[3] While attending Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia, she had a successful four-year basketball career in which she received many accolades.

She also appeared on various studio shows, including Dawg Report, SEC Men's Basketball Tonight, and SportsNite.

[5][6] Taylor was the sideline reporter for Saturday Night Football on ABC, with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit calling the game from the booth.

Her departure came after a conference call between Rachel Nichols and LeBron James's advisor Adam Mendelsohn from July 2020 that suggested that the network’s decision to choose Taylor to host the NBA Finals was due to her race was leaked earlier that month.

[9][10][11] Two days later, Taylor joined NBC Sports, and made her on-air debut for the network during coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 23, 2021.

[14] Taylor served as the host for the men's and women's semi-finals and finals during NBC's coverage of the 2022 French Open.

They married on February 12, 2021, and welcomed their first child on December 24, 2023, who they named Roman Ryan Taylor Hemphill.