Nba History [unofficial] | Michael Jordan-era And More (in All Airness)

Chicago sports-radio pioneer and broadcasting veteran, Cheryl Raye-Stout.   As a young girl, Cheryl was taught the nuances of baseball, by her maternal grandfather. That helped foster her love of sports and set the path for what would be - and still is - a pioneering career in Chicago sports radio.We chat about Cheryl's early years in radio and her experiences in the early-1980s, as she sought equal footing as a sports reporter in a largely male-dominated industry. Cheryl had PR directors ask her to leave locker rooms, resulting in her conducting interviews on the floor outside. Finally, after "a couple of years", Chicago Bears rookie, Jim Harbaugh, put an end to Cheryl's outside-the-locker-room conversations; she was finally allowed to join her male counterparts.Cheryl talks about the state of the Chicago Bulls, pre-Michael Jordan. We discuss her recollection of when she first heard Jordan's name. This was well before Michael arrived in Chicago. Cheryl, and the city-at-large, were ea