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Bonnie-Jill Laflin (born March 15, 1976) is an American actress, model, television personality and sportscaster. Laflin has also worked as an
actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
and most notably as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers, making her the league's first female scout. She was also assistant general manager of the Lakers NBA Development League team.


Biography

Laflin grew up in
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, California, the daughter of a law enforcement officer and began modeling as a child with her mother. She started dancing at age 2 and studied with the San Francisco Ballet. She first gained public attention as a cheerleader with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA and is a former
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and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader in the
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, earning a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers Laflin's work as a cheerleader and model helped her into television with recurring roles on ''
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'' in the 1998–1999 season and '' Ally McBeal'' in 2000. She then became a TV personality, hosting Spike TV's Hotlines and ESPN's United Rockcrawling & Off-Road Challenge Series. Laflin was also a correspondent for ''Prime 9 News'' with KCAL-TV in
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, (2003), and a correspondent for
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's ''
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Pizza''. Her accolades in the sports industry also include broadcasting jobs for
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, Fox,
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and
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. She is the creator and host of a basketball TV show for China, ''Muho TV'' (spoken in English with Chinese subtitles). Laflin played
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's love interest in CMT's 2005 Sexiest Video of the Year, " Come a Little Closer". In 2005, she appeared as one of the suitcase-holding models during the airing of the opening week of ''Deal or No Deal'' on
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. Laflin was ranked #89 on the ''
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'' Hot 100 Women of 2005. She has also worked as a model for
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and Venus Swimwear, and her print campaigns include
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,
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, Wrangler, FedEx,
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, Carl's Jr and
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And currently an ambassador and host for
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, Laflin has been featured in several magazines including ''
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'', ''
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'', '' GQ'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Fitness RX'', ''Origin'' and ''New Beauty''. She was named among the Top
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Girls as part of the restaurant chain's 25th anniversary in 2008. Laflin was a cast member on season 6 of VH1's '' Basketball Wives''. Laflin has worked with the Los Angeles Lakers as a professional basketball scout, making her the league's first female scout, and as one of the two assistant general managers of the Lakers' developmental team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders. She received 5 NBA Championship rings during her time with the Lakers. On March 7, 2012, she announced that she and Kareem Rush would pair up in a fantasy basketball sports radio program on
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named ''The Rush Hour''. The show launched on October 23, 2012; the show was renewed for 2013. Laflin's other radio shows include ''Playboy Fantasy Football on Sirius/XM'' and
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pre- and post-football game shows for
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Austin. Laflin has appeared on the ABC game show To Tell The Truth "and was a guest on
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Laflin currently hosts "Bonnie-Jill Laflin's The Weekly Pass" on Afterbuzz TV, the first ever sports show on the network. Since September 2018 she is now a regular host on KNBR's Murph and Mac show. As of March 2019 she is concurrently also a television on air host and reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area.


Charity work

In 2010, Laflin founded the charit
Hounds and Heroes
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to raising funds for military veterans, first responders and animals. She has traveled all over the world on 18
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and Goodwill Tours, including 8 to Iraq and Afghanistan, supporting the
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.


Clothing line

Laflin has a clothing line, DoublePlay Sportswear, a women's sports apparel company.


Personal life

Bonnie-Jill started her own Rodeo Flag Team called The Liberty Bells that feature
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Laflin is a member of the Alameda County Sheriff's Mounted Posse. She performed in the 2023 Rose Bowl Parade
Laflin has rescued many domestic and farm animals that live on her parents' ranch. She is a Vegetarianism, vegetarian and has been featured on PETA posters. She is a competitive barrel racer.


References


External links

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Interview with AskMen.com"Former NFL Players Join Troops in Iraq"
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, February 7, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Laflin, Bonnie-Jill 1975 births Living people American television actresses Television personalities from San Francisco American women television personalities American basketball scouts Female models from California National Football League cheerleaders Actresses from San Francisco American cheerleaders American film actresses National Basketball Association cheerleaders Los Angeles Lakers scouts University of Texas at Austin alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses