ESPN college football reporter Molly McGrath and New York Times writer and Roger Federer author Chris Clarey

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Episode 157 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Molly McGrath, an ESPN college football and college basketball host and reporter. She is followed by Christopher Clarey, a tennis writer for the New York Times and the author of “The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer” In this podcast, McGrath discusses returning to college football this season after the birth of her son earlier this year; finding a work-life balance; the internal pressure she felt to return to ESPN; how much college football coaches tell ESPN on-air talent during production meetings; her approach with her bosses after Maria Taylor left for NBC; being assigned to the team of Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, and Todd McShay; COVID protocols for covering college football this season; dealing with toxic social media; being public about her pregnancy; her interest in hosting long-term and more. Clarey discusses what he hoped to produce by exploring Federer in longform; why he connected with Federer as a subject and writer over the years; what Federer’s top competitors said about him; Mirka Federer being non-existent on social media and not giving interviews for 15 years or so; how Federer’s upbringing with parents from Switzerland and South Africa impacted him; what he expects Federer to heading forward; the challenge of selling a tennis book in the United States; You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.8	Today's episode two guests, two excellent guests. First up, Molly McGrath, a college football and college basketball host and reporter for ESPN.
0:21.2	If you're a fan of those sports, particularly college football, you've certainly seen her work.
0:26.6	She is with the Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay crew this year.
0:33.0	Their first game is number one Alabama and number 14 Miami on week one and Molly McGrath if you
0:40.9	read me in the athletic you probably saw the piece I did with her on working while
0:45.5	pregnant and she's you know she's always very very honest just sort of about her work and
0:51.6	work-life balance and that's what we got into in this podcast,
0:55.8	just sort of how she's going to navigate now that her son is born,
0:59.6	going on the road every week, how that works with her and her husband,
1:05.1	navigating work-life decisions, whether she felt internal pressure
1:08.6	about trying to get back to ESPN, which she said she did,
1:13.5	how it worked out regarding the assignment she got, because obviously once Maria Tarrill left,
1:18.1	that opened things up. Holly Roe got the job with Chris Fowler and Kirk Cribe Street,
1:22.2	and then Molly McGrath slotted in to the McDonough crew. We talk a little bit about college football
1:26.4	protocols and what she
1:27.8	expects this year. And then finally, what, you know, what's discussed in those production meetings
1:32.4	when it comes to ESPN, on-air talent, and college football coaches and staff. And they got a lot more
1:39.5	information than you might realize. So Molly McGrath is first, followed by Christopher Clary.
1:44.0	He is the tennis writer
1:45.3	for the New York Times, also the author of The Master, the long run and beautiful game of Roger Federer.
1:51.7	And Chris talks about his new book that books out. Now you can check that out on Amazon,
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