Jemele Hill Interview (ESPN Commentator & the Undefeated Senior Writer/Columnist)

Who Would Have Thoughts?

Episode 7 of the Who Would Have Thoughts? Podcast features ESPN’s Jemele Hill. Jemele previously cohosted ESPN’s SportsCenter at 6pm – better known as ‘SC6’ – and has since moved over to the Undefeated, the company’s site that focuses on everything from race to culture under a sport’s lens. Jemele has been a part of important town hall discussions and interviewed some of the biggest names in the sports world, like Kobe Bryant, for the Undefeated’s “Dear Black Athlete” series. Outside of ESPN, Jemele has also appeared on shows like “The View” and most recently Kevin Garnett’s “Area 21.” With over 1 million followers on Twitter, Jemele became a household name after sparking a bit of controversy in 2017. Her tweets about the president drew attention from the White House, and another series of tweets regarding boycotts and the NFL’s national anthem protests led to her suspension from ESPN for two weeks. In this episode, Ngozi chats with Jemele about her decision to leave SportsCenter, the message former President Barack Obama gave her during her controversy, whether or not the NFL will ever accept Johnny Manziel or Colin Kaepernick again and which “Black Panther” character she’d choose to be.