Two Writers Slinging Yang

By Jeff PearlmanSociety & Culture

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Two Writers Slinging Yang episodes

March 07, 2023 Kaitlyn McGrath: Toronto Blue Jays beat writer, The Athletic
On the long, early-rise days of Spring Training via the baseball beat; on whether it'd be easier to cover Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. as a Spanish speaker; on whether one needs to care about baseball's new rules to cover baseball's new rules.
44 min
February 27, 2023 Shaun Powell: NBA.com writer, former Newsday columnist
On covering the 1988 expansion Miami Heat through a 17-game losing streak; on writing sans bias about the NBA while being employed by the NBA; on the post-9.11 catharsis of writing about his late brother; on the highs and lows of modern media.
54 min
February 21, 2023 Alyson Footer: MLB.com executive editor and former Houston Astros beat writer
On having her name appear in nationwide newspaper transaction announcements; on the adjustment from media relations to covering a team; on the weird experiences of covering Roger Clemens and chronicling the World Series no one remembers.
50 min
February 14, 2023 Mollie Walker: New York Rangers beat writer for the New York Post
On how she jumped directly from the UMass student newspaper to a Big Apple daily; on the kinship with her closest work pal—veteran NHL scribe Larry Brooks (age difference: 47 years); on the bliss of walking into an arena and realizing, "This is my life!"
48 min
February 07, 2023 Nicki Jhabvala: Washington Post Commanders/NFL writer
On how she approaches covering a Super Bowl; on Peyton Manning's awful play as a final-year Bronco; on making the leap from editor to writer; on the inappropriate asshole NFL assistant coach.
46 min
January 31, 2023 Alex Coffey: Philadelphia Inquirer Phillies beat writer
On jumping into a new Major League beat and learning the landscape; on having a famous journalist as a father; on the heartbreaking saga of Stanley Jefferson and the Phillies pitcher with the tragic past; on a gross Pete Rose encounter.
47 min
January 23, 2023 Melissa Isaacson: Former Chicago Tribune Jordan-era Bulls beat writer, ESPN columnist and (current) Northwestern prof
On what it was like covering Michael Jordan and the 1990s Bulls; on being a rookie Buccaneers beat writer and dealing with John McKay; on a grumpy Dick Butkus and not being allowed in the Boston College locker room after a game.
56 min
January 17, 2023 Danny Penza: Former sports writer for the recently defunct Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune
On being told on Wednesday that your newspaper will die on Friday; on why local newspapers are dying at a staggering rate; on what a veteran reporter does when his office folds; on the joy of covering high school sports.
47 min
January 10, 2023 Jesse Washington: Andscape senior writer and longtime newspaper/magazine scribe
On the beauty of writing (beautifully, accurately) about hip-hop and Black culture; on the time Wyclef pulled a gun; on coming up through the newspaper ranks in Poughkeepsie; on the Whitlock weirdness at The Undefeated.
1 hr 13 min
January 02, 2023 Mike Organ, Tennessean sports writer
On covering year after year after year of dreadful Vanderbilt football; on embedding within a semi-pro football team and being forced to soar in a hot air balloon (despite a fear of heights); on why journalism keeps him young.
44 min