“Won’t Stick to Sports”
This completely handcrafted microphone highlights the impact and focus of Jemele Hill and Cari Champion. Although they are constantly told to stick to sports, Hill and Champion have created a social media ecosystem that values more than just covering sports. Their podcast “Won’t stick to sports” was created to address important social issues in an unapologetic manner. The microphone breaking through the tweets of the base represent their willingness to continue to address these topics, despite people on the internet trying to shut them up and box them in.
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Background
Cari Champion
Cari Champion is a broadcast sports journalist who previously hosted TV shows on ESPN. She was often the only woman and the only black person behind the desk. But, as her career progressed, she became known for her ability to eloquently voice her position on important issues in an unapologetic manner . She was also a host for TNT’s “The Arena,” which is storytelling franchise created to provide an intellectual platform for content on topics occurring both on and off the sports field. Cari is currently a broadcast journalist for CNN, runs the Brown Girls Dream Foundation and hosts The Naked with Cari Champion Podcast. These projects are designated to creating space for women of color and other marginalized communities. One of her main focuses is discussing social issues and race in America.
Jemele Hill
Over the past few years, Jemele Hill has become one of the most significant and polarizing voices in the sports world. After co-hosting the midday show His & Hers along with SportsCenter, she left ESPN in the fall of 2018 due to a tweet that she posted. She accurately called Donald Trump “a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists” on Twitter. Along with the Won’t Stick to Sports podcast, Jemele has narrated the LeBron James-produced Showtime series Shut Up and Dribble and now writes for The Atlantic, hosts her own podcast, “F*ck it I’m Bothered”.
