SayTheDamnScore Original Podcast

My conversation with Andy Masur. He regularly calls play-by-play for the Chicago White Sox and also hosts their pre/post game shows. Topics of discussion include:

• Talking into Lincoln Logs pretending they were microphones as a child.
• Why he chose to go to Bradley University.
• How internships led him into his first full time job in full time top 40 radio.

This episode features my conversation with Matt Park, the voice of the Syracuse Orange. Topics of discussion include:

• When he knew broadcasting was in his future.
• Do you have to know what you’re doing as a high schooler to go to Newhouse?
• Early jobs with the Piedmont Boll Weevils and the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
• The important balance of classroom learning vs getting experience.

Episode 95 features the longtime voice of the Atlanta Hawks, Steve Holman. Topics of discussion include:

• The uniqueness and value of the NSMA Awards Weekend.
• Knowing he wanted to go into sportscasting as an 8 year old.
• Getting pulled out of school to work at the local radio station.
• How he got hired as a high schooler by the legendary Curt Gowdy.

This episode features a conversation with Dave Benz, the TV voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Topics of discussion include:

• Nearly missing walking across the stage at his college graduation to get his first play-by-play experience.
• The signs from his youth that he would end up a play-by-play broadcaster.

My conversation with Drew Carter, this years winner of the Jim Nantz Award for the nations best collegiate sportscaster. Last years winner and fellow Minnesota native, Katie Emmer, also makes a surprise appearance.

• The process of winning the Jim Nantz Award.
• Being the second straight broadcaster from Minnesota to win the award.

This episode features my conversation with Chris Lewis who is the women’s basketball broadcaster for Boise State, works for the Mountain West Conference Network, and hosts a sports talk show on KTIK in Boise. Topics of discussion include:

• Being present at the moment that inspired the development of this podcast.
• Going to sportscasting camps as a child.

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This episode features my conversation with Westwood One Final Four studio host Jason Horowitz. Topics of discussion include:

• Dealing with Twitter trolls.
• How being on the ESPN reality show “Dream Job” opened career doors.
• Getting his first job in New York City and being immediately under the microscope.
• Learning to reel in his ego early in his career.

New podcast conversation with Ghizal Hasan, the voice of Cal State University Northridge Basketball and Cal Riverside Baseball. Topics of discussion include:

• Being named #9 on the list of the Top 10 Broadcasters in Los Angeles.
• How he feels about being named one of the top broadcasters in the market but not catching a break for one of the glamour jobs yet.

New podcast conversation with Kevin Belbey, Director of Sports Broadcasting for The Montag Group. He’s a sports broadcasting agent who provides great insight into the broadcaster/agent dynamic. Topics of discussion include:

• Going to the Newhouse School at Syracuse and realizing that sportscasting wasn’t going to be his future.
• Why getting an agent isn’t a path to get out of a career rut.