Steve Wulf: Former Sports Illustrated baseball writer; Original ESPN The Magazine big gun

About this episode

Steve Wulf discusses his journey from covering horses to Major League Baseball and his experiences with ESPN The Magazine and Michael Jordan.

On rising from covering horses in Florida to the Major Leagues for SI; on starting up ESPN The Magazine; on Michael Jordan and the issue that killed his relationship with a magazine; on writing a letter to a friend.

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Pearlman

Guest: Steve Wulf

Topics covered

• sports journalism
• ESPN history
• baseball writing
• Michael Jordan
• media relationships

Keywords

• Steve Wulf
• Sports Illustrated
• ESPN The Magazine
• Michael Jordan
• baseball
• sports writing
• journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine

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