When I first read the news that Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon was asked to interview for the Milwaukee Bucks head coaching vacancy, my eyes welled up. There are few things more powerful in this era typically steeped in inequality than the sweet sme...
Back in April before the NFL’s new class was selected in Dallas, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson hosted an ESPN special called QB2QB, billed as Wilson mentoring top NFL prospects like Baker Mayfield and Mason Rudolph. Wilson came across...
From the The Football Girl Podcast, hosted by Melissa Jacobs. to get new episodes of the pod in your feed the second we publish. If you like what you hear, please rate and/or review us! In this special-post draft edition...
In my of The Football Girl Podcast, long-time scout turned analyst for the Dallas Cowboys, Bryan Broaddus, waxed poetic on how the draft has evolved. The notion of the draft, an event where no actual sport is played, being held in a stadium full of 100,...
From The Football Girl Podcast, hosted by Melissa Jacobs. to get new episodes of the pod in your feed the second we publish. If you like what you hear, please rate and/or review us! Ex-scout and current D...
Mel Kiper. Todd McShay. Mike Mayock. Their mocks may vary but they and all the other known draftniks have one thing in common: maleness (and with very few exceptions, whiteness). The lack of women not producing mock drafts is hardly the burning issue o...
NFL Hall of Famer, nose hair clipper spokesman, and noted sexual harasser Brett Favre recently had a chance to audition for the open Monday Night Football analyst chair, according to the . Favre and his understated persona didn’t exactly wow ESPN execut...
Dave Zirin has to be the most prolific journalist in sports. In addition to writing multiple columns a week and hosting the popular, The Nation’s Sports Editor currently has not one, but two prominent books out in the span of two months. Zirin joins ...
From The Football Girl Podcast, hosted by Melissa Jacobs. to get new episodes of the pod in your feed the second we publish. If you like what you hear, please rate and/or review us! Highly respected journ...
SANTA CLARA -- Richard Sherman, the new 49er, entered the press conference room at Levi’s Stadium dripping with his usual swagger, complete with a telling smile and a very bright red suit. The mischievous twinkle in Sherman’s eye further illu...
