Logan Anderson

When making your debut calling an unfamiliar sport, often the goal is just to make it through the event unscathed. The thought that you might make a call documenting history is the farthest thing from your mind. However, that’s exactly what happened over the weekend when I covered the Minnesota State Gymnastics Meet, and a remarkable young athlete named Chaney Neu performed the first ever perfect ten on any apparatus in the long history of the state meet.… Read More

Marathon Week: Last week I was scheduled to call six basketball games in five consecutive days. After a snow day canceled the first game, it was cut to five games in four days. It’s not the busiest week I’ve ever had, but it was definitely up there. The biggest challenge was finding a way to be as prepped as possible for each game despite the obvious time crunch.… Read More

Episode 84 features my conversation with Michele Tafoya of NBC Sports. She’s one of the best sideline reporters of all time and a pioneering woman in sportscasting. Topics of discussion include:

• Her experience covering four different Super Bowls and how it’s not like any other game.
• Finding the people she wants to interview on the crowded field after a Super Bowl.

I’ve written in the past that I find studying the traits and characteristics of successful sportscasters to be fascinating. The twists and turns of each individual’s path are all completely different! However, talking to top level broadcasters on my podcast for over three plus years, certain patterns of behavior repeatedly show up with the most successful broadcasters.… Read More

This is a re-post from April 2017. With regular season hoops winding down and tournaments on the horizon, it’s a great time to call games. It’s also a great time to make money for your station or team! Here are a few tips for selling games during tournament season!

As broadcasters, many of us love the purity of the game.… Read More

In this episode we visit with John Sadak of Westwood One and CBS Sports.… Read More

One of the very first lessons most of us are taught in our broadcasting careers is to treat every microphone as if it’s on. Inevitably at some point, almost everyone ignores that advice, assuming that the mic is off or that a producer in the studio has potted the audio down on the board. 99% of the time, this approach works just fine, but eventually someone will slip up, and conversation that wasn’t meant for air will be heard when you don’t want it to.… Read More

Last week was a slow one calling games. I was originally scheduled for a DIII college game Wednesday and a high school game on Friday. The college game went off without a hitch, but on Friday as the snow began to fall, I was informed that the game was canceled due to weather.

With all the free time, I was able to relax, get to the gym a few times, and spend my birthday evening out on the town with my wife.… Read More

Episode 82 features Chad Abbott the Program Director for KFAN in Minneapolis.… Read More

When I was moving from Iowa to South Dakota for a radio job, I arranged to move into an apartment with a coworker, who was also starting at the same time. Prior to moving in together, we had a phone conversation getting to know each other, discussing who was bringing what furniture, who had extra dishes, and eventually we talked about who would pay what bills.… Read More