My Life with the Green & Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting
Sportscaster, Jessie Garcia, host of WTMJ’s “The Mike McCarthy Show,” offers behind-the-microphone insights into the Green Bay Packers and other Wisconsin sports teams and athletes. As one of the first female sportscasters in the Midwest, Garcia brings fans to the sidelines at Lambeau Field, inside the locker room, aboard the team bus, and into the host’s chair at The Mike McCarthy Show. Green Bay Packer and NFL fans alike will enjoy Garcia’s tales of the green & gold team from her perspective as a Packer fan, journalist, and working mom.
Jessie Garcia
Jessie Garcia is an award-winning sports journalist who has risen the ranks in television news, first as an anchor/reporter, then to newsroom management. She is the News Director at the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. Her non-fiction books My Life with the Green and Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting and Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of our State Olympians won Midwest Book Awards, and her documentary Leaps and Bounds: The Men Who Changed Track and Field was featured in over a dozen film festivals. She also taught journalism at four universities. A native of Madison, WI, Jessie has two adult sons and resides in Milwaukee with her husband, dog and cat.