Michelle Beadle is an accomplished sports reporter, host, and media personality with a resume that includes hosting NBA Countdown on ESPN, co-producing and hosting SportsNation on ESPN 2, and anchoring coverage of the 2012 Olympic games in London for NBC.
Beadle is currently part of the Spurs’ broadcast team and also hosts a new show on FanDuelTV called Run It Back. She recently sat down with FortyEightMinutes as part of our 21 Questions web series and discussed a variety of topics, including the best advice that she gives and the best advice that she has received.
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Michelle Beadle Shares Best Life Advice, Financial Perspective
Being “yourself” is something that Beadle embodies.
“The one that I hold closest to my heart is ‘to be yourself’ and the one that I give is ‘don’t be an ass'” Beadle explained when asked for her best advice.
Among other topics, Beadle also touched on whether trust is given or earned, what her most heartbreaking sports memory was, and what her financial advice to others would be.
Michelle Beadle’s Full 21-Question List
- If you could invite any three people to dinner, who would they be?
- What’s the latest in the day that it’s acceptable to order a Bloody Mary?
- Friend/Marry/Kill: Pancake, Waffles, French Toast?
- Do you have a cat/thoughts on cats?
- Do random people try to debate you as Stephen A. Smith claims happens to him?
- What is the difference between arguing and debating?
- Thoughts on Olympics/International basketball vs. the current NBA product?
- NBA sideline and postgame interviews seem like the small talk of sports media, do you wish there were would be more medium talk in those situations?
- Do you believe in aliens?
- 10. Imagine a Space Jam scenario where aliens take over Earth and we have to beat them in a basketball game to save humanity: What’s your (all-time) starting 5?
- Who is coaching that team & would you want to call that game?
- Do you believe trust is given or earned?
- What is your most heart-breaking sports memory?
- 2023 NBA championship draft: Is this our first bet?
- How did you find yourself hosting FanDuelTV’s Run It Back?
- Let’s talk about responsible gambling. Do you have any advice for children who are listening to Kendrick Perkins’ betting picks?
- Who’s your NBA MVP?
- Who’s your NBA Executive of the Year?
- Your best behind-the-scenes NBA story that you’ve never told?
- What’s the best piece of financial advice you’ve ever received?
- What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received in general?
