In the 42-minute sports media podcast, ESPN/Omaha Productions’ Kevin Clark, 37, explains how he quickly made it to the top of the sports media industry and what it is like to work for Bill Simmons, Peyton Manning and ESPN. Plus, his wife has a Pulitzer.
THE RUNDOWN …
Clark’s self-effacing stories about how his wife, the Wall Street Journal’s Emily Glazer, has a Pulitzer for her coverage that has included Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates & Elon Musk scoops
The reaction to her WSJ’s stories and Clark’s Kobe Bryant story
What’s it like when Musk goes after your wife
How Clark grew up in a newspaper newsroom
Why sports writing is one of the best jobs in the world
The Orlando Sentinel featured young writers — Jeff Darlington, Charles Robinson, Jemele Hill, Rick Maese and Joe Schad — which inspired Clark
Clark met Bill Simmons when he was 16 years old and was more starstruck than seeing Tom Brady or Rodney Harrison
Simmons made him feel like a million bucks with a simple question
How he got his big breaks, while in college
Clark took a semester off from college to cover the Miami Dolphins
He got hired as a sports writer by the Wall Street Journal at 22
What editor Sam Walker taught Clark about being different
A story Clark has never told before about his fear of being fired
The Andrew Luck complimenting defensive linemen story that got Clark on the national map
What he learned from Sun Sentinel columnist Dave Hyde about reporting
He had many offers to leave WSJ before deciding on The Ringer
Simmons is Clark’s hero
How his job went from writing to audio and video
How sports writing can be applied to podcasting
John Mulaney and “Slow News Day” and the New York Post
Clark had great chemistry with Phil Simms, and then CBS called
What it is like to work for Peyton Manning & Omaha Productions
His advice on where sports media is going
What Burke Magnus told him about ESPN
The difference between six-figures and 7-figures in the media
What content Clark pays for
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