In episode 47, Kevin chats with J.A. Adande, the director of sports journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of journalism. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 as the Curt Gowdy Print Media Award winner, Adande spent several decades covering sports, most notably the NBA, for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and then ESPN, where he was a mainstay on "Around the Horn." Prior to that, Adande's professional career began at the Chicago Sun-Times. He'll reflect on how he got that job, being around Michael Jordan, his internships at the L.A. Times and Washington Post, writing for The Daily Northwestern, and how Magic Johnson got him into journalism. This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com/. Hear how J.A. Adande broke in.

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