Who are Rachel Nichols parents?
RACHEL Nichols is a decorated sports journalist who hosts NBA discussion show The Jump. Nichols is in hot water after a video from 2020 leaked that reveals her "racial" comments about co-worker Maria Taylor's NBA Finals hosting duties. Rachel Nichols' parents and Ronald and Jane Jacobs. Ron Jacobs is allegedly a professor of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois. Not much is known about Nichols' mother Jane. Nichols was reportedly raised with two brothers in a Jewish household according to fact-files.com. Max Nichols has been married to TV broadcaster Rachel for 20 years. The pair tied the knot during a Jewish Ceremony in New York on May 25, 2001. However, according to heavy.com Rachel and Max first met a summer camp in Maine as teenagers. Nichols graduated from Northwestern and started writing for the Washington Post, while Max worked at indie record company Tommy Boy Music. 3 Rachel and Max Nichols Credit: Getty  Yet, after a decade of no contact, Max reached out to Rachel as she made her name in the industry and the couple reconnected. Since 1995, Rachel has worked as a sports journalist and television presenter for channels ESPN and CNN. She currently hosts a weekly NBA discussion show called The Jump and covers news and stories from around the league alongside NBA analysts and players. She has also been praised for her tough-talking approach to interviews having previously held NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to account in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal and likewise for confronting boxer Floyd Mayweather on his history of domestic violence. 3 Maria Taylor Credit: Getty  The New York Times revealed a bombshell report about a "storm" brewing at ESPN due to Nichols 2020 comments about Taylor. Many of ESPN's staff members of the popular show NBA Countdown and commentators, including Jalen Rose, Adrian Wojnarowski, and Jay Williams, have become angry with the network's mishandling problems with racism. According to the Times, ESPN had declined to discipline Nichols despite fury throughout the company over her remark, which she made during a phone conversation nearly a year ago after learning that she would not host coverage during the 2020 NBA finals, as she had been expecting. I wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world - she covers football, she covers basketball, Nichols said in July 2020. If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity - which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it - like, go for it. "Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.  Nichols' conversation came with Adam Mendelsohn, the longtime adviser of the Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and Jamess agent, Rich Paul. At the time, the 47-year-old sports reporter sought advice from Mendelsohn because she believed her bosses were advancing Taylor at her expense. However, unbeknown to Nichols, she was caught on a hot mic as it appeared her video camera was on, and the call was being recorded to a server at ESPNs headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. It is not clear why her camera was on, but most people at ESPN believe that Nichols, using new technology during a pandemic, did not turn it off properly.