Episode 79: End Of An Era. Bill Says Goodbye to the NY Times

The day after Bill announced that he was ending his 35-year career as a regular at the New York Times, Jamal and special guest, Harriet Mandeville, talk to Bill about his legendary career at the paper. Bill discusses why he thought of Jim Brown when deciding to move on (8:45), how he got started at the NY Times (36:42), and how sports coverage at the NYT has changed over the years (41:35). Bill also discloses whether he felt it was his responsibility to write about racism as it relates to sports while at the Times (47:00) and the moments and athletes he enjoyed covering the most (51:10). Finally, Bill, Jamal, Harriet and even Bill's wife Sharon discuss Michael Jordan's recent statement and donation (59:20), as well as the WNBA's fight against racial injustice (1:10:05). All this and more on the latest edition of Bill Rhoden On Sports. Production help from Kevin Keating. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.