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Meghan McPeak Is Living Her Dream As a Play-by-Play Broadcaster

Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports.

It was never Meghan McPeak’s goal to make history.

But in 2018, the play-by-play commentator did just that, as part of the first all-woman broadcast crew in NBA history. And that history-making moment came before the one in ‘15, when McPeak became the first (and still the only) female play-by-play broadcaster in the G League.