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Seth Wickerhsham

ESPN senior writer and two-time NYTimes bestseller including It’s Better to Be Feared about the Patriots NFL dynasty, named Nonfiction Book of the Year by Sports Illustrated and Sports Book of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. His second book, American Kings, chronicles the role and best quarterbacks in American football. Author of hundreds of articles covering the best of their craft on and off the field including Tom Brady, Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton, NBA Spurs coach Greg Poppovich, elite free-solo climber Alex Honnold, Olympians and many more.

He has won awards from the National Magazine Association, National Association of Black Journalists and the Pro Football Writers Association. In 2015, he won a Folio Award for Best Single Story – Sports, and received a second-place National Headliner Award in Magazine Feature Writing.

Seth brings these first hand exclusive details of leadership, high-performing teams, breaking through barriers and investigative storytelling right to you.

Chad Millman

New York Times bestselling author of eight books, ranging from the autobiography of Howard Stern producer Baba Booey to his latest, The Number: Chasing the Biggest Edge in Sports. He currently co-hosts Sharp or Square, Apple’s top-ranked sports betting podcast. He is the former editor-in-chief of ESPN Digital and ESPN The Magazine and co-founder of The Action Network, which became the country’s largest sports betting media business, leading to its sale for $240M in 2021. Bloomberg Businessweek wrote, “Few journalists embody the gambling industry’s capture of sports media quite like Chad Millman.” He was inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame in 2025.