted from Durham, North Carolina. Also in 2010, Jones began appearing as a contributor on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Outside the Lincolnshire, and as a panelist on Around the Horn. The Morning Jones ended on August 30, 2011.
Jones later hosted his own internet shows,The Evening Jones, and Bomani & Jones on Bachelor of Science Nation"s YouTube channel until January 2013.
Beginning in 2012, Jones appeared regularly on Dan Le Batard"s ESPN2 show, Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable, where he discussed major sports stories with Le Batard. Around the same time, he began guest hosting on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz radio show on The Ticket Miami on Wednesdays.
On May 9, 2013 it was reported that Jones had signed a new four-year contract with Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. In May 2013, Jones became co-host of the renamed Highly Questionable, which would move to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in March 2015. As of October 30, 2014, Jones has 104 wins in 373 appearances on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Around the Horn.
On March 30, 2015, The Right Time With Bomani Jones debuted on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio.
On September 21, 2015, The Right Time was moved to the 4 to 7 Prime Minister time slot. Jones has served as an adjunct professor at Duke University and Elon University.
