Mina Kimes is a senior writer at ESPN and the host of the podcast ESPN Daily.\n\n\u201cWhat I\u2019ve found, and this is something I did not know would be the case going into it, is that sports stories\u2014and, at the risk of sounding a bit self-important, maybe someone like me writing sports stories or talking about it in particular\u2014can have an impact in other ways that have revealed themselves to me over time.\u201d\n\nThanks to Mailchimp, Pitt Writers, and Native Deodorant for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\n\n\n\n@minakimes\n\n\nminakimes.tumblr.com\n\n\nKimes on Longform\n\n\nLongform Podcast #12: Mina Kimes\n\n\nESPN Daily Podcast\n\n\n[05:37] \u201cMe, My Father, and Russell Wilson: Why This Seahawks Season Makes Me Unspeakably Happy\u201d (Slate \u2022 2014)\n\n\n[10:46] \u201cAly Raisman Takes the Floor\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2018)\n\n\n[10:55] \u201cDrew Brees Has a Dream He'd Like to Sell You\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[12:11] ESPN's Around the Horn\n\n\n[12:12] ESPN's Highly Questionable\n\n\n[20:48] \u201cHow Darrelle Revis Became the NFL's Savviest Negotiator\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2015)\n\n\n[24:18] \u201cThe Unkillable Demon King\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2015)\n\n\n[26:23] \u201cThe Art of Letting Go\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[27:31] \u201cThe Unbreakable Bond\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[34:09] \u201cThe Work Diary of ESPN's Mina Kimes (and Her Dog, Lenny)\u201d (The New York Times \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[34:32] ESPN Daily\n\n\n[35:26] The Mina Kimes Show Featuring Lenny\n\n\n[36:52] \u201cBaker Mayfield Isn't Afraid of the Hype\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[39:16] \u201cAfter a Decade Apart, Antonio Brown and T.Y. Hilton Share an Unlikely Bond\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2015)\n\n\n[39:41] \u201cThe Search for Aaron Rodgers\u201d (ESPN \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[49:35] \u201cEverything You Need To Know About the Ray Rice Case\u201d (Time \u2022 2014)\n\n\n[49:35] \u201c\nESPN's Mina Kimes Will Be Preseason Analyst for the Los Angeles Rams\u201d (Sports Illustrated \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[56:33] Michael Barbaro on Longform\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices