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00:00 - Introduction to Episode #41

00:40 - Episode Introduction to Mark Gleason.

01:30 - Images from Mark.

01:45 - Intro via Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

03:30 - How Mark got into media by way of radio at KCBQ in San Diego.

05:10 - Mark made his way to an audio video company and how he worked with the San Diego Padres.

09:00 - How radio was Mark’s first love and how he wanted to entertain people.

12:00 - How “Mark’s Groovy Trip,” Mark’s radio program started.

16:00 - What it takes to be a broadcast camera operator.

17:12 - Mark shows his “headshot sheets,” a print out of all the players in the NLCS and the voices Mark hears in his headset.

19:50 - Mark explains which cameras are on a baseball field — Low Third base.

20:43 - Camera 2 — High Home

21:05 - Camera 3 - High First

21:40 - Camera 4 - Centerfield

22:20 - Camera 5 - Low First

23:15 - Camera 6 - Centerfield Tight

23:55 - Camera 7 - High Third

25:08 - How many cameras on bigger shows.

25:50 - What fans say to Mark when he’s at his camera.

27:00 - Mark shows all of the parts of a camera with program monitor, focus, zoom and how much the cameras cost.

29:05 - The talkback button and zoom extender and lens length.

29:55 - How the skill level of an operator can determine how hands-on a director is.

31:28 - Cameras shoot for replay operators when they are not live and what they look for.

33:00 - What goals Mark has when shooting an event (emotion).

34:55 - How camera coverage is different with sports other than baseball.

36:10 - High profile events Mark has worked on (Armed Forces Classic) and how he traveled around the world shooting camera.

37:55 - Working on the “Carrier Classic” for ESPN.

39:03 - How watching his camera work after a game is an out-of-body experience.

41:00 - The events that Mark has worked on that have a special significance and how this business validated his career to his dad.

43:50 - How Mark stays warm in cold weather when shooting camera.

45:50 - Mark’s advice to aspiring camera operators and how the younger generation wants to do other types of camera work such as drones.

47:25 - The two types of shooters on a tv production.

48:00 - The special people he’s worked with in tv.

49:04 - What Mark loves about what he does (he helps the viewer at home experience the game).

51:05 - Where people can find “Mark’s Groovy Trip.”

52:23 - Mark’s most cherished credential.

53:05 - Mark’s favorite sports movie.

53:58 - Thanks to Mark

54:23 - Episode Wrap

54:52 - Thank you to Heirloom Travel & Adventure

55:01 - Where to watch and listen to Sports In The Making

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00:00 - Heirloom Travel Promo (heirloomtravelandadventure.com)

00:38 - Heat Media Promo (heatmediavisuals.com)

00:59 - Episode Introduction, Boulder, Colorado

01:42 - Introduction to Mark Johnson, Voice of the Buffs.

02:15 - Where Mark’s love of sports came from.

03:35 - Mark’s start in broadcasting and the work he did early in his career.

04:55 - What the play-by-play announcer role does and should be doing for the audience.

06:15 - How getting repetitions was important for Mark’s career and how he would get as much critique as he could.

07:59 - How Mark didn’t rely on his voice to carry him.

08:52 - Mark’s early opportunity calling basketball games at NCAA D1.

10:00 - Mark getting a play-by-play announcer job at Syracuse, competing against Syracuse alumni.

11:55 - The difference in covering a football game versus a basketball game and how he has to prepare for each.

14:30 - How Mark is fair and balanced when covering a hometown team and uses objectivity.

1637 - What Mark’s job responsibilities were at KOA Radio as Sports Director.

17:50 - What is most special about covering games at CU’s Folsom Field.

19:30 - Since Coach Prime Deion Sanders started coaching at CU, what it’s been like for Mark.

21:46 - How this season at CU has affected how Mark does his work as Director of Sports Broadcasting.

23:18 - How Mark’s relationship with Coach Prime because of his celebrity status and all of the things he’s a part of.

25:12 - How Mark and Don met at a bull riding event in Castle Rock, Colorado in 2018, and how Mark saved Don from a bull.

27:08 - How Mark being a Christian helps him with his broadcast career.

29:05 - Mark’s family is important and how his forever child Jake has impacted hm and his family’s life.

32:34 - How Mark works in the fun-and-games department in sports and how his faith gives him hope and changes his perspective on life.

33:50 - How Mark describes the Colorado fan base and how they’ve had a long drought with winning football teams.

37:00 - Showing Mark images of a super-fan Cash Muller who painted his backyard in Buffs colors.

37:55 - Mark’s favorite sports movie.

39:45 - Marks’ most cherished piece of sports memorabilia.

43:36 - How he gave Carmelo Anthony advice on giving autographs while at Syracuse University.

45:25 - Mark’s excitement for CU Buffs Football now that Coach Prime is in the program.

45:45 - Episode Wrap.

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00:00 - Heirloom Travel & Adventure Promo

00:41 - Episode Introduction

02:35 - How Oscar Sanchez describes the sports broadcasting industry.

04:25 - How Oscar got into sports television.

07:24 - How he worked in all aspects of television but had more control working behind the scenes.

09:09 - Making the jump to sports from news and entertainment.

11:50 - What his role is at CONCACAF.

14:12 - How people working in sports television should understand all positions.

16:50 - Where the idea of sharing broadcast advice on LinkedIn came from.

18:52 - What feedback Oscar gets on his LinkedIn posts.

22:45 - How Oscar views people who take initiative to create their own content.

26:30 - Where he gets ideas for his posts and what value he’s providing.

28:54 - Oscar’s thoughts on artificial intelligence and how it will affect broadcasting in the future.

31:05 - What some of the marquee events Oscar has worked on.

35:12 - The difference of producing sports broadcasting internationally versus the United States.

38:15 - What broadcast sports position Oscar feels deserves more recognition.

41:00 - What characteristics Oscar looks for when hiring personnel.

44:12 - What “The Ministry of Broadcasting” is about and what Oscar is trying to build from it.

47:15 - Where people can find out more about The Ministry of Broadcastong (oscarsanchez.us)

47:50 - What the most memorable event Oscar has worked on.

48:52 - What the best professional advice Oscar has received in his career.

50:25 - If Oscar has exprienced people who are good networkers or struggle with networking.

52:20 - What Oscar’s favorite sports movie is.

53:48 - What his most cherished or memorable credential or event he’s worked on.

57:30 - Episode wrap.

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1:20 - Introduction to Jed Drake and how he started in broadcast television, first as a local reporter covering the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980.

5:38 - Jed reconciling his Olympic coverage with Roone Arledge

7:05 - When Jed joined ESPN as a production assistant

10:35 - Working the early days at ESPN and how he got opportunities with a start up sports network.

12:40 - What the most fun working at ESPN was for Jed.

14:00 - What makes people standout in a producer role and how the producer has to have confidence in the thousands of decisions they need to make.

16:05 - What some of the announcers are like at ESPN with Chris Berman and Mike Tirico stories.

19:40 - Announcers’ commentary must be dynamic.

20:25 - How personality was a core part of ESPN’s growth and how John Walsh told Jed to “hire intelligence.”

23:00 - Where Jed has had the most impact with the 2014 and 2016 FIFA World Cups.

27:45 - How ESPN’s executive team decides on what budget to allocate to big sporting events.

30:20 - What the date, September 27, 1998 means to Jed - debut of First-And Ten Line.

33:10 - NFL Network’s program Amazing Technology! With technology developments from scratch, Jed talks about believing in what you are doing to continue it and the team that works on those innovations.

37:20 - Mike Patrick’s iconic words introducing the First-And-Ten line and what Jed’s state of mind prior to and after the first airing.

42:00 - How the K-Zone came to be at ESPN behind Jed’s idea.

47:45 - Did the success of these game innovations influence ESPN’s technology group.

49:55 - How the Pylon Cam had to be cleared by the NFL for use on games.

54:00 - How the Ed Placey pitched the Blue Line was added to broadcasts and how those who reported to Jed were encouraged to pitch new ideas.

57:55 - What Jed Drake & Associates does in broadcast television.

59:15 - What Jed is doing with C360 and Cosm.

1:03:30 - What products C360 has and what they do and how sports data will provide new avenues for sports coverage.

1:09:30 - Where Jed sees broadcasting in the next five years (recorded August 18, 2023)

1:13:10 - How the end user may have control over the content they watch.

1:14:50 - What Jed’s favorite sports movie is.

1:15:40 - What sports memento or credential is most special to Jed.

1:17:45 - What advice Jed has for someone who wants to get into sports broadcasting.

1:21:00 - Episode Wrap Up

Video Episode: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsMaking

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https://www.cosm.com

01:00 - Introduction to Owen Scannell

01:37 - How Owen started Premier Rugby Sevens and how Collegiate Rugby Sevens helped new viewers understand the sport.

07:00 - Premier Rugby Sevens Clip from Pittsburgh Tournament

08:50 - When Owen thought he had a viable new sport in the U.S.

12:15 - Growing PR7s with partners were incremental

14:10 - How he’s built the league with a strong team of people who understand rugby.

19:20 - Objectives on game day for PR7s.

24:00 - PR7s community involvement to grow the sport.

33:00 - PR7s bringing in international players to help with the rugby culture in the U.S.

38:10 - Star players in PR7s and how they can help contribute to building the new league.

41:35 - Getting buy-in from the sports television networks when the product is very new.

44:48 - How to get sponsors for a new sports league.

46:50 - What went into the naming of franchises that help develop the PR7s brand.

53:35 - Why Franchises are under the PR7s umbrella.

55:55 - What PR7s future looks like.

58:20 - PR7s website plus Don’s visit to England for rugby

1:00:00 - Wrap up   

1:15 - Where Mike’s love of sports came from

2:10 - Mike played D1 college baseball

2:40 - How Mike started working for Sony

4:00 - What Mike does with Sony now with broadcast sports

6:00 - How I met Mike at the Denver AVEXpo and how Mike helps the sports networks

9:10 - The kinds of innovations that cameras have achieved and where camera technology is going

14:15 - How autofocus has improved drastically (with video)

16:10 How the camera operator benefits from the autofocus technology on broadcast tv

22:50 - Mike having a relationship with the broadcasters

23:30 - What the blend is between artistic and executing shots during a broadcast

25:00 - How long the tests take before revealing the technology on-air

28:35 - How cinematic cameras are readily available for producers and directors

29:30 - How many possibilities there are for camera placement in a broadcast

32:30 - Working with stadiums and arenas to enhance the entertainment value for video

36:00 - Where the future trends of camera technology will be with virtual, esports, etc.

38:40 - Mike’s favorite events he’s been a part of

41:40 - Photos & stories from some of the events he’s been a part of (Al Michaels)

- Survivor TV Show crew

- Dallas Cowboys NFL game

- ASU Sun Devils

- Clemson in-house video crew

- Larry Fitzgerald

- NHRA

- Minnesota Vikings

- LA Dodgers

- PGA Golf

- UFC

- RSN SVG panelist

- Odell Beckham, Jr. NYGiants Game

- Washington Huskies

55:15 - How Mike got his foot in the door with Sony, how he got to his current position and how he changed the way Sony reached out to clients

59:40 - Mike on building relationships

1:00:15 - Mike’s most special credential

1:01:55 - Favorite sports movie

1:03:25 - How people can get in touch with Mike DesRoches

1:04:40 - Episode Wrap

#jim dove #espn #nbc #sony #camera #autofocus #sonyfs7 #sonyfx9 #depthoffield #innovation #broadcasting #fs700 #fs7 #fx9 #stadium #arena #cinematic #sportsbroadcasting #engineering #technology

01:30 - How Amy got into sports broadcasting working with the tv broadcasts for the New York Yankees

4:20 - How the Yankees’ Don Carney, Executive Producer & Director took a risk hiring Amy and women in sports tv.

6:20 - When Amy was 11 years old she participated in the New York Nets’ “Run, Dribble & Shoot” contest but wasn’t allowed to compete for the finals

9:50 - Amy visited with Jim Garvey, who refused to let her play, many years later in California (pictures)

11:00 - How she hopes she was able to inspire young girls to never give up

12:10 - Where her love of sports came from

13:25 - How her parents helped give her confidence

14:15 - Amy’s first experience with the Yankees and how it set her up for future work

16:15 - The types of events Amy has worked on in her career and working on a cycling event helped her love cycling

19:40 - How I met Amy working in the Dominican Republic

21:30 - What the different positions are that she’s worked and what a stage manager, assistant director and field producer does

24:40 - What broadcast position is the most rewarding for Amy

25:40 - How Amy’s multiple language skills help her work on many international events including World Baseball Classic, Cycling and other eventsWhat other sports that resonate with Amy and how she approaches those sports

30:50 - How Amy’s work helps producers and directors realize their visions

32:00 - How she has seen the broadcasting business change over the years

34:00 - Pictures of Amy working in her environment

     - Tokyo Olympics

     - Hockey

     - NHL All Star Game 

     - Pyeongchang Olympics

35:30 - What a “Mixed Zone” is

     - Rio Olympics

     - Dick Barnett Interview

37:40 - Pan Am Games Toronto picture

     - Hockey Night In Canada

     - NBA Finals

     - Vancouver Olympics

     - Tour of Alberta Cycling

39:40 - Working with celebrities & personalities

     - Bill Walton & Dead Head Story

     - Chris Mullen

     - Larry Brown

     - Thurl Bailey

     - Phil Leggett & Paul Sherwen

     - Phill Leggett at Rio 2016

     - Vince Carter

     - Friend of hers Tanya 

     - Pyeongchang for CBC Hockey

     - Pyeongchang announcers

     - Amy Trask

     - John Shiffin

     - Tour of Utah

46:30 - Views from Amy’s perspective & being a “Red Hat”

- Floor booth

- Control Room

- Interview Room

- Pyeongchang Swedish Announcers

- Boxing ringside

- Steph Curry Interview

- Dremond Green Media Day

- At basketball desk

50:40 - Being a stage manager at Anaheim Stadium for the Angels & Mike Trout story

51:45 - Having fun on broadcasts

52:45 - Craziest story for Amy in broadcast tv working in China on Kent Cycling

56:20 - What her brother Michael does working in sports as a college referee and a soccer color analyst

59:05 - What Amy and her boyfriend’s “Check For Bikes” initiative is all about in San Francisco

1:01:05 - How cycling affects Amy with her environmental concerns

1:02:33 - Amy’s most treasured credential

1:03:20 - Amy’s pin collection

1:03:30 - Favorite sports movie

1:04:15 - Episode wrap up

#cycling #tv sports #sportsbroadcasting #nba #nba finals #dominican baseball #Olympics #Hockey #PanAmGames #sports #new york yankees #new york mets #runpassshoot #checkforbikes #china #controlroom #duke #basketball #announcer #stagemanager #AD #fieldproducer #CBC

Bill Walton

Larry Brown

Thurl Bailey

Phil Leggett

Paul Sherwen

Vince Carter

Amy Trask

John Shiffin

Todd Gogulski

Steph Curry

Dremond Green

Don Carney

Jim Garvey

More Episodes:

Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3Xd4BTrBc&t=120s

David Raymond - The Original Phillie Phanatic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emA-0xQ4jws&t=1439s

Drew Irvine - Game Design Manager, MLB The Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwM9CGHRz_0&t=6s

Marc Rowley - CEO - OwnYourStream.com & Inventor of PylonCam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC5cMC3JkdA&t=10s

Brian Williams - Producer/Director, Sports Television & Events - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43AiW1P2MA

Claudia Trejos - Florida Boxing Hall of Fame, Sports Commentator & Motivational Speaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntXcgXajOw&t=17s

Dave Kroner - VP Creative Services, TV Graphics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYnnuu9CdkQ&t=12s

Allyson J. Davis - Partner, Impakt Partners, Sports Marketing, Media & Production Executive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dolEaamHx1g

Dave Fanucchi - Author of Tommy Ball book & Ted Collins - Movie Producer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf4gvn8iL8E&t=40s

01:45 - How Terry and I met working in the Dominican Baseball League for ESPN (with some pictures)

03:15 - Terry’s thoughts about Dominican Baseball

04:10 - Terry’s memory of visiting with Baseball HOF Pitcher Juan Marichal

05:55 - What an Operations Producer does

07:45 - How Ops Producers are able to save a show and what the preparation is to make sure a show goes off well

09:40 - How Terry got into the sports tv business

14:15 - One of Terry’s first events with ESPN was on the World Cup

14:55 - Terry’s reporting days dealing with sheep

16:40 - Why Terry chose operations instead of other jobs in television

18:50 - When an Operations Producer’s job begins once the network gets the rights to an event

22:12 - Most significant change in tv production from Terry’s perspective

23:55 - How each event dictates what goes into the operations

26:15 - The number of events Terry has worked on outside the U.S. and how tv is the same or different

28: 55 - Of the many high profile sports Terry’s worked on, which is his favorite

33:05 - What an Ops Producer does once the event starts

35:10 - Some notable people Terry has met

36:40 - Meeting the Phillie Phanatic mascot

37:55 - What goes into winning an Emmy from the operations side

39:35 - How the operations department prepares for the worst scenarios

43:55 - How operations teams work in all kinds of weather and need to have the right skills

46:45 - The difference between remote production operations and studio production operations

49:30 - What qualities are good for people to have when working in production operations

51:15 - What his favorite credential is from all of the events he’s worked on

52:45 - Wrap of episode

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More Episodes: Dave Raymond, The Original Phillie Phanatic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emA-0xQ4jws&t=1427s

 Andrew Irvine, MLB The Show Producer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwM9CGHRz_0&t=3s

Marc Rowley, Inventor of Pylon Cam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC5cMC3JkdA&t=9s

Claudia Trejos - Boxing Broadcaster & Hall of Famer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntXcgXajOw&t=10s

1:50 The meaning of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series

3:00 How Dave grew up in Maryland and being the son of Hall of Fame College Football Coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond

5:55 Where Dave got his work ethic

7:50 How he became the Phillie Phanatic

11:00 How quickly the Phanatic had success and passing it along to Tom Burgoyne

13:25 Wearing the costume was physically demanding for Dave

17:20 What he did to create, sometimes unintentional, the personality of the Phanatic

22:30 How he developed the character and how Dave drew inspiration from his mother

25:45 What some special moments for Dave was being the Phanatic

32:20 How Dave created mascot characters and how he feels a part of the Phanatic after all these years

35:38 How valuable a mascot can be to a professional sport team and how his company creates them

40:00 What justifies a mascot being paid upwards of $625,000

44:00 How Dave uses the stories of the mascot to help train people how to have fun

49:30 The Tommy Lasorda “incident.”  youtube.com/watch?v=vX4L2LHGs98

52:50 Dave’s relationships with MLB umpires

54:15 His most memorable skit youtube.com/watch?v=kxfA72OTOXA

56:00 His most memorable item from the Phanatic

57:30 Don’s autographed picture of the Phanatic

58:15 Episode Close

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Recap Highlights:

00:00 Introduction to Episode

1:40 Episode 2 - Scott Hecht talking about a make-or-break moment in his tv career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkgyVd4XSs&t=10s

6:40 Episode 3 - John Howard shares the most intense moment of his career as technical director on the Super Bowl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7h2US1BANk&t=8s

10:51 Episode 4 - Chris Farrow talks about how he would find announcers for ESPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZI3oYGmmo&t=9s

17:10 Episode 5 - Jenny Cavnar shares her experience making Major League Baseball history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ikmvR0Roo&t=13s

24:10 Episode 6 - Paul Kirk on what it was like working Super Bowls in media relations with the Denver Broncos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYoU335niE&t=11s

31:38 Episode 7 - Carlos Alfonso reluctantly took a Major League Baseball coaching position with the San Francisco Giants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLW109AkKQ&t=16s

34:58 Episode 8 - Dennis Spencer talks about how to get viewers when there is a lot of money spent on media rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LXqDuqc7c&t=11s

38:10 Episode 9 - Dean Walker's biggest challenge in his career was overseeing the Olympics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KSqMBujpE&t=13s

42:20 Episode 10 - Jimmy Serrano on how minor league players  think about contracts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtq2zVDBQDg&t=7s

44:40 Episode 12 - Ben Bouma shares his story of helping build the Pittsburgh Pirates' stadium and helping a billionaire purchase an NHL team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfCwuyOqEk&t=77s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1qG2z2Wes&t=13s

55:30 Episode 13 - Brian Nupnau explains how tv truck engineers keep shows on the air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpKlM0yIzY&t=11s

58:30 Episode 14 - Heather Novickis on how building relationships with athletes is important in representing her clients

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoO3RZWzEfY&t=13s

1:01:30 Episode 15 - Mary Kate Shea describes what happens the week leading into the Boston Marathon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLh_Bivgbnw&t=11s

1:08:00 Episode 16 - Ato Boldon shares what he learned from Dr. John Carlos about protesting during the 1968 Olympics

1:12:21 Episode 19 - Nick Gismondi on how he found work as an announcer and what an announcer needs to do to create their own opportunities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nK4MZa7IE&t=14s

1:17:44 Episode Close

0:00 - Introduction

1:15 - How Drew first thought about getting into sports

3:00 - How he didn’t make the initial cut to work for ESPN as a staff employee but was eventually hired

5:10 - What a remote Production Assistant is at ESPN

6:05 - How he advanced from PA to Associate Producer

7:45 - What an AP’s responsibility is in remote/event production

11:20 - What it took for Drew to get from AP to Producer

12:30 - What role he took in building Longhorn Network

14:10 - His first producing moment

14:45 - How his nerves were producing his first event

15:30 - Some of Drew’s mentors

16:45 - His event that went awry

18:55 - What an ISO producer is

20:40 - Relationship between announcers and producers

22:30 - His thoughts on what makes a good play-by-play announcer, analyst and reporter

25:10 - Drew’s favorite events he’s covered

26:40 - How he started working for PlayStation

29:00 - He was a gamer when he was younger

29:45 - Building a video game for baseball

32:30 - How his current job as Game Design Manager has given him more time to spend with family

33:50 - What influence Drew has made on MLB The Show with the broadcast, announcers and audio

34:30 - How he comes up with ideas for the game and how they get done quickly

35:25 - What changes he’s made for the 2022 MLB The Show version that includes the new announce team

37:40 - How the game was able to get John Sciambi and Chris Singleton as the announcers

41:30 - How they manage the amount of announcer calls within the game

43:00 - Bringing live sports broadcast elements into video games and vice versa

45:40 - How the game looks real

48:00 - What the response to MLB The Show 2022 has been so far & how people react to him when they know he works on the game

49:30 - How Drew can top what he’s doing now on the game

52:05 - Revisiting how people react to him working at MLB The Show

53:30 - How baseball is a part of your life and playing for a men’s adult baseball league, the Bristol Knights

54:10 - Some memorable baseball pictures and statistics of Drew & Don

57:30 - The difference between college football and college baseball as far as the intensity

59:50 - What Drew’s first credential was working live sports television

1:01:05 - His favorite movie

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00:00 - Introduction

• 01:39 - How a camera falling on Marc’s head got him into television
• 3:44 - How ESPN Coordinating Producer Chris Farrow (SITM Guest #4) hired Marc offered him a job
• 5:04 - What Marc’s early career jobs were including editing, pulling cable, etc.
• 6:35 - What the process of getting a job at ESPN was like when Marc went to work there which included 3 primary things
• 8:36 - Marc’s thoughts on taking initiative and following up
• 9:00 - How he got into the CERN super collider in Switzerland
• 9:35 - What Marc produced at ESPN early in his producing career
• 11:34 - A partial list of Marc’s accolades while at ESPN
• 12:25 - How he started down the technology path
• 13:20 - Marc’s real mission with technology was to try to solve problems
• 15:10 - What one of the biggest lessons Marc learned when trying to make things happen in the technology space
• 16:38 - What he does when pitching new ideas to supervisors and to people in general
• 18:30 - How Marc and Don met and how the SportsCenter “Rundown” graphic came about
• 23:15 - What goes into building projects involving technology and the process of getting teams together
• 25:25 - How he became known as the Get “Stuff” Done guy at ESPN
• 26:15 - How playing video games has helped Marc in his career and how they are beneficial for the mind
• 28:30 - What some of the innovations Marc had prior to inventing the PylonCam and how it had nothing to do with technology
• 30:35 - What the role of graphics producer was before Marc and a coworker created that role
• 31:40 - Marc was the first e-sports producer at ESPN
• 33:10 - His thoughts on e-sports now
• 33:50 - Launching ESPN’s drone racing coverage as its first producer
• 34:40 - Continuing his accolades with first live 360 virtual reality use in Monday Night Football
• 35:50 - How the Emmy nominated PylonCam started
• 45:05 - Marc believes in giving up an idea to help create something bigger and how Pride can negatively affect a project
• 46:15 - How Legos are an important part of Marc’s life and being creative
• 50:35 - What the value of a Lego is for someone, even if they don’t work at ESPN
• 52:00 - How many inventions Marc has and how many things he touched at ESPN
• 54:30 - Marc holds a patent for minting Video in blockchain
• 56:30 - What NFT’s are, what minting video is and how it can benefit creators
• 1:03:45 - What the future is for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), MojoVision
• 1:06:15 - What Marc things the future of the Metaverse is
• 1:07:40 - Why Mempoverse is the technology to watch
• 1:11:10 - What the future of this technology is for sports
• 1:13:05 - How AR can affect wagering
• 1:14:25 - How data can be beneficial for storytelling
• 1:16:40 - How long the brain can read a graphic on screen
• 1:17:50 - What the coolest memorabilia Marc has
• 1:19:30 - What the importance is on inviting people to eat lunch

www.livecgi.com

www.ownyourstream.com

www.streammyscreen.com

www.espn.com

01:50 - How Brian got into sports broadcasting

03:30 - What sports USA Network covered in the 1980’s

06:50 - How as a producer Brian is connected to each aspect of the production

08:50 - How he manages broadcasting shows around the world

10:27 - What a control room monitor wall looks like and what he looks at

12:50 - How complicated a production can be when sending it to the world

15:40 - How much prep work is necessary to make a production

17:10 - What Brian’s job was on the 2022 US Open Tennis

18:40 - Chris Evert’s last match and how the coverage compared to Serena Williams’ last match at the US Open

21:00 - How technology has advanced coverage of sporting events

22:20 - A selection of photos of Brian and his talent and crew and what they mean to a production and what the crew’s role was at the 2022 US Open

25:40 - Relationship between producers and announcers

32:50 - Listening is key in producing an event when working with announcers

34:40 - How the crew also contributes by listening and selling shots or information

35:45 - How the crew is valuable to the production such as a Stage Manager and playback operator

37:15 - Brian at the British Open, The Old Course at St. Andrews

38:10 - Coverage of Tiger Woods in 2014 at Royal Liverpool British Open

40:55 - Brian’s experience with Tiger Woods before he won his first Masters in 1997

43:45 - How Brian had to negotiate with Earl Woods, Tiger’s father to complete the documentary

45:40 - What Brian’s experience was playing golf with Tiger Woods

48:15 - How Brian was a part of the Women’s College Tennis Hall of Fame and being friends with Billie Jean King

50:35 - What some of Brian’s most memorable events he’s produced

53:15 - His experience when the bombing happened at the 2013 Boston Marathon

57:00 - Producing ESPN’s “The Impossible Jump” with Mike Metzger and Evil Knievel

1:01:20 - A signed poster of “The Impossible Jump”

1:01:50 - Developing relationships with celebrities and announcers

1:03:50 - Brian’s favorite sports movie

www.brianwilliamstv.com

• 00:00 - Episode Introduction
• 02:25 - Introduction to Claudia Trejos and how she got into sports broadcasting
• 03:40 - How boxing is a part of her life
• 05:30 - How Claudia’s passion for sports is important for how she works in her career
• 07:20 - How Claudia has a presence that makes an impact on her performance in the boxing industry despite “imposter syndrome”
• 10:28 - She has worked from the ground up in TV, pulling cable, production assistant, grip and how it helps her to have confidence as an on-air personality
• 13:20 - How she prepares for a big fight like the Canelo vs. GGG event in September 2020
• 16:50 - How she is able to develop relationships with elite athletes that helps with her on-air storytelling
• 20:10 - Claudia shares examples of how boxers are human and how Anthony Joshua lost a big fight he was expected to win
• 22:40 - She explains why she has so much respect for Olympic athletes
• 26:30 - Her observation from the 2016 Olympics and the camaraderie with Olympic athletes
• 27:05 - Each of our Olympic experiences
• 28:05 Whether there is a difference covering sports in Spanish versus English
• 31:00 - How being a Latina helps her approach athletes
• 33:30 - How it feels for Claudia being inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame
• 38:00 - Bob Alexander who she’s worked with ringside, called her name at the FBHOF
• 39:05 - Whether Claudia’s daughter wants to follow her career in broadcasting
• 40:25 - How she started being a motivational speaker and coach
• 43:05 - How she helps people find ways to motivate themselves as a coach
• 46:15 - How Claudia is able to talk to celebrities and athletes when they are perceived as untouchable
• 50:42 - Memorable pictures that Claudia shares
• 54:00 - How Claudia is a cigar aficionado and how she grew up learning how to smoke cigars
• 57:30 - Claudia rates the cigars I have in my “humidor”
• 59:00 - Claudia’s cigar collection
• 1:01:20 - Claudia’s best memory she’s had in sports
• 1:03:10 - Claudia’s favorite sports movie
• 1:05:00 - Her memory of the time we shared producing events

claudiatrejos.com

01:30 - How Dave Kroner got into sports television

02:58 - What Dave wanted to do as a career in sports television

04:20 - What he has seen change over the years with the graphics technology

08:20 - The different types of graphics used on sports tv broadcasts

11:12 - Dave’s role as Sr. Graphics Developer at ESPN

13:30 - How graphics is different internationally

16:12 - Differences working with global sports networks versus regional

19:00 - What goes into designing an on-air graphics look and the relationship with the client

22:15 - What Dave’s process was for creating the Sports In The Making insert graphics look

25:05 - How Dave created the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) graphics look

29:20 - Dave explains the designs that went into creating Marquee’s bug graphics

31:30 - The relationship between the producer, graphics producer and graphics person

35:45 - What went into ESPN’s now defunct 3D graphics package

37:30 - The most memorable graphics package that Dave has worked on in his career

39:00 - How Dave has been able to see the world by working in sports graphics departments

40:10 - How Dave created a company called Xtreme Ninja Challenge (ENC), an obstacle course

45:00 - What ENC is about for participants

47:10 - What Dave would like viewers to know about what graphics does

49:20 - What memorabilia Dave has that is special to him

51:10 - Dave’s favorite sports movie

https://myoldtownusa.com/attractions/xtreme-ninja-challenge/

https://www.tv-graphics.com/

00:01:30 What Allyson is doing currently

00:01:55 What her responsibilities are as a marketing executive

00:04:20 How the media landscape has changed with marketing

00:06:35 How Allyson got into sports and then went into the marketing side of the business

00:09:25 How important it is for someone to love sports when working in sports

00:10:05 How she got started working in sports media

00:14:35 How she became the Director of Marketing for Fox Sports in Los Angeles

00:15:10 What goes into branding and rebranding a sports network

00:17:00 What goes into marketing a sports network outside of what we see on television

00:18:45 How marketing returning to a grass roots level again and digital is in a bit of disarray

00:20:30 Where ideas for marketing campaigns come from

00:22:30 The way marketing has been done in the past few years is now changing because of privacy concerns and making connections with people without technology

00:25:05 What a garden wall is for content and marketing

00:28:55 How different E! Entertainment was from sports

00:30:30 Some of the challenges being an entrepreneur with her own marketing agency

00:32:30 How Allyson got back into sports and started working at Universal Sports Network

00:37:45 How important networking is in this (and any) industry

00:41:15 What Universal Sports Network was for viewers and what it meant to Allyson

00:43:55 How athletes qualified for the Olympics and watching on USN; some of the things viewers would see on the network

00:46:55 How Allyson marketed USN to drive viewers with marquis events such as Rugby World Cup and the Boston Marathon

00:49:30 How the 2013 tragedy of the Boston Marathon affected marketing efforts

00:51:50 Photos of the 2014 Boston Marathon (on the video podcast)

00:52:40 How the production and marketing team came together to help in the healing process

00:54:45 What VP of Integrated Marketing is with Red Bull and what some of those responsibilities were

00:57:00 What the difference is between a brand and marketing

00:57:50 What responsibilities are of a VP/Executive

00:59:10 What she’s doing with cycling with her new position at Impact Partners

01:00:10 Photos of tv truck at Boston Marathon

01:01:00 How she connected with the documentary on the Women’s Tour de France

01:07:10 What the difference between the men’s version of the Tour de France and the women’s version

01:11:30 What the response to this year’s edition of the Women’s Tour de France was

01:13:22 Distribution strategy of the documentary, “Uphill Climb” and what the mission of the documentary is about

01:14:40 What will be in the film

01:15:35 What Impakt Partners is all about

1:18:20 How important sports are for women in the C-Suite

01:19:15 Allyson’s favorite sports movies

01:20:30 Allyson’s advice for people who want to get into sports marketing

01:22:30 Thanks & Wrap Up

00:45 - Introduction to Dave Fanucchi and how he began his career in sports.

03:35 - Introduction to Ted Collins and how he began his career in movie producing

09:30 - Ted Collins Working with Women of Wrestling (WOW), owned by Jeannie Buss, Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers

11:50 - What Women of Wrestling is about in 2022 and future years.

13:15 - How Dave Fanucchi got started with the USA Baseball Team as the Director of Communications in 1999, just as professional baseball players were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games.

15:00 - Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda being introduced as the manager of the team.

16:12 - Team USA were underdogs against Korea, Japan and Cuba.

17:30 - How the idea for the book happened.

19:30 - How Dave was able to pitch the story to a movie producer.

22:20 - How Dave met Ted in Tommy Lasorda’s office.

24:00 - Ted was hooked on the idea of producing this film because of it’s underdog element.

26:10 - General public doesn’t know about how significant Team USA Baseball’s accomplishment was.

27:50 - What it means to “option” a book in order to make a movie.

29:30 - The type of movie Dave, Ted and the players want to make.

31:20 - The challenge of making a movie is having enough obstacles and drama to place into the script.

32:40 - Stories that didn’t make the book that could be part of the movie.

34:45 - The stories that Tommy Lasorda would tell while Dave was around him for 6 weeks.

36:30 - How that experience for Dave was one of the highlights of his career.

36:30 - My personal video clip of Tommy Lasorda talking to NYY outfielder Bernie Williams in the Dominican Republic and how getting any photos or video in the early 2000’s was not as easy as today.

41:20 - How and who Ted would like to cast for Tommy Lasorda’s role.

44:00 - How Ted envisions what the film will be in terms of the characters, the decisions that USA Baseball made and the environment at the time.

46:00 - How Dave perspective of being behind the doors helped him write the book and how Lasorda made the players believe they were going to win Gold.

47:30 - How this film will not be a Disney-type movie.

49:30 - Why Ted wants the movie to be called “Tommy Ball.”

50:45 - What some of the challenges are in getting a movie green-lit.

53:26 - How Ted is navigating the studios in making this movie.

54:15 - Who Ted thinks should portray Dave Fanucchi in the movie and if studios are interested in distributing the film.

56:20 - How Ted wasn’t afraid to approach actors at the 2022 MLB All Star Game.

58:00 - How Don and Dave knew each other from the minor league baseball team they worked at in Arizona.

Twitter:

@davefanucci

@grittyfilmproductions

@sportsmaking

Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfanucchi/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-collins-2291006/

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/SportsMaking

• 2:28 - How Andy got his start as a sportswriter.
• 4:46 - How he was able to get his articles published when he was blogger and didn’t have a journalism degree.
• 6:42 - How he got his first article published on ESPN.com Page 2 covering “Fistball”.
• 9:13 - Whether he had any insecurities in pitching his next stories to sports digital publications and how relationships can help him get interviews.
• 11:54 - How Andy finds interesting people to interview.
• 16:00 - How Andy looks at doing interviews to find interesting things to talk about.
• 19:27 - What his methods are to help open up the interviewee to talk.
• 23:10 - What his interview with boxing trainer Teddy Atlas was like and some of what he talked about in their conversation.
• 26:21 - How he got a surprise response from Teddy him when talking about Mike Tyson.
• 28:28 - His conversation and thoughts on soccer broadcaster Andres Cantor, known for his "Goooooooool" call.
• 29:48 - His conversation and thoughts on professional basketball legend Julius "Dr. J" Irving.
• 32:07 - His conversation and thoughts on professional golfer Annika Sorenstam.
• 35:53 - His conversation and thoughts on former Oakland Raiders great quarterback Jim Plunkett.
• 38:01 - How Andy comes up with his stories, interviews and what his angle is when writing.
• 41:32 - How he prepares for an interview and how much time he has to spend with those he's interviewing.
• 43:51 - Who some of his sports writing influences have been.
• 46:12 - What advice he has for someone who wants to be a sportswriter.
• 50:05 - An introduction to Andy's new podcast "28 Minutes of Sport"
• 51:27 - Where people can find out more about Andy's articles.

Twitter: @sportyfrye

Instagram: @sportyfrye

Google: Andy Frye Forbes

LinkedIn: Andy Frye

Website: andyfrye.com

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Steve Porino in a Tree (NBC Olympics): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96tXdONcGAE&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1v7j0VXXzTxO74NpLrbeIlS_FYa_jMJLArPMh6YW0HreieyDb3t7c5tVA

"The D Route": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFW4aKYnaPI

• 1:43 - What Steve has been doing during Covid-19
• 4:26 - How he made the US Ski Team as a downhill skier
• 7:02 - What the difference in talent is between an amateur and someone who is on the US Ski Team and how hundredths of seconds can make the difference between winning and being way off the podium.
• 9:23 - What the different ski disciplines are: Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom (GS) and Slalom and how US Ski Great Bill Johnson described some of them.
• 13:58 - What makes Bill Johnson, Bode Miller, Ted Ligety, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin stand out differently than other skiers Steve has covered.
• 15:04 - Steve talks about Bode Miller’s talents, being an innovator and covering him during the Olympics.
• 19:15 - He talks about what made Lindsey Vonn special as a downhill racer.
• 23:23 - How Mikaela Shiffrin may have an opportunity to elevate alpine skiing in the US.
• 26:06 - How “burger school” helped Steve make the transition into broadcasting.
• 30:44 - How broadcasting can be challenging to make viewers understand something that’s complex and how he’s worked to simplify his announcing.
• 33:27 - What Steve things about when he’s covering the Olympics versus a World Cup race.
• 36:50 - How Steve became the motorcycle reporter on NBC’s coverage of The Tour de France.
• 42:28 - What his responsibilities are each day during Le Tour.
• 49:04 - How Steve describes what it’s like riding behind the peloton and a brief description on the anatomy of a peloton.
• 53:12 - How the caravan that follows the peloton is like a competition within a competition.
• 54:46 - What Steve’s responsibility is when there is a crash in the race and how he adjusts his coverage.
• 57:28 - What it’s like working with one of the most iconic cycling announcers in history, Phil Liggett
• 1:00:08 - How losing cycling announcer Paul Sherwin, another cycling great, was a big loss on the tv production and how he had a great sense of humor.
• 1:03:06 - Phil and Paul were one of the best broadcasting announcer combinations known throughout the world. 
• 1:04:57 - What makes NBC’s coverage of the Tour de France special with the production and broadcast team.
• 1:10:56 - What some of the most memorable cycling moments Steve has had in his broadcasting experience that involved Chris Froome.
• 1:16:04 - What the best advice Steve has gotten working in the sports industry.
• 1:20:27 - When we will see Steve Porino again in the Covid era.

2:45 - What Nick has been doing since Covid-19 disrupted sports.

4:23 - What it’s like working as an announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the Original Six NHL teams.

7:15 - What it’s like as the rink side reporter for the Blackhawks. 7:51 > 8:45

11:17 - How he came to love hockey & the NHL and how he got into sports broadcasting.

15:25 - How a chance meeting at Los Angeles International Airport changed his broadcasting career.

19:43 - How it takes tenacity to work in sports broadcasting as an on-air personality.

23:08 - Nick talks about his formula for building relationships.

26:33 - How Nick has developed relationships with celebrities, athletes and people in sports.

28:18 - What Nick does for World Team Tennis on CBS

31:06 - How the WTT show “Up Next with Nick Gismondi” began.

33:02 - Future guests on “Up Next with Nick Gismondi.”

34:45 - How Nick is able to connect with fans.

38:27 - Nick shares an anecdote working with Olympic Gold Medalist Dan Jansen while covering speed skating.

40:54 - What Nick’s future is for announcing.

41:56 - How Nick prepare to call a sport or event he’s never covered.

43:52 - What makes a good sports tv producer.

47:49 - Nick is in a military family and he talks about the relationship with sports and the military.

50:20 - What Nick would like people to know about what he does that they might not otherwise know.

51:43 - What the best advice he’s been given in the sports broadcasting industry.

53:20 - What rewards there are working in sports broadcasting.

• 2:09 - How he helped the Pittsburgh Steelers build their baseball PNC park.
• 5:29 - How he was able to get a new arena built for the Penn State hockey program.
• 10:12 - How Ben helped billionaire Terry Pegula buy the NHL Buffalo Sabres team.
• 13:52 - How the media tries to know what goes on in sports franchise deals.
• 15:55 - How negotiations happen between all parties to buy a sports franchise.
• 17:17 - Ben’s involvement in the group that wanted to purchase the Arizona Coyotes.
• 23:53 - When the deal for the Coyotes fell through, how Ben and his group had a good chance to land an NHL team in the Seattle market.
• 27:54 - His advice to anyone that wants to buy a sports franchise.
• 29:33 - How the sports franchise fees have escalated.
• 31:00 - Why buying a sports franchise are a difficult financial decision based on valuations for anyone who wants to purchase one.
• 33:33 - What his thought are for franchise opportunities for the XFL and if the NFL should invest in the league.
• 38:30 - How Ben is able to make connections and build relationships with influential people in sports and how former Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Jim Leyland helped him relate to people.
• 43:41 - Ben served on the board of directors of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) and how he views the progress of that league is.
• 48:46 - How the NHL lockout affected their rights deal with ESPN and how NBC partnered with them.
• 51:00 - Where Ben sees women in sports today and his working relationship with Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football.
• 54:25 - How the days of listening to broadcasting legends are nearly over and how there are more opportunities for women to make an impact in broadcasting.
• 57:29 - Advice Ben has been given in his career.
• 58:55 - What tool Ben uses to help him identify how to succeed.

• 2:05 - How Carlos and I know each other.
• 2:50 - What it was like growing up in Cuba and how he came to love baseball.
• 3:20 - How he learned to play baseball on the beach in Cuba from an ex-MLB player.
• 4:25 - How he got to the United States in 1961 under the Peter Pan Movement sponsored by the Catholic Church.
• 5:15 - What the adjustment was like coming to the U.S. as a child.
• 7:43 - Being drafted in 1968, how he found out. 
• 8:27 - The deal he made with his parents to play baseball instead of going to college.
• 9:00 - How he got to play at the AAA baseball level.
• 11:00 - How realistic it was for him to move on from AAA to the big leagues at the time.
• 12:32 - How much internal politics affect a player’s progress to get to the next level.
• 14:00 - How Carlos transitioned from a player to a coach.
• What responsibilities different coaches have:
• 16:05 - Bullpen Coach & how Carlos developed as a coach by talking with major league managers.
• 18:05 - What a traveling secretary’s responsibilities were back in the 1970’s.
• 19:50 - Experience as a Class-A manager at Daytona Beach.
• 21:45 - Responsibilities as a Class-A manager.
• 23:40 - What a pitching coordinator and field coordinator does
• 25:51 - What the difference is in managing at Double-A and Triple-A.
• 27:50 - What the obligations to the MLB club are with AAA players and local ownership.
• 29:20 - What the most difficult part of being a AAA manager.
• 30:38 - How he became a Major League Coach
• 32:04 - How he went from the Astros Organization to the San Francisco Giants as Director of Minor League Operations.
• 34:36 - Carlos reluctantly took the Pitching Coach position with the San Francisco Giants
• 37:40 - How he ended back in AAA to manage the Phoenix Firebirds.
• 40:00 - How he tried to keep the clubhouse fun for players while also recognizing they had to win games.  And how that played into your host’s experience.
• 45:15 - What an MLB Bullpen Coach does.
• 48:15 - What a 1st Base Coach does.
• 50:55 - What a 3rd Base Coach does plus and utilizing signs so the other team doesn’t steal them.
• 52:48 - What a Video Coach does.
• 55:13 - What a Director of International Operations does.
• 56:40 - Puerto Rico being a part of the MLB Draft as well as MLB instituting an International Draft
• 58:38 - The talent that the Houston Astros have from Latin American countries.
• 1:00:10 - Whether Cuba will be a part of the MLB Draft.
• 1:02:00 - What used to happen at the Winter Meetings when he was in the front office and what happens today.
• 1:05:15 - What the biggest change has been in baseball from his perspective.
• 1:06:04 - How he sees the game philosophically with technology and metrics & the possible contraction of minor league teams from MLB.
• 1:07:48 - Best advice he’s received in professional baseball.
• 1:08:28 -  What he would like people to know about baseball that they might otherwise know. 
  
   

1:50  - How he got started in sports broadcasting.

3:00 - Helping to launch TVG Network and whether he thought it would survive.

4:15 - How he helped blend TVG’s idea of wagering on horse racing and entertainment to attract new fans.

7:15 - How he was able to explain the complexities of horse racing to a new audience.

9:45 - How a producer has to balance presenting a sport to a new audience and how it can affect an existing audience.

10:40 - How Formula One has embraced change to bring in new fans.

12:20 - What his role was in the Churchill Downs simulcast productions department.

13:15 - What Big Red Kong Productions produces in addition to X-Games and Formula One.

14:15 - How he was able be the production company on the UCI Cyclocross World Championship, the first time it was ever hosted in the United States.

15:30 - How he navigated the UCI Cyclocross World Championships during heavy rains prior to the event.

17:40 - Getting the audio to different countries in a world feed event.

18:45 - Is there a difference covering a sport for a domestic sports audience vs. an international sports audience?

20:25 - How he prepares to cover an international sporting event if he’s never seen it or been a part of it.

21:40 - How producing in-venue events for the X-Games and Formula One differ than what you see on your tv at home.

23:35 - How they keep the fans energized when coordinating with ESPN during coverage of X-Games.

25:10 - What the biggest challenge in keeping the audience engaged at the venue?

26:30 - How the in-venue production works in conjunction with the network production.

30:05 - How sports tv broadcasts are like a dance.

31:20 - How he finds the right fit for his production crew and how the X-Games are like a family.

33:45 - How did you get to be the production provider for Formula One?

35:20 - Working with good people.

36:00 - How someone who can break into the sports broadcasting industry.

38:35 - Producing in the United States compared to internationally.

39:35 - With mobile technology, how does that affect how a viewer consumes an event?

41:20 - How Game Changer has impacted the fans’ experience at the sports venue.

42:40 - How production personnel should be seeking to keep the audience engaged.

43:55 - What the biggest challenge in his career has been working in tv sports.

1:36 - Where his love of sports started.

2:50 - When he knew he had to work in sports tv.

4:12 - How he got into the sports tv industry.

6:25 - How he has helped others break into the production side of sports tv.

8:15 - How mistakes happen in a truck and the need for younger people.

10:00 - The opportunities for sports production people.

11:26 - What it was like producing his first ever event.

13:50 - What broadcasting legend Arnie Harris taught him about producing/directing.

16:00 - Producing the Phoenix Suns during their successful seasons and how it led to more opportunities.

17:50 - How he worked with athletes to help make his shows better.

20:36 - How storytelling is a big part of his producing philosophy and how it’s done for the viewer.

21:56 - How he produced baseball and how storytelling is a big part of helping the viewers understand the game, and why he loves producing for the viewer.

25:42 - How producing the 1999 World Basketball Championships for the NBA was his most memorable event as well as the scariest moment in his career.

33:21 - What it was like working for ESPN.

35:11 - What a Coordinating Producer does in the studio.

38:05 - How he transitioned to overseeing university sports productions with ESPN/SEC Network.

39:49 - Working with a younger generation in sports tv production.

40:25 - How everyone used to think that students attended Syracuse University to become an announcer, but more are looking at production-type opportunities.

41:58 - How Syracuse supports goals of being the next great announcer but they want to equip students with production knowledge.

43:36 - What he things the future of tv and broadcasting looks like.

46:27 - How storytelling is becoming a lost art with all of the changes in how games are produced.

48:05 - How his love for working in sports broadcasting is a sacrifice that he hopes help the viewer make memorable experiences with their families.