{"id":94970,"date":"2016-02-15T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T22:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=94970"},"modified":"2016-02-16T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T17:09:11","slug":"rachael-nichols-returns-to-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=94970","title":{"rendered":"Rachael Nichols returns to ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94995 alignright\" alt=\"NicholsRachel1\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1-300x202.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1-259x175.jpg 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/NicholsRachel1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Rachael Nichols <\/strong>got a nice publicity bump for her new show<strong>\u00a0<em>The Jump<\/em> <\/strong>on ESPN when former NBA superstar\u00a0<strong>Tracy McGrady<\/strong>\u00a0was hired by the network. One part of McGrady&#8217;s new gig will be joining Nichols for some straight talk on the current NBA scene. Nichols&#8217; show is expected to live up to its name, jumping out of the gym and featuring fast jump-cuts as well.<em> The Jump<\/em> is\u00a0a half-hour program designed\u00a0to move fast. It&#8217;ll run M-F at 3:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Nichols brings a great resume, real knowledge and engaging screen presence to <em>The Jump<\/em>.\u00a0She worked for ESPN for nearly a decade before <em>jumping<\/em>\u00a0to CNN\/Turner &#8212; where her all-around game, which had seen mostly football action, transitioned into <strong>heavy basketball rotation<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RachelNicholsTV\" target=\"_blank\">Nichols<\/a> worked both the NCAA and the NBA at TNT\u00a0&#8212; she&#8217;s a familiar face to hoops fans.\u00a0(She also did baseball, and won fans\u00a0for taking on NFL commish <strong>Roger Goodell<\/strong> and boxer <strong>Floyd Mayweather<\/strong>.)\u00a0A former <em>Washington Post<\/em> writer and graduate of\u00a0Northwestern&#8217;s prestigious journalism program, Nichols will make the most of <em>The Jump<\/em>. Her previous eponymous show,\u00a0<em>Unguarded with Rachel Nichols,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnn-cancels-unguarded-with-rachel-nichols\/\" target=\"_blank\">didn&#8217;t find the audience<\/a> it should have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachael Nichols got a nice publicity bump for her new show\u00a0The Jump on ESPN when former NBA superstar\u00a0Tracy McGrady\u00a0was hired by the network. One part of McGrady&#8217;s new gig will be joining Nichols for some straight talk on the current NBA scene. Nichols&#8217; show is expected to live up to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94970"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94997,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94970\/revisions\/94997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}