Mirin Fader: New York Times best-selling author on leaving basketball, finding her voice, and being a woman in sports journalism

Emily Proud: CBS Sports and 24/7 Sports anchor on creating her own path, D1 athletics, and living authentically

Emily Proud was a four-year D1 student-athlete on the women's soccer team at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, majoring in Journalism and wrote for the Belmont Vision, the school's newspaper. She then went on to work as a sports anchor at a Knoxville ABC News affiliate covering all sports for the University of Tennessee before moving back to Nashville to work for WKRN as a sports and weekend news anchor. She's currently the anchor and host at CBS Sports and 24/7 Sports, where she talks all things football, basketball, and college recruiting. She's super open about her experiences being a sportscaster, handling online hate, and leaning into her authentic personality. Follow her on: 24/7 Sports: https://247sports.com/ [https://247sports.com/] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/247sports [https://www.youtube.com/c/247sports] Twitter: https://twitter.com/emily_proud?s=20 [https://twitter.com/emily_proud?s=20] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyproud_/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/emilyproud_/?hl=en]

Lauren Rosen: NBA team reporter for the 76ers on her journey with self-confidence, owning your space, and looking the part

Lauren Rosen was a four-year cheerleader at Duke University where she worked as a production runner for ESPN and was first introduced to high-level basketball. She then went on to get her Master's in Journalism at Northwestern University before working her way up to team reporter for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. She co-hosts The Big Niang Theory Podcast with Georges Niang, writes stories for the 76ers website, and conducts pre, post, and mid-game interviews with 76ers players. We get into all things self-confidence, online trolls, being judged for her appearance, and not being taken seriously as a woman working in men's sports. This chat will give you an inside look into the life of a professional team reporter. Follow her on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenMRosen [https://twitter.com/LaurenMRosen] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmrosen/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/laurenmrosen/?hl=en] The Big Niang Theory Podcast with Georges Niang and Lauren Rosen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-niang-theory-with-georges-niang-and-lauren-rosen/id1593052275 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-niang-theory-with-georges-niang-and-lauren-rosen/id1593052275]

Courtney Cox: Working at ESPN, covering women's basketball in Russia, & sports media academia

Dr. Courney Cox is an assistant professor in the Department of Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, where she focuses on the relationship between gender and sports. She worked as a production assistant at ESPN's Bristol, CT headquarters before getting her Master's in Journalism at the University of Texas. She then worked for the WNBA's LA Sparks, an NPR affiliate in Pasadena, CA, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School. Her dissertation took her internationally as she traveled to France and Russia to study labor and women's professional basketball. She then became an assistant professor at the University of Oregon and is currently an assistant professor at Illinois. She is the co-host and co-director of the Sound of Victory project and Sounding Off podcast (alongside interviewee Perry Johnson), and is a published author of "Double Crossover: Gender, Politics, and Performance in Basketball". Follow her on: Website: https://courtneymcox.com/ [https://courtneymcox.com/] Sound of Victory project: https://www.thesoundofvictory.org/ [https://www.thesoundofvictory.org/] Sounding Off Podcast: https://www.thesoundofvictory.org/podcast [https://www.thesoundofvictory.org/podcast] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesoundofvictory/ [https://www.instagram.com/thesoundofvictory/], https://www.instagram.com/courtmcox/ [https://www.instagram.com/courtmcox/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/courtmcox [https://twitter.com/courtmcox]

Mirin Fader: New York Times best-selling author on leaving basketball, finding her voice, and being a woman in sports journalism

Mirin Fader is a senior sports writer at The Ringer and Bleacher Report and the New York Times best-selling author of the book, "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP". She has profiled some of the most interesting and well-known professional athletes like LaMelo Ball, DeMar DeRozan, Tyler Skaggs, Breanna Stewart, Mikaela Shiffrin and so many more. She's currently working on a new book "DREAM" a biography of Huhkeem Olaijuwon, an international NBA superstar. Follow her on: Website: https://mirinfader.com/ [https://mirinfader.com/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/MirinFader [https://twitter.com/MirinFader]

Kate Scott: The voice behind the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA & being the "first" woman in sports broadcasting

If you watch basketball at all, you're familiar with her, Kate Scott is the voice of the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA, but she didn't start there. Kate was the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio, the first woman to call Pac-12 football was a member of the first all-female broadcast team for the NHL, was the first woman to call a Golden State Warriors, and called the Olympic men's and women's basketball on NBC. She's a force to be reckoned with, but she doesn't take herself too seriously, so get ready for some laughs. Follow her on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/katetscott [https://twitter.com/katetscott] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katetscott/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/katetscott/?hl=en]