Jeff Kolb
Jeff Kolb is an award-winning sports storyteller and anchor who is part of the FOX4 Free4All team in Dallas.
Jeff has been a part of all areas of FOX4’s sports coverage, regularly hosting and co-hosting the station’s nightly half hour sports show, Free4All; anchoring the station’s more traditional weekend sportscasts; traveling to report on the Dallas Cowboys and telling enterprise sports feature stories.
Jeff was on the forefront of reporting on the historic shutdown of the sports world in March and covered several key moments of leagues and teams returning to action. He reported on an unprecedented NFL Draft and Cowboys season with fans allowed inside AT&T Stadium; the opening of the Texas Rangers brand new ballpark without fans and a neutral site World Series at Globe Life Field with fans; historic NBA and NHL bubble seasons including virtual reporting on the Dallas Stars’ run to the Stanley Cup Final; the PGA holding its first event back in Fort Worth; FC Dallas being sent home from the MLS is Back Tournament following a COVID-19 outbreak; and a college and high school football season weathering constant postponements and cancellations.
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Jeff graduated from Emerson College in Boston where he pitched for four years on the baseball team and left the program second all-time in wins. From Emerson he took his first job as a sports writer and video storyteller at a small town newspaper in Chambersburg, PA. Since then he’s made TV station stops in Alpena, MI, Providence, RI, Tulsa, OK and Dallas, TX. Through the years Jeff has had countless opportunities to tell sports stories at the recreational, youth, high school, college and pro levels.
His storytelling has been recognized with multiple awards including an Edward R. Murrow regional award for best sports reporting following an investigative story on how two football teams were using helmet sensor technology to try and make the game safer. He won the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters award for best feature reporting, telling the story a woman who went to great lengths to donate a kidney to prominent college basketball coach and Texan, Billy Gillespie.
In his free time Jeff still loves playing baseball as well as tennis and basketball, enjoys cooking and eating, traveling and spending time with his friends and family.
Feel free to reach out on Twitter and Facebook at @JeffKolbFox4.
The latest from Jeff Kolb
Cowboys WR Jalen Tolbert reacts to being hit in sensitive area before game-winning TD
Jalen Tolbert's game-winning catch last Sunday in Pittsburgh took him from an unknown to someone who might be the difference between a win and a loss.
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Daron Bland injured, out for weeks
The Dallas Cowboys announced a major loss just before their final preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers – another one of their star players is out with an injury.
Trinity, Truth Byars, sisters from Richardson, both score in UT-SMU soccer game
Trinity and Truth Byars of Richardson both scored in the women's soccer match between the Texas Longhorns and SMU Mustangs. It was the first match the sisters ever played against each other.
Dak Prescott misses Friday practice due to ankle soreness
The Cowboys say sidelining their quarterback is just a precautionary measure, and they do not consider it to be serious.
Tyler Smith on Cowboys' doubters: 'Stay down 'til we come up'
Tyler Smith is just 23, but he plays a big role for the Cowboys. He talked about learning from Zack Martin and his blossoming friendship with rookie tackle Tyler Guyton.
Dak Prescott on potentially leaving Cowboys: 'If something like that happens, I'll certainly be ready for it'
While Dak Prescott is interested in staying in Dallas he made it clear he isn't ruling out a departure from the team that drafted him.
Dallas Cowboys cornerback duo: 'We are in a league of our own'
The Dallas Cowboys are glad to have cornerback Trevon Diggs back at practice. He was cleared to return to training camp in Oxnard, California after a torn ACL ended his season last fall. Now, Diggs is looking to create a dynamic duo with fellow star cornerback Daron Bland.
Former Texas-OU rivals go head-to-head at Cowboys training camp
The pads go on Tuesday as the Dallas Cowboys enter their second week of training camp in Oxnard, California. It will be the first chance for a former Texas Longhorn and an Oklahoma Sooner to put their rivalry to good use.
Grand Prairie native to make history at Olympics
Mansfield Lake Ridge High School grad Jasmine Moore is the first U.S. woman to ever qualify in both the triple jump and long jump at the Olympics.
Stars goalie Jake Oettinger on playoff run: 'Why not us?'
The Stars take on the Avalanche on Monday night at 8:30 p.m.