Will Cain

Charles Williams Cain (born March 28, 1975) is an American columnist, political analyst, and sports commentator. He is the host of The Will Cain Show on ESPN Radio, which debuted January 2, 2018. He has been a contributor for ESPN since March 2015,[1] working with the features unit and E:60 and appearing on First Take.[2] He has been a contributor for The Blaze and CNN, appearing frequently on Soledad O'Brien's morning program Starting Point.

Will Cain
Born
Charles Williams Cain

(1975-03-28) March 28, 1975
Sherman, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist
Known forWill Cain Show on ESPN Radio

Early life and education

Cain was born and raised in Sherman, Texas, near Dallas.[3][4] Attending Pepperdine University, Cain played on the water polo team and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1997.[5][6] On the Pepperdine water polo team, Cain was a walk-on who scored his only goal in 1996.[5][3] In 2000, Cain completed his law degree at the University of Texas School of Law.[5] After law school, Cain moved to a ranch in Montana, where he worked as a ranch hand while trying to write a book.[5]

Media career

Following the death of his father in 2001, Cain returned to the Dallas area to help care for his younger brother. While in Texas, Cain bought two community newspapers and started others before selling them to Stephens Media, publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[5] Around 2006, Cain founded Quince Media, which published a magazine, website, and expos about quinceañeras.[5]

Cain previously worked as a fill-in host for CNN's In the Arena, where he co-hosted the program with E.D. Hill from February 28, 2011 to August 5, 2011.

Cain began working as a radio personality as a fill in for ESPN Radio anchors. Cain then was named cohost of The Ryen Russillo Show but Russillo soon left the show.[7] Cain began hosting his own radio show on ESPN Radio in 2018.[8] The Washington Post observed about Cain's ESPN presence in 2018: "Cain’s growing profile comes amid consistent charges of liberal bias at ESPN for its coverage of social and political issues in sports."[3]

Controversy

On March 11, 2019, Cain likened Antonio Brown's contract requests during Brown's trade to the Oakland Raiders as being "like a suicide bomber" while discussing the trade on First Take, causing some media backlash on multiple outlets.[9]

References
  1. Quinn, Dan (May 19, 2015). "ESPN's Will Cain joins baseball team in midst of 55-game road trip - ESPN Front Row". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. "Will Cain". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  3. Strauss, Ben (September 18, 2018). "'ESPN doesn't have a voice like mine': Will Cain's view from the right". Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  4. https://twitter.com/willcain/status/903970063895670784
  5. "Water Polo Where Are They Now? Will Cain". PepperdineSports.com. Pepperdine University. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  6. "Spring Commencement: Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences". Malibu, California: Pepperdine University. April 25, 1997. p. 7.
  7. Boren, Cindy (December 20, 2017). "ESPN's Ryen Russillo is leaving his radio show, will do a podcast through next summer". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  8. "Host: Will Cain". ESPN Radio. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  9. Gaydos, Ryan (March 12, 2019). "ESPN's Will Cain likens Antonio Brown to 'suicide bomber' for forcing trade to Raiders". Fox News. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019.


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