Award-winning sports journalist Jemele Hill’s love for all things sports dates back to childhood.
Hill, a guest on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” told program host Rose Scott that she was a tomboy and grew up playing and watching sports—and once she figured out in high school that she could transfer her passion for sports into a career, she pursued it wholeheartedly.
“Sports journalism was my number one goal,” she explained.
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