Warrior: My Path to Being Brave

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During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke—sometimes on national TV—that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career… and almost her life. She didn't get married until she was 39 to a major league baseball player. They were extremely rich with two mansions and a New York City condo. At the same time she was doing the MNF job and does nothing but complain about how bad her life was, how depressed she was, how she considered suicide, etc. This is the most-seen female sports personality in America married to a multimillionaire athlete living in luxury and she wants us to feel sorry for her because her TV boss is screaming in her earbud about her somewhat amateurish network television performance?

On June 15, 2006, Guerrero became a correspondent on the TV news magazine Inside Edition. She later became the show's chief investigative correspondent and has worked on undercover stories and investigative reports. In 2011, she won the National Headliner Award for Best Investigative Report, beating Anderson Cooper for her undercover exposé on air duct cleaning scams. What a talent, what a career, what a life, and what a treat to relive it all with this most down-to-earth of demigods. Fast forward to reading “Warrior” - a real eye-opener! Her SoCal sports experience and interviews prior to MNF was impressive to say the least (Shaq, Kobe, Bonds). Learning about the work environment and what she was subjected to on and off the field brought additional respect for her. She was judged by many who never knew that was happening (until now!). This is a very brave lady. Inside Edition isn't really my thing, but I'm definitely interested in memoirs by women who've worked in sports journalism, so I wanted to give Warrior by Lisa Guerrero a try.

Furthermore, in 2006 she joined the nationally syndicated newsmagazine inside edition as a correspondent. MARTIN: Well, Lisa, you’ve had just such a remarkable career. Lots of ups and lots of downs. Lots of downs that then become ups. Where are you now? Like now that you’ve told it, now that you’ve lived it, you know, how do you feel about all that? Do you think it was worth it? GUERRERO: And I believe that bravery is like a muscle, it’s something you can practice and get better at with time. And I really wanted people to learn how to take their pain and turn it into power. Former Playboy Cover Model Lisa Guerrero on Slobbering First Impression on Hugh Hefner". www.yahoo.com. April 4, 2022 . Retrieved April 4, 2022. Fast forward a few years, and Guerrero has achieved phenomenal success as Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent. Her stories have led to arrests, changed federal legislation and policies at Fortune 500 companies, and helped shine a light on crime, scams, child abuse, and even cold case murders. And in the last decade alone, she has won over thirty-five national journalism honors and awards.

When I take somebody on, I’m not doing it for myself. I’m the one on camera. But when I’ve heard, you know, a rape survivor’s story and it’s her swim coach that abused her from the time she was 8 to 13, then I feel like I’m being brave on behalf of her, right?” she said. “So, it makes me less nervous and afraid.” Guerrero, Lisa (November 28, 2016). Jewelry for Your Table: How to Make One-of-a-Kind Napkin Rings From Vintage Pieces (1sted.). Schiffer Craft. ISBN 978-0764352492.Lisa Guerrero chronicles her iconic career—from dealing with harassment as a sports broadcaster to chasing “bad guys” for Inside Edition—and proves that through small, daily acts, bravery is a muscle we can strengthen over time. Guerrero, Lisa (January 24, 2023). Warrior: My Path to Being Brave. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-82949-9. There are light-hearted moments in the book, too. There was that time, for example, she walked down a hotel hallway with broadcaster John Madden after a production meeting in a conference room. He swiped a cookie off a leftover room service tray. “Finders, keepers,’’ Madden explained with a smile. GUERRERO: Well, I absolutely didn’t have a female identity to bond with. I did not have anybody to show me how to wear makeup or how to shave my legs or what to do when you get your period. In fact, when I got my period, I didn’t know what was going on. I was screaming to my dad that I was in pain. He took me to the emergency room and they said sir, your daughter is fine. She’s just having her first period.