ESPN's Laura Rutledge on College Football, Covering Recruiting, and 'NFL Live'

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🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Bryan is joined by ESPN’s Laura Rutledge to discuss her career as a sports reporter. They talk through her experience at the University of Florida’s radio station, how sideline reporting influenced her career, being a woman in a male-dominated space, and then talk about her role as host for ‘NFL Live.’ Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Laura Rutledge Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the NFL Preseason.
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0:15.1	Show.
0:21.4	Hello media consumers, welcome to the press box.
0:24.4	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here along with producer Erica Servantes.
0:29.0	You know those of us who write about TV, don't often get to see TV shows get made.
0:34.4	Most networks don't have a media critic press box.
0:37.9	So it was interesting on Wednesday to walk into ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut
0:42.1	and watch Laura Rutledge host an episode of NFL Live.
0:46.9	Laura Rutledge only got to ESPN in 2014, but she is already one of the best hosts on
0:51.5	the network and arguably one of the best anywhere on TV.
0:55.0	Five years ago, Rutledge became host of the pregame show SEC Nation.
0:58.7	Two years ago she got the same job on an NFL Live and this fall she's going to be handling
1:02.8	sideline duties for the network's number two Monday Night Football broadcast.
1:08.2	After the show on Wednesday, Rutledge and I sat on the set and talked about her first
1:11.6	career as a ballet dancer, her early years in the TV trenches and learning to accept
1:17.6	that you're ready for the big job.
1:19.9	Here's Laura Rutledge.
1:21.9	All right, Laura.
1:25.4	NFL Live began today with a very elaborate opening.
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