# Steve Wulf: Former Sports Illustrated baseball writer; Original ESPN The Magazine big gun

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Podcast: [Two Writers Slinging Yang](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-writers-slinging-yang-662001)
Published: 2026-02-24T13:32:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-pearlman9/episodes/Steve-Wulf-Former-Sports-Illustrated-baseball-writer-Original-ESPN-The-Magazine-big-gun-e3fd46h
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Duration seconds: 2186

## Resource

On rising from covering horses in Florida to the Major Leagues for SI; on starting up ESPN The Magazine; on Michael Jordan and the issue that killed his relationship with a magazine; on writing a letter to a friend.

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