In the 40-minute podcast, ESPN’s Laura Rutledge is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
Rutledge explains how she has made it in the business, which includes an eclectic rise that had her practicing ballet in China, becoming Miss Florida, how she blindly emailed countless people at ESPN, her big break onto SEC Nation, hosting NFL Live and now a full-time role on Monday Night Football this season with expectation she will be on ABC/ESPN’s Super Bowl game coverage next year. Plus, an incredible story at the end of being a baseball wife and defending her husband, Josh.
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What’s on Tap:
How her big break into ESPN started with her just sending almost 30 blind emails
Why she thought she bombed her ESPN interview and planned to go into local news
The reason broadcasting baseball with the Rays and Padres was helpful
How Mike Greenberg influenced her career when she co-hosted Get Up!
Perfecting the tease by watching Greenberg
How Joe Tessitore brought her to his house to teach her how to host SEC Nation
In college, she wanted to just be on radio, not TV
How she had never watched a beauty pageant and then became Miss Florida
How she studied ballet in China as a teenager
Why she still does SEC Nation after a decade and working with Tim Tebow and Paul Finebaum
How NFL Live is a family and expanding
Why Marcus Spears calls her Boogie
What she thinks about joining the Monday Night team full-time
The things sideline reporter do that don’t make the air
Josh Rutledge, former MLBer, is her husband
How she created a fake Twitter/X handle to defend her husband
She laughs now, but she told Boston fans to “shut up” when they got on Josh
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