Ted Dalton ’95, Senior Vice President for Corporate Partnerships & Business Development for the Boston Celtics, talks to Chris & Coach about his football playing days at Wesleyan, the career grind, how Wesleyan helped shape him, and he gives an incredible inside look into the challenges the NBA faced due to the pandemic.

NFL Insider for ESPN and Co-Host of the Fantasy Focus Football podcast, Field Yates ’09, joins Chris & Coach to reflect on his Wesleyan days being a member of the football and men’s lacrosse programs. Yates also discusses his career path, in which he started in the scouting department with the Kansas City Chiefs, and talks about his worst beat as a fantasy football manager. Yates provides invaluable lessons to current and prospective students in this must-listen interview.

Chris Grace and Mike Whalen ’83 interview NFL reporter at ESPN, Kimberley Martin ’03, for episode 3 of Chris & Coach; Beyond the Box Score. During the interview, Martin talks about her time working in the equipment room at Wesleyan, what it was like covering the New York Jets as a beat writer, and her position at ESPN as a NFL reporter, before answering rapid questions from the hosts in a 60-second interview to wrap things up.

In the second episode of Chris & Coach; Beyond the Box Score, Chris Grace and Mike Whalen ’83 interview Senior Vice President and Editor-At-Large of ESPN Content, Rob King ’84. King explains why he chose Wesleyan, what it was like playing for legendary men’s basketball coach Herb Kenny, how ESPN production navigated through tough times with no sports due to Covid-19, ‘The Last Dance’ documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, and he gives valuable advice to current students, among much more.