Brielle Buckler

Brielle Buckler has worked for the NBA and currently works for Bleacher Report.  She also has experience in wine, becoming a sommelier, and has merged both these passions to be a part of the series "Full-Bodied", a Bleacher Report show where athletes chat over wine.  Brielle talks about growing up in Paramus, NewJersey, coming from a supportive family, playing softball and soccer as a kid, getting into bowling in high school, and her decision to attend the University of Miami for undergrad.  She talks about how an accident led her to change her major to sports, attending grad school at the University of South Florida, and getting a job with the NBA before she graduated.  Brielle discusses her career in the NBA, helping to start up the WNBA team Dallas Wings, and working at several All-Star Games and Drafts.  She explains how she got into wine, taking classes, studying different regions of wine in the world, wanting to learn all she can about it, and starting her business Viva La Vino NYC. Brielle describes her current job at Bleacher Report, how she got involved in the show "Full-Bodied", her role in the show, and how she and her fiancé, Matt, have traveled the country in the past year