In episode 7, Kevin chats with Courtney Cronin, who has covered the Chicago Bears for ESPN's NFL Nation since 2022. Prior to that, she was ESPN's Vikings reporter starting in 2017. Cronin also has appeared on — and hosted — "Around the Horn," which will have its final show this week. She hosts a weekly national radio show on Sunday mornings on ESPN while also appearing locally on ESPN 1000. Before she was all over the airwaves, Cronin got her start in Jackson, Mississippi, as a video journalist for the Clarion-Ledger covering the top recruits in the area. Her story of persistence and patience in getting that first job, and the fearlessness she learned in Mississippi, has helped lead her to ESPN. Hear how Cronin broke in, and, before it leaves the air, what "Around the Horn" has meant to her.

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