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Today's guest on the podcast is ESPN host and reporter Maria Taylor.

Now, you've seen Maria on college game day on ESPN's college football coverage,

college basketball coverage. She also worked the NFL draft this year, as well as the NBA

Combine and her first time covering the NBA draft, which we'll talk about here on the podcast.

And Maria is a graduate of the University of Georgia. She played volleyball and

basketball there, was an all-SEC volleyball player. She graduated in 2009 and joined ESPN in 2014.

And we talked to Maria about her broadcasting journey, as well as her faith. She came to know Christ in college, really came to know who he was in a personal relationship with Jesus in college.

And she also then wanted to give back and she started a wonderful academy called the Winning Edge Leadership Academy, which is a professional development academy for the next generation of women and minority

leaders in sports business.

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