Cari Champion Wants YOU to Watch Women's Sports
The Pre-Game with Kayla Nicole
Dear Media
4.0 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Pre-Game, decorated sports journalist Cari Champion with coverage you can count on! From Magic City Night at the Atlanta Hawks to the deal or no deal of the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement (they've since reached a deal), Cari's schooling us on the latest on and off the court. We get into Cari's longstanding career, the importance of female friendships, and why you should be watching women's sports. Plus, Cari defends her hottest take: Ketchup on tacos.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:03.9 | Okay, now ladies. |
| 0:07.3 | Welcome to the pregame. |
| 0:12.2 | Hey guys, it's Kaylin Nicole, and you are listening to The Pregame. |
| 0:16.5 | Today's guest is a trailblazer in sports media. |
| 0:19.9 | A woman who didn't just enter the boys club. I think that |
| 0:23.4 | she kicked down the door and redesigned what it means to be a woman in a male dominated space. |
| 0:28.6 | Carrie Champion is in the building. You've seen her on ESPN, Sports Center, first take, CNN, every |
| 0:33.7 | pretty much major news platform that you could possibly think of. Now she is continuing to shake the table as the host of the Naked Sports Podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | and is also one-half of the flagrant and funny podcast alongside her bestie Jamil Hill. |
| 0:46.5 | But what I admire most about Carrie is in just the resume. |
| 0:49.9 | It's the courage. |
| 0:50.6 | She has never been afraid to say the things people are thinking, but might be too scared to say. |
| 0:55.6 | Whether she's talking sports, culture, race, politics, or the realities of being a black woman navigating high profile spaces. |
| 1:02.9 | She does it with intelligence, integrity, and just a little side eye to keep the tea hot. Okay? That's how I like it. |
| 1:10.2 | Today we're going to get into her journey. |
| 1:11.8 | She is a Cali girl like me, her roots starting here, but also becoming one of the most |
| 1:15.8 | recognizable voices in sports journalism, what it really takes to survive and thrive in media, |
| 1:20.3 | and why telling the truth, especially when it's a little bit uncomfortable, is still the |
| 1:23.7 | most powerful play in the game. |
| 1:26.6 | So, Carrie, welcome to the pregame, my girl. |
| 1:28.7 | Can you write all of my intros? |
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