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NFL Analyst Mina Kimes Surprises At ESPY Awards With Unexpected Date

The NFL analyst let a red carpet photo and a sly comment do all the talking.

NFL Analyst Mina Kimes Surprises At ESPY Awards With Unexpected Date

ESPN’s Mina Kimes reports on the NFL for a living, and she just gave an All-Pro personal announcement at the 2023 ESPY Awards.

Kimes shared a photo of herself on the red carpet cradling her stomach.

“At the espys, brought a date,” she wrote on Twitter with a hearts emoji.

“Now that’s how you do a baby announcement!” ESPN colleague Sarah Spain wrote on Twitter.

At the espys, brought a date 💕 pic.twitter.com/QjlviS27EO

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) July 12, 2023

Kimes, who’s married to music producer Nick Sylvester, received many well wishes from colleagues in and out of the sports network, which has been reeling from big-name layoffs. She also got a shoutout from Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.

Here are a few of the funnier reactions:

Developing story: https://t.co/UyOJmBzLYJ

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 13, 2023

Kids gonna be so good at talking trash

— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) July 13, 2023

Cover 2.

Congrats!

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) July 13, 2023

I can say one thing with certainty: that child already knows ball. https://t.co/figmObqf4F

— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) July 13, 2023