by Tolly Taylor | Sep 21, 2016 | Sports
CHICAGO — Rain drops slipped down windows when Dean Lowry got a call that sent him looking for distractions. It was 9 a.m. on the final day of the 2016 NFL Draft. Raining or not, he grabbed a golf club and a ball from the garage and headed for the back yard. An...
by Tolly Taylor | Aug 24, 2016 | Events
WASHINGTON — Pardon The Interruption, but we’re Medill graduate students, and we visited Medill alum Mike Wilbon on the set of his ESPN show Tuesday. After the broadcast classes we’ve taken at Medill, it was interesting to see how the crew set up for...
by Tolly Taylor | Aug 24, 2016 | Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON — On the final episode (for now) of the podcast, we discuss the importance of captains in cricket. Cricket captains are unlike captains in any other sport — they direct, produce and anchor the show. American sports fans love to argue that the...
by Tolly Taylor | Aug 23, 2016 | Sports
WASHINGTON — In the fifth episode of The Odd Couple, Tolly Taylor and Aishwarya Kumar talk about international teams and series. Tolly is baffled by the existence of bilateral tournaments and tries to compare The Ashes to Wimbledon. Is his comparison...
by Tolly Taylor | Aug 22, 2016 | Sports
WASHINGTON — In the fourth episode of The Odd Couple podcast, the duo tackle fielding. Complex terms and slang confuse Tolly Taylor. He ends up comparing wicket keeper to an important position in another sport. Let’s just say it’s got everything to...
