Chris Mannix on Adrian Wojnarowski, Sports Illustrated, Jake Paul, and more [Video]

On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews Sports Illustrated senior writer Chris Mannix.

Brandon and Chris discuss a wide range of topics including Chris’ profile on Adrian Wojnarowski for Sports Illustrated, how SI is doing with Minute Media in charge, whether Jake Paul is good or bad for boxing, and more.

Here’s the full breakdown:

• :42: Response to Chris’ profile on Adrian Wojnarowski
• 2:11: Woj’s apartment
• 4:04: Learning about Woj
• 6:48: Woj’s willingness to do a profile
• 8:49: Surprise of Woj’s retirement at the time
• 10:07: How did Woj revolutionize what it meant to be a reporter?
• 11:29: Woj and social media
• 12:54: Origin of Chris and Woj’s friendship
• 14:23: Leaving Sports Illustrated to work with Woj at Yahoo
• 15:32: Working with Woj
• 18:17: Did Chris ever want to become an insider?
• 20:07: Did Woj try to recruit Chris to ESPN?
• 21:06: Working with Shams Charania
• 22:09: Will Shams be comfortable at ESPN?
• 23:56: Would Woj …