Bonnie-Jill Laflin: Difference between revisions

Laflin grew up in [[San Francisco]], 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 20, 2020|title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Bonnie-Jill Laflin|url=https://www.tvovermind.com/bonnie-jill-laflin/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128065641/https://www.tvovermind.com/bonnie-jill-laflin/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref name=bostonglobe>{{cite news|url = http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2008/06/09/not_easy_to_size_up_laflin/?page=full | title=Not easy to size up Laflin| first= Barbara |last=Matson| work=[[The Boston Globe]] | date= June 9, 2008|access-date=August 22, 2015| archive-date= December 24, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141224211541/http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2008/06/09/not_easy_to_size_up_laflin/?page=full | url-status=live}}</ref> She first gained public attention as a [[Cheerleading|cheerleader]] with the [[Golden State Warriors]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ultimatecheerleaders.com/2010/06/bonnie-jill-laflin-cheerleader-to-scout/|title=Bonnie-Jill Laflin: cheerleader to scout «|website=ultimatecheerleaders.com|date=June 25, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] and is a former [[San Francisco 49ers]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index/_/id/7474453|title=Ex-cheerleader Bonnie-Jill Laflin reminisces about 49ers – Page 2 – ESPN|website=ESPN.com|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> and [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader]]<ref name=":2" /> in the [[National Football League]], earning a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://weeklydcc.wordpress.com/tag/bonnie-jill-laflin/|title=bonnie-jill laflin {{!}} Weekly Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Blog|date=December 29, 2015 |language=en|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>

 

 

Laflin has worked with the Los Angeles Lakers as a professional basketball scout,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bustedcoverage.com/2010/07/06/lakers-scout-former-nfl-cheerleader-bonnie-jill-laflin-has-5-more-championship-rings-than-lebron-james|date=July 6, 2010|title=Lakers Scout, Former NFL Cheerleader Bonnie Jill Laflin has 5 More Championship Rings than Lebron James!|first=Joe|last=Kinsey|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> making her the league's first female scout,<ref name="first female" /> and as one of the two assistant general managers of the Lakers' [[NBA Development League|developmental team]], the [[Los Angeles D-Fenders]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/03/19/on.scene/|work=CNN|title=Model-turned-NBA scout breaks into man's world|date=March 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029063655/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/03/19/on.scene/|archive-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> She received 5 NBA Championship rings during her time with the Lakers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 11, 2019|title=FIRST AND ONLY FEMALE NBA SCOUT BONNIE-JILL LAFLIN LAUNCHES "THE WEEKLY PASS" ON WESTWOOD ONE PODCAST NETWORK|url=https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/press/release/2019/07/11/first-and-only-female-nba-scout-bonnie-jill-laflin-launches-the-weekly-pass-on-westwood-one-podcast-network/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930081338/https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/press/release/2019/07/11/first-and-only-female-nba-scout-bonnie-jill-laflin-launches-the-weekly-pass-on-westwood-one-podcast-network/ |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 6, 2019|title=KNBR's Bonnie-Jill Laflin Q&A: I can 'hang with the big boys'|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/05/bonnie-jill-laflin-qa-i-can-hang-with-the-big-boys/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806125401/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/05/bonnie-jill-laflin-qa-i-can-hang-with-the-big-boys/ |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> On March 7, 2012, she announced{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} that she and [[Kareem Rush]] would pair up in a fantasy basketball sports radio program on [[SiriusXM]] named ''The Rush Hour''. The show launched on October 23, 2012;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siriusxmsports.posterous.com/former-nba-player-and-analyst-for-nba-tv-join|date=October 23, 2012|title=Former NBA Player and Analyst for NBA TV, Steve Smith Joined Former NBA Player, Kareem Rush and Bonnie-Jill Laflin on the Debut of the Rush Hour on SXM Fantasy Sports Radio|access-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref> the show was renewed for 2013.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} Laflin's other radio shows include ''Playboy Fantasy Football on Sirius/XM'' and [[University of Texas]] pre- and post-football game shows for [[ESPN]] Austin. Laflin has appeared on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game show [[To Tell the Truth|To Tell The Truth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/to-tell-the-truth/episode-guide/season-02/10-episode-210|title=To Tell the Truth: Episode 210 – Watch Season 2 Episode 10|website=ABC|access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref> "and was a guest on [[Larry King Now]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Get to know the NBA's first female scout Bonnie-Jill Laflin|url=http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/2017/4/28/get-to-know-the-nbas-first-female-scout-bonnie-jill-laflin|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020060707/https://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/2017/4/28/get-to-know-the-nbas-first-female-scout-bonnie-jill-laflin |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>