Who Is Lauren Jbara? Unveiling the New Sideline Reporter Who Got Hyped Up by NBA on TNT

The NBA on TNT crew has a new addition to the on-air team to provide some relief from the bickering dudes on Inside the NBA. The charismatic Lauren Jbara was on site covering the Eastern Conference action today. The Inside Crew couldn’t be more happier to see her at work. Jbara has been building her fame in sports circles steadily. So it was no surprise that Warner Bros saw her a good fit for the NBA coverage too.

With all the hype from her colleagues, Lauren Jbara is earning her own legion of fans. So who is the fresh face in TNT’s NBA coverage?

TNT adds former athlete, Lauren Jbara, to the NBA squad

If you’re keeping up with TNT’s post-game coverage, you’d notice the Inside the NBA hosts hyping a certain sideline reporter. Lauren Jbara was welcomed to the Warner Bros. fold in September 2023 in time for the regular season to start. She’s now seen on screen interviewing the players between games.

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Jbara has been an athlete for most of her student life. She was a varsity soccer player at Notre Dame prep and was on the soccer team at the University of Michigan. She managed them with her participation in Athletes in Action. She mentioned in past social media posts that she always dreamed of a career in sports media over professional sports.

Lauren Jbara was involved in the American Women in Sports Media at Michigan and compiled the statistics for the Detroit Lions media coverage. With a resume boasting multiple sports internships, a co-hosting gig on local Detroit sports, and a bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies, she worked through the sports media scene.

Fans might recognize her from one of her first on-air jobs in basketball, hosting The Wrap from 2016 to 2019. The Detroit Pistons, the Palace and all things entertainment was the staple of her segment. She was covering Oakland University basketball at the same time.

Across multiple jobs, she covered college basketball and football and the NFL, professional baseball leagues, e-sports, as well as entertainment. In 2021, she moved from Michigan to Atlanta, Georgia to work at Bally Sports.

Warner Bros. officially got her on board in October this year. She’s been the favorite of the TNT sports teams since then.

Jbara receives warm welcome at TNT

Fans are currently facing the uncertainty of the decades-old Inside Guys disbanding if one of them leaves.

Charles Barkley has been hinting at an inevitable exit soon. But that’s for the distant future. In the meantime, he drops by Jbara’s in-studio show too. Like Barkley, Jbara is a multi-sport fanatic too.

She double-times it hosting the NHL show, Puckline, between NBA interviews. She’s also in charge of the Atlanta Braves coverage. You can see why the Inside Guys naturally cheer when Ernie Johnson cuts to the sidelines where Jbara is ready for her cue.

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She’s good at her job and has entertaining smarts to boot. If you’re as big a fan as Chuck&Co., make sure to catch her behind-the-scenes posts on social media too.