Khristina Williams has a saying, ‘delay is not denial.’ She always had a feeling that she was meant to create something. When nothing came of her early attempts to break into sports, she decided to forge her own path and start Girls Talk Sports...

Khristina Williams is redefining how to carve out your niche in sports. In 2018, Williams founded Girls Talk Sports TV, as a way to give a voice and visibility to women in sports, specifically women’s basketball. She bet on herself, and it’s pa...

Marisa Pilla is gearing up for another soccer season, having just wrapped the 2021 NWSL Draft. The reporter and host has turned a lifelong love affair with soccer into her dream career, working national NWSL games for CBS Sports and MLS matches...

Marisa Pilla grew up loving the game of soccer. She calls the 1999 Women’s World Cup a defining sports moment. Fast-forward twenty plus years, and Pilla is now regularly interviewing some of soccer’s biggest names for CBS Sports and FS1, as a r...

From ESPN Emmy award-winning TV producer to now teaching others the value of their own story for Commander-in-She, Valerie Gordon specializes in the art of storytelling.In this five minute REWIND of our episode 25 conversation...

Valerie Gordon has always loved the power of a good story. For many years, she was a integral part of turning those stories into TV magic, as an Emmy award-winning ESPN producer. Three and a half years ago, she started a new chapter in her care...

At just 27 years old, Rhiannon Walker is already making a strong mark in sports media. A highly-respected NFL features reporter for the Athletic, Walker uses her disarming personality and competitive drive to uncover unique angles, on her homet...

Rhiannon Walker is unapologetically herself- a self-described tomboy and extrovert, now in her third season covering the Washington Football Team. As a feature writer for the Athletic, Walker is constantly in search of the unique angle or perso...

Sports has brought a lot of clarity to Siera Santos’ life. A career she never anticipated nor imagined as a teenager getting her GED, until she started watching Arizona Diamondback games. Then, as a top student at ASU, she was unsure of where h...

Siera Santos journey in sports broadcasting has been anything but conventional. From earning her high school GED to starting her broadcasting career in news, Siera is a testament to the power of vision and betting on yourself. Even now, nine mo...

Kathleen Hessert has been shaping communication strategy for more than 30 years. An innovator, influencer and branding expert, she works with top athletes, entertainers and Fortune 500 CEO’s. She’s responsible for getting Shaq on Twitter. She s...

Kathleen Hessert is the branding queen. A leader in sports marketing and expert in strategic communication, she’s been molding the brands of top athletes, entertainers, and Fortune 500 CEO’s for more than 30 years. She's the founder and CEO of ...

If an early career stop in Twin Falls, Idaho as a news producer/reporter taught Alexa Whippo anything, it’s what her definition of success didn’t include. A subsequent move to Fox Sports Arizona helped her channel her passion behind-the-scenes ...

Alexa Whippo wears many hats- at work, as an on-air promotions producer and editor at Fox Sports Arizona and at home- as a wife and mom to four kids. She realized early that her version of success is constantly evolving. ...

As women in sports media go, Lesley Visser is on Mt. Rushmore. She’s in six Hall of Fames. She’s covered Super Bowls, Final Fours, World Series, Wimbledon, the Triple Crown and more, in a career that’s spanned 45 years. She is timeless.<...

Lesley Visser is an icon in sports media. She’s an original. She was voted the number one female sportscaster of all time and has a career that’s spanned more than 45 years at CBS Sports, ABC Sports and the Boston Globe. Her list of firsts is e...

Play-by-play Meghan McPeak never set out to make history in sports media as the only female calling NBA G-League games. She had no plans to be one of just six play-by-play broadcasters of color in pro basketball. She prefers to focus on the imp...

Whether calling professional basketball games or standing up for social justice, Meghan McPeak knows how to use her voice. She’s unapologetic and one of just six play-by-play broadcasters of color in pro basketball. McPeak is the voice of the t...

CBS Sports director Suzanne Smith is a pioneer for women in TV production. She started her career behind-the-scenes, when there was no road map for women, so she forged one- rising at CBS to become the only woman at ANY network directi...

CBS Sports director Suzanne Smith is in a league of her own- the only woman at ANY network to direct NFL games. Smith joined CBS Sports in 1983, rising up the ranks of TV sports production, despite at the time, no road map for women. S...

Legendary baseball journalist Claire Smith grew up idolizing Jackie Robinson, dreaming of a career covering the giants of the game. She’s a barrier breaker, pioneer and historian of the sport. A long career as a baseball writer and columnist ha...

Claire Smith is a walking encyclopedia of baseball knowledge. Her love affair with the game began long before she became a legendary journalist. As a young girl, her Mom shared stories about Jackie Robinson’s exploits. It wasn’t long before she...

Andrea Kremer's career is dotted with firsts. After starting her career as a sports editor, she became NFL Films first female producer, before transitioning on-camera. 25 Super Bowls, multiple Olympic Games and countless major sporting events l...

Andrea Kremer is the queen of stories. From anecdotes with her former NFL Films mentor and boss, Steve Sabol to advice from her former NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast partner, John Madden, Kremer is a master storyteller. She’s engaging, wit...

Iliana Limon Romero may be the ONLY Latina sports editor at a daily newspaper, but she's working to change that. As the sports content editor of the Orlando Sentinel, she oversees a department of eleven, in the epicenter of sports return. She p...