{"id":11908,"date":"2018-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-cheeky-call-caroline-wilson-received-on-her-first-day-as-chief-footy-writer\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"the-cheeky-call-caroline-wilson-received-on-her-first-day-as-chief-footy-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/the-cheeky-call-caroline-wilson-received-on-her-first-day-as-chief-footy-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheeky Call Caroline Wilson Received On Her First Day As Chief Footy Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sitting down for an episode of Conversations with Cornesy, Caro Wilson confirms the urban legend about a phone call she received from Sam Newman saying he had her first headline on the day she became chief football writer at The Age\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018What The Hell Does Caroline Wilson Know About Football.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cYep, that was it,\u201d Caro confirmed. \u201cWe sort of got on, and we do get on fine now, too &#8212; I think the last time we spoke we got on.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cA lot of people had opinions. 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