This is great news as Miss Weekly Reader leaves ESPN. When she spoke her inflections reminded me of girls in the third grade reading a book report. I could never figure out why someone doing a team report on Sunday morning from an NFL game site had to emote and speak as she was doing Shakespeare in the Park. Michelle Tafoya doesn't talk like that, neither does Suzy Kobler. Rachel Nichols probably got rejected on Broadway and has been trying out for a part every since.
The best NFL female reporter ESPN ever had was Andrea Kremer. She was respected by the players and coaches because she actually knew the game. I always thought that Rachel Nichols was juiced in pretty good at ESPN because of this connection. She is married to famous director Mike Nichols son, Max Nichols. Mike Nichols in turn is married to ABC News correspondent Diane Sawyer. When you have that heavyweight connection you walk on water at ESPN.
