it was the idea of the -- a former president, espn, john skipper, and it was the idea that here we have a digital project that really could serve a really loyal overindexing black audience on digital, and meanwhile help espn with bringing our owners the tick and sensibility to espn where race, sports and culture intersection. sports now is very much but culture, too, and that came about, and i was at the "washington post" as -- where you and i knew each other, and after a lot of debate i was presented with this opportunity, and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot, to essentially have a startup within epps jeeps you were managing editor of the "washington post." >> guest: i was. >> host: how much debate happened in your family before you left -- >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly my wife. but it was -- sometimes you just -- you disrupt your open career. and want to do something different and take a little bit of leap off of that cliff, and try something different. so i decided to do that, and it's been fantastic. >> host: just to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches. >> a myo