NBA reporter and host Cassidy Hubbarth

Episode 500 of the Sports Media Podcast features Cassidy Hubbarth, who worked at ESPN for more than a decade including prominently as a game reporter on NBA coverage and as an NBA host. She will move to Amazon Prime Video next year as that streamer's lead NBA sideline reporter. In this podcast we discuss ESPN's very public goodbye to her; why she succeeded at ESPN where others did not; why Amazon Prime Video was the right fit; how the Amazon job came to be; the excitement of starting a new job; the importance of having an agent at her level; working through a health scare; why Nikola Jokić is so good; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.