Mina Kimes details unique path to working at ESPN: ‘Never thought I would talk about sports for a living’ [Video]

ESPN’s Mina Kimes has acted as a key figure in the network’s coverage of the NFL as a regular on NFL Live dating back to 2020. But once upon a time, Kimes had zero interest in being on television at all, much less on a daily show like NFL Live which serves as perhaps the most important program on the family of networks during football season.

On Thursday, Kimes appeared on the Field Talk Podcast with longtime ESPN colleague Field Yates, where she discussed her unique path to working for the Worldwide Leader, which includes a career change from working as a business journalist for Bloomberg News.

“I never thought I would write about, and certainly not talk about sports for a living,” said Kimes. “It didn’t really seem like a possibility to me. There was nobody who looked like me or talked like me at any level really in terms of being an analyst or opinionator. I didn’t have …