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Bonnie-Jill Laflin’s professional performing career crossed basketball and football. She danced for the Golden State Warriors and cheered for the San Francisco 49ers before joining the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. A 2026 Texas report dates her Dallas period to 1996–1997.
Her basketball work later moved into the front office. Laflin worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers and as an assistant general manager for the organization’s development team. Those jobs brought player evaluation and team operations into a career that had begun in performance.
Broadcasting became another part of that career. Her biography lists work with outlets including ESPN, Fox Sports and NBA TV. In January 2025, D210SPORTS announced that she was joining its sports coverage, describing both her reporting background and her earlier basketball roles.
Her 2024 book, In a League of Her Own: Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports, is built around conversations with women across the industry. Its subjects range from tennis player Billie Jean King to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and football coach Katie Sowers.
Laflin also founded Hounds and Heroes, which supports veterans, first responders and animals. Her personal biography describes barrel racing and the Liberty Belles rodeo drill team, placing equestrian performance alongside the stadium dance and sports reporting in her professional history.
Interviews and performances
Conversations with women across sport
The publisher introduces her 2024 interview book, spanning athletes, team ownership and coaching.
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Photo credits: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com / CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2009-12-05 · Photo year 2009 · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0
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