In this episode we visit with Jake Marsh of Barstool Sports. Topics of discussion include:
- Getting his start with the school newspaper is Weston Florida.
- Going through the admission process to be accepted at Syracuse
- Building experience through ACC Network Plus as a student.
- The friendly competitive process at Syracuse.
- Taking the mens bball job at the University of Vermont immediately after college.
- The challenges of taking a lower paying job to get DI experience.
- The fortuitous break that led to his internship and foot in the door at Bar Stool Sports.
- Running the XFL combine 4o yard dash vs Darren Rovell.
- Being hired at Bar Stool Sports as the Sports Business Reporter.
- Calling play-by-play for a bunch of unusual Bar Stool Stream events.
- Building spotting boards for rock, paper, scissors competitions.
- Getting promoted to a regular contributor on Pardon My Take.
- Moving to NYC during the heart of the covid shutdown.
- How much prep goes into Pardon My Take?
- Finding his groove as the human encyclopedia on the show.
- Deciding where his line is what it comes to some of the more controversial Bar Stool Sports content.
- Why he’s not concerned about any Bar Stool stigma when pursuing other projects.
- The live rights events that continue to grow within Bar Stool Sports.
- Moving from New York to Chicago.
- Creating content for an 80,000+ Twitter account.
- Dealing with the darker side of that big of a Twitter following.
- His favorite broadcasters to watch and listen to on an off day.
- Why he loves broadcasting.
- His basketball prep process.
- Going back to Syracuse as a mentor instead of a mentee.
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