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ANNIE APPLE

Writer, ESPN Contributor, mom of NFL player Giants Eli Apple

First Job: Shoe sales person at Easy Pickins in Philly

Professional Role Model: Bryant Gumbel

Workout tunes: Woke by Rihanna.

SurvivinAmerica

BRIAN BILLICK

Super Bowl winning head coach

First Job: Shoveling chicken shit (really)

Professional Role Model: Bill Walsh

Workout tunes: Al Jarreau

CoachBillick

JULIE DiCARO

Update Anchor/Web Columnist, 670 The Score

Columnist, Sports Illustrated, The Cauldron

Frist Job: Piercing ears at Claire’s at the mall

Professional Role Model: Mary Carillo

Workout tunes: Madonna’s Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers

juliedicaro

DAVE DOMBROWSKI

President of Baseball Operations, Boston Red Sox

First Job: Bagged groceries at Jewel Foods

Professional Role Model: Roland Hemond

Workout tunes: (on his old fashioned transistor radio) Any music that is upbeat, but not rap. Could be contemporary or oldie plus anything by the girl group, By The Way, featuring Darbi Dombrowski

RedSox

EZRA EDELMAN

Academy award-winning filmmaker. Most recently, produced and directed the five-part 2016 documentary series, O.J. : Made in America

First Job: Mailroom at Children’s Defense Fund

Professional Role Model: Don’t have one

Workout tunes: 90’s hip-hop

ezraedelman

JEMELE HILL

Sports journalist, ESPN SportsCenter Co-host

First Job: Filing welfare cases at social services office where my grandmother was a social worker. The paper cuts were RIDICULOUS!

Professional Role Model: Michelle Kaufman, Rachel Jones, Johnette Howard, Michael Wilbon

Workout tunes: YG- Why You Always Hatin?, Designer- Timmy Turner, French Montana- No Shopping

jemelehill

Devin McCourty

Two-time Super Bowl champion safety

First Job: Cutting grass in NY neighborhood

Professional Role Model: Emmitt Smith

Workout tunes: Hip-hop playlist, specifically Chance the Rapper

@McCourtyTwins

KEVIN MERIDA

Senior Vice President at ESPN, Editor-In-Chief, The Undefeated

First Job: Paper boy, Washington Star

Professional Role Model: Les Payne

Workout tunes: I may be one of the few people who don’t work out to music, though I love to listen to music. I like to stay focused during workouts.

meridak

BRIAN SCALABRINE

NBA Champion, Boston Celtics television analyst

First Job:Landscaper

Professional Role Model: Danny Ainge

Workout tunes: Homegrown…Zach Brown

Scalabrine

BILL SIMMONS

Founder of HBO’s The Ringer and ESPN’s Grantland

First Job: Golf Caddy

Professional Role Model: used to be about 20 different writers, last few years it’s been Lorne Michaels

Workout tunes: Kanye

BillSimmons

SHIRA SPRINGER

Sports and Society reporter, WBUR/NPR, columnist focused on women’s sports, Boston Globe

First Job: Tour guide at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT

Professional Role Model: David Halberstam, Gay Talese, George Orwell

Workout tunes: I like a mix of songs by the Taalbi Brothers. Fans of “Breaking Bad” will probably recognize their music.

ShiraSpringer

SHAWN SPRINGS

13 Year NFL veteran, CEO/Founder of Windpact

First Job: Dishwasher at a pizza place in high school

Professional Role Model: Elon Musk and Keith Wandell (current mentor)

Workout tunes: Anything by Future, Drake, and Jay-Z.

shawnsprings

Bob Sweeney

NHL veteran and Executive Director of the Boston Bruins Foundation

First Job: Working construction with my dad

Professional Role Model: Ray Bourque and Joe O’Donnell

Workout tunes: Any Springsteen music- in particular, Born to Run

NHLBruins

DARA TORRES

First U.S. swimmer to compete in five Olympics; 12-time medalist

Frist Job: Intern at CNN and NBC between junior and senior years in college

Professional Role Model: Donna de Varona and Bob Costas

Workout tunes: I fluctuate between classic rock and today’s hip hop- The Stones, Queen, Aerosmith etc…Shawn Mendes, Beyonce, Jay Z, Nicki Minaj

DaraTorres

Play It Forward At a Glance

Date

Friday, April 14, 2017

Duration

8:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location

Francis D. Burke Club Room at Agganis Arena, Boston University, 925 Commonwealth Ave.

Questions?

Sarah Kess (Journalism Department)
srkess@bu.edu
617-353-3484

Media Inquiries

Brian Kelley (Athletics)
bkelley@bu.edu
617-353-2872

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Dan Satter (Athletics)
dsatter@bu.edu
617-353-1905

Boston University College of Communication
Department of Athletics
Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground

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