Veteran journalist Cari Champion joins Bakari Sellers for a wide-open conversation about sports, media, race, culture and what happens when telling the truth runs into the business of protecting the bottom line. Cari takes Bakari inside her evolution from ESPN and SportsCenter to building a platform of her own, including why covering Colin Kaepernick became a turning point in how she viewed sports journalism.
She also weighs in on Brian Flores’ ongoing fight with the NFL, Deion and Shedeur Sanders, nepotism, opportunity and what it takes to challenge institutions without allowing them to define you.
Then Bakari and Cari get into one of the biggest conversations in women’s sports: Caitlin Clark and the WNBA. Cari talks about Clark’s undeniable impact on the league, the new audience and business she has helped attract, the behavior of some fans, and why Cari believes the league can’t be afraid to critique its biggest stars while protecting every player.
And because it’s Bakari and Cari, things eventually get personal. They settle some old UCLA-South Carolina basketball trash talk, debate whether Cari might ever run for office, talk about the scrutiny Black women face in public life and somehow end up discussing dating, “big love” and short kings.
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