Episode 166 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN host Cari Champion, the new host of SportsNation and the “Be Honest” podcast. In this episode, Champion discusses her interview with LeBron James and Kevin Durant for her

“Rolling with the Champion” series; James’s comments on President Donald Trump; Champion’s reaction to Fox News host Laura Ingraham saying James and Durant should “shut up and dribble” and “Must they run their mouths like that?”; how the interview between James and Durant in Akron came together; what their conversation was like after the cameras stopped rolling; how she felt about her role view First Take, specially the limitations of being able to get her voice into the show; hanging out with Tupac Shakur while growing up in Los Angeles;

her longtime friendship with Jemele Hill and why she thinks it did not work out at SportsCenter; her confirming Hill left the show and was not pushed out; what comes with being a prominent African American woman in sports TV; working with young woman of color who want to enter sports broadcasting and journalism, and much more. To listen to the podcast in full, check it out on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.

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