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In the mid-to-late 2010s, professional athletes began to host their own podcasts, often covering the sports they played and leagues they were involved in. Sometimes, these player-hosts were still active upon the launch of their podcasts. Professional athlete-hosted podcasts began to become more widespread in the 2020s.
JJ Redick was the first active NBA player to launch a podcast. A. J. Hawk has been cited as the first active professional athlete to begin podcasting, having launched his Hawk Cast in 2014. [1] [2] JJ Redick was the first NBA player to launch a podcast while still an active player, hosting The Vertical on Yahoo! Sports in 2016.
ESPN was an early adopter of the podcast format, launching their first in 2005. [3] In 2007, Bill Simmons stumbled upon a podcast interview of Boston Celtics executive Danny Ainge by ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford. [4] Simmons, also an ESPN employee at the time, inquired to his management about hosting a podcast of his own.
The Rest Is History is a history podcast hosted by historian and author Dominic Sandbrook and popular historian Tom Holland. [1] [2] The podcast was launched in November 2020 and is produced by Goalhanger Podcasts. It is the highest-ranked UK history podcast on Spotify and Apple, and in the top 10 in the US charts. [3]
While most of these athletes and personalities changed the world many decades ago, there are still several black athletes who are achieving firsts in their sports today. Below, learn more about 19 ...
Gaius Appuleius Diocles was born in 104 AD in the Roman province of Lusitania, in the Western Iberian peninsula.He made his racing debut in Rome at the age of 18, in 122 AD with the racing stable known as the Whites, but did not win a race until two years later.
Adrian Peterson rushed for 2,097 yards with the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, but his 199 yards in the regular-season finale helped the Vikings clinch a wild-card spot.. Jamal Lewis played the entire ...
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