Education
George Washington University.
analyst writer sports journalist
George Washington University.
He works as an analyst on Fox Sports 1"s college pre-game show, as well as their weekly Securities and Exchange Commission football show. Travis originally worked as a lawyer in the United States. Virgin Islands and Tennessee. He attracted media attention in late 2004 with his personal blog written while he was living in the United States. Virgin Islands.
A Tennessee Titans fan, Travis was unable to get NFL Sunday Ticket, the satellite television package to watch NFL games in the islands, and went on a "pudding strike," eating only pudding every day for 50 days, with the goal of forcing DirectTV to carry the package in the Virgin Islands.
The effort failed, but he blogged about the experience and received media attention. Travis began writing online for Columbia Broadcasting System Sports in September 2005, which for the first year was not paid.
In 2006, Travis finally gave up his law practice for good. Later while writing for Columbia Broadcasting System, Travis began working on a book "Dixieland Delight," where he visited all 12 stadiums in college football"s Southeastern Conference.
After leaving Columbia Broadcasting System, Travis became a writer and editor at Deadspin, and then a national columnist at FanHouse.
Outkick the Coverage After FanHouse was merged into Sporting News in 2011, Travis founded Outkickthecoverage.com. The website later became one of the most visited college football sites on the web. While there, he continued developing his reputation for occasionally "contrarian" opinions.
In 2008, Travis worked out at D1 Sports Training with NFL prospects preparing for the NFL Draft.
He later wrote a ten-part serial about the experience which he entitled Rough Draft. In 2010, Nashville Scene named Travis "Best Sports Radio Host We Love To Hate" in the publication"s "Best of Nashville" issue.
He later became a co-host of a sports radio talk show "3HL" on Nashville"s 104.5 The Zone with Brent Dougherty and Blaine Bishop. He also hosted a national sports radio show on National Broadcasting Company Sports.
Fox Sports In 2014, he resigned from his role on "3HL" and was hired by Fox Sports for its weekly college football Saturday pre-game show.
In 2015, he signed a deal with Fox Sports to license his entire sports media brand under Fox Sports, including his website Outkick the Coverage, which was folded into Fox Sports"s website. He also started a national weekly television show and restarted his "3HL" weekly radio talk show. Travis was called out by DeMarcus Cousins for an erroneous prediction he had made five years earlier that Cousins would be arrested.
In response, Travis offered to donate to a charity of Cousin"s choosing.
Travis was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from George Washington University in 2001, majoring in history, as well as working as a student basketball manager.
He then attended Vanderbilt University Law School where he graduated in 2004. They have three sons together.