Draft:Chad Millman

Millman was born and raised in Highland Park, Illinois. He attended Indiana University, where he majored in Journalism and Political Science.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Millman began his career as a reporter for Sports Illustrated. During his tenure, he contributed to investigative reports on sports betting and college football scandals. [citation needed for Sports Illustrated career details and investigative work].{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 1998, Millman joined ESPN The Magazine as an NFL editor. He contributed to features and investigative pieces, including a cover story and a television piece for E:60 about poker player Phil Ivey.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Millman is credited with launching ESPN’s sports betting beat, where he created the Behind The Bets podcast and wrote betting-related columns for ESPN.com. He also contributed to SportsCenter and other ESPN programs.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 2011, Millman was promoted to editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine.{{Cite web |last=Rehagen |first=Tony |title=A former ESPN editor's big bet on sports gambling |url=https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/chad-millman-espn-editor-sports-gambling-action-network.php |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}. During his tenure, he expanded The Body Issue across ESPN's platforms and featured NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on the cover to promote the legalization of sports betting. In 2014, Millman was named editor-in-chief of both ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com. Two years later, he was promoted to Editorial Director for ESPN Domestic Digital,{{Cite web |title=Chad Millman {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/126446/chad-millman/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}} where he helped create and produce We The Fans{{Cite web |last=Nesheim |first=Jay Jay |date=2017-04-11 |title=Get to know the fans of We The Fans |url=https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2017/04/get-know-fans-fans/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=ESPN Front Row |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2017-03-22 |title=ESPN Finds Its Next Documentary Series to Follow 'O.J.' Oscar Win (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/espn-next-documentary-we-the-fans-chicago-bears-1202013625/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}.

In 2017, Millman left ESPN to join The Chernin Group{{Cite web |last=Rehagen |first=Tony |title=A former ESPN editor's big bet on sports gambling |url=https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/chad-millman-espn-editor-sports-gambling-action-network.php |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-12 |title=Chad Millman Leaving ESPN, Joining Barstool Parent Company Chernin Group |url=https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/chad-millman-leaving-espn-joining-barstool-parent-company-chernin-group-01dmdxrr75kk |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=The Big Lead |language=en-US}} and helped launch The Action Network, a sports betting media company. The Action Network provides betting content through an app, website, and podcasts, and it has partnered with major sports leagues, including the NBA, PGA Tour, MLB, and NASCAR.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-16 |title=Sports Betting Is Legal, and Sportswriting Might Never Recover |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-16/legal-sports-betting-changed-espn-sports-illustrated-for-the-worse |access-date=2024-11-22 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lauletta |first=Tyler |title=The Action Network is a must-have subscription for bettors — especially now the NBA and NHL playoffs are going on now |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-action-network-subscription-review-for-sports-betting-gambling-2018-5 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

Millman co-hosts The Favorites podcast with professional bettor Simon Hunter, which has been graded by ITunes 4.7 by 1.4 thousand viewers.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 2021, The Action Network was sold to Better Collective for $240 million.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 2019, the Fantasy Sports Gaming Association named The Action Network platform a winner for the best video content in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Mossa |first=Will |date=2023-02-20 |title=FSGA Announces Industry Award Winners |url=https://thefsga.org/fsga-announces-industry-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association}}

Millman has authored or co-authored several books, including:

• [https://thefsga.org/fsga-announces-industry-award-winners/ Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America (1998)], co-written with Lars Anderson, which was praised by Kirkus Reviews for its reporting and writing.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lars-anderson/pickup-artists/ |title=PICKUP ARTISTS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
• [https://www.amazon.com/Detonators-Secret-Destroy-America-Justice/dp/0316734969/?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk%20Show%20less%20Chad%20Millman%20Chad%20Millman%2013:03%2019%20Jun%20https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/nyregion/thecity/a-largerthanlife-preacher-and-the-blast-on-black-tom.html%20Chad%20Millman%20Chad%20Millman%2013:03%2019%20Jun%20https://www.amazon.com/Invincible-Journey-Fan-Team-Captain/dp/1401308848/ The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice (2006)], which received acclaim from The New York Times.{{Cite web |title=A Larger-Than-Life Preacher, and the Blast on Black Tom Island |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/nyregion/thecity/a-largerthanlife-preacher-and-the-blast-on-black-tom.html}}
• [https://www.amazon.com/Ones-Who-Hit-Hardest-Steelers/dp/1592406653/?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk%20Show%20less%20Chad%20Millman%20Chad%20Millman%2013:08%2019%20Jun%20https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703376504575492060628090670%20Chad%20Millman%20Chad%20Millman%2013:06%2019%20Jun%20https://www.amazon.com/They-Call-Me-Baba-Booey-ebook/dp/B003WUYP06/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32WEGHGRYVQS5&s=digital-text&sr=1-1%20Chad%20Millman%20Chad%20Millman%2013:07%2019%20Jun%20https://www.gq.com/story/gary-dellabate-baba-booey-howard-stern-show%20%20Turn%20on%20screen%20reader%20supportTo%20enable%20screen%20reader%20support,%20press%20%E2%8C%98+Option+Z%20To%20learn%20about%20keyboard%20shortcuts,%20press%20%E2%8C%98slash%20%20%20%20The%20Ones%20Who%20Hit%20the%20Hardest:%20The%20Steelers,%20the%20Cowboys,%20the%20%2770s,%20and%20the%20Fight%20for%20America%27s%20Soul The Ones Who Hit The Hardest: The Steelers, The Cowboys and the Fight for America’s Soul (2010)], co-written with Shawn Coyne, which The Wall Street Journal called lyrical.{{Cite web |title=Raising the Steel Curtain |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703376504575492060628090670}}
• [https://www.amazon.com/They-Call-Me-Baba-Booey-ebook/dp/B003WUYP06/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&sr=1-1 They Call Me Baba Booey (2010)], co-written with Gary Dell’Abate, which was reviewed positively by GQ{{Cite web |last=Richdale |first=Andrew |date=2010-11-18 |title=An Interview with Gary Dell'Abate, Baba Booey of the Howard Stern Show |url=https://www.gq.com/story/gary-dellabate-baba-booey-howard-stern-show |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}

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