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In the 54-minute sports media podcast, ESPN’s Mike Greenberg explains how he went from a kid who wanted to be a Broadway star to idolizing Howard Cosell and Bob Costas, which led him ultimately to ESPN
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The Rundown …
* Greenberg wanted to be the star of Broadway musicals
* If Greenberg knew as a kid, you could be a Theo Epstein, he may have pursed that
* What was ESPN like to him when he was growing up
* A great story about seeing Cosell
* Why Stephen A. is closest thing to Cosell today
* Costas reaching out to Greenberg
* The Costas voicemail that he wished he still had
* How Greenberg went from Northwestern to sports in Chicago
* How Michael Jordan & Suzyn Waldman impacted Greenberg’s career
* Greenberg’s best Jordan stories
* Being offered $5,000 for his media credential to a Jordan game
* The great story on Jordan’s focus
* Marchand has written good and bad things about Greenberg
* Greenberg’s big break into ESPN
* Greenberg first turned down doing “Mike & Mike” on ESPN Radio
* Why it was such an amazing break that he teamed with Mike Golic
* Why at ESPN a personality really has to go against the mold to become a star
* Why Greenberg said you can’t fake it on a talk show
* The trait Greeenberg doesn’t have to be a hot take guy
* Why Stephen A. Smith is the closest to Cosell now
* What happened at the end of Mike & Mike
* How they reconfigured “Get Up” after its slow start
* How his friend, Seth Meyers, gave him some advice
* Why Greenberg is more of a John Stockton broadcaster
* Some amazing advice how to lead a show as a host … and a producer
* Why he got emotional hosting the NBA Finals pregame
* When Greenberg went back to radio he was absent a lot because of TV, Marchand would call the show Mike (without Mike)
* Mike (without Mike) starring Chris Carlin …
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* Colin Cowherd’s journey from obscurity to stardom
* Michael Kay’s legendary New York career from The Boss to the booth
* Growing up on WFAN, Adam Schein & the creation of a complete sports talk show host
* Sign-up for Off The Record on Feb. 26 with guest YouTube’s VP of subscriptions Christian Oestlien
* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel
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In the 39-sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel dissect Mike Tirico and NBC’s big week as they lead the country through the Super Bowl and the Olympics. Plus, the NFL-ESPN Mega-Deal’s implications.
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The Rundown …
* Mike Tirico’s big decision
* Analyzing the Caitlin Clark move for NBC
* Bob Costas, Tom Verducci and production standout performance on MLB Network’s Game 7 retrospective on Dodgers-Blue Jays
* MLB and Main Street Sports’ big issues will impact a lot of teams
* ESPN’s Cam Newtown’s … Shae Cornette’s save
* Tirico’s rare ability
* Assessing Cris Collinsworth’s approach
* The great ‘heist’ of NBC hiring Tirico from ESPN
* Tirico wanted to be the next Marv Albert
* Kaylee Hartung compared to Melissa Stark
* What NBC has prepared for the Super Bowl pregame
* What Fred Gaudelli does really well to keep things simpler
* What The Main Event guest from last week Drew Esocoff will be thinking on Sunday
* The fascinating and humble career arc for Esocoff
* Big Bunny or Bad Bunny?
* Predictions for the Super Bowl ratings
* The implications of the mammoth NFL-ESPN NFL deal
* What will it mean for on-air people
* Where could it lead to and what does it suggest for what is next
* How will ESPN handle the new NFL programming
* How Molly Solomon changed the Olympics on NBC
* What about Costas succeeding Kevin Connors on Sunday Night Baseball with the games moving from ESPN to NBC
* NBC is on verge of adding big names for MLB, which is hard in this day and age
* You want the new Sunday Night Baseball to feel big
* What is one more idea for CBS to improve the Jim Nantz and Tony Romo tandem
* The Meterparel Research Group conducted a survey of college-aged students reaction to Nantz and Romo
* Sign-up for Off The Record on Feb. 26 with guest YouTube’s VP of subscriptions Christian Oestlien
* On Deck: Mike Greenberg is the Main Event
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In the 45-minute sports media podcast, NBC’s Super Bowl director, Drew Esocoff, details what it is like to be in charge of the biggest shots with 120 million plus watching. The Seahawks-Patriots will be his eighth Super Bowl.
Esocoff is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
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The Rundown …
* What is it like to be in the NBC director chair for the Super Bowl
* What is the difference between his first Super Bowl compared to his seventh Bowl
* Coming out of Colgate, Esocoff didn’t start in sports media
* How Colgate alums, Woody Freiman and Doug Wilson, helped Esocoff regroup at ABC Sports
* He ended up at Sports Phone as he had on-air aspirations
* Bill Fitts and Ellen Beckwith gave Esocoff his break with an ESPN entry level spot
* Al Trautwig, Howie Rose, Chuck Cooperstein and Howie Karpin were among the Sports Phone alums with Esocoff
* How his big break at ESPN happened and the tremendous environment for a 25-year-old
* He ended up on Baseball Tonight and Top Rank Boxing on way to college football & the NFL
* How the presidential election impacted his ABC Sports schedule
* How he joined Monday Night Football
* What was Dennis Miller like
* Praise for Eric Dickerson’s attitude
* Hanging with John Madden was as memorable as doing the games .. it was “magical”
* Madden made it simple and fun
* How does the communication work during a game between the director and the broadcast team
* What Esocoff’s goal is as a director
* Bill Fitts’ rule
* A normal Sunday Night Football game has 170 people, while a Super Bowl has around 220 on game coverage
* The camera people have to be on the lookout
* How Esocoff looks at using crowd shots
* Dick Ebersol’s point on where your shots should be
* The emotion of the shots on both sides need to be shown
* Esocoff is going to do some part-time NBA for the first time in a long time … the game has changed
* What is Esocoff’s advice to young people wanting to direct
* Ithaca College vs. Syracuse in media
* What should executives be looking for to find the next Drew Esocoff
* It’s the producer’s show, not the director’s
* What is the intensity like for Esocoff that goes into a Super Bowl compared to a regular game
* How Esocoff builds his monitor wall for the Super Bowl
* The great Super Bowls that NBC has had …
* The reason patience is important when directing; especially in football
* How the replay director communicates
* Cris Collinsworth and Andy Freeland prepare four prep tapes with one each on each team’s offense and defense
* Esocoff was a substitute teacher in Elizabeth, NJ and Todd Bowles was a student
* What is Esocoff’s favorite moment of his career
* Why Esocoff is not quick to retire
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* Rick Cordella explains NBC’s NBA logic & how sports drives Peacock
* From TNT to NBC, Greg Hughes & the public relations stories of a lifetime
* The dynamic ways Mark Shapiro sees the future of media
* From Steve Jobs to Roger Goodell: Hans Schroeder & the NFL’s power in media
* Sign-up for Off The Record on Feb. 26 with guest YouTube’s VP of subscriptions Christian Oestlien
* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel
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In the 36-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel analyze what CBS can do about Jim Nantz and Tony Romo going forward and go inside how Tom Brady’s improved.
It is “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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The Rundown
* Will CBS be confident in Nantz & Romo for its next Super Bowl in two years
* A nice job buy FS1’s Nick Wright
* Learning something from ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown
* Why does Nantz do the AFC Championship post-game ceremony and not Tracy Wolfson, Nate Burleson or James Brown
* Stephen A. Smith’s big mistake on the Patriots
* What did Brady do well during the NFC Championship game
* Why Brady is lucky to have Kevin Burkhardt as his partner
* Inside Marchand’s talk with Brady for his Athletic story
* How Brady is a good Fox teammate behind-the-scenes
* The Raider conflict dissected
* Nantz and Romo giving each credit for obvious foreshadowing
* The Nantz-Romo uncle-nephew dynamic
* CBS probably won’t make any changes, but Marchand offers up one somewhat plausible idea to improve their NFL setup
* Ian Eagle & J.J. Watt are better than Nantz and Romo
* The Dick Stockton “solid, but not spectacular” story
* Booger McFarland is good on NFL PrimeTime with Chris Berman
* Where does Berman rank in NFL highlights delivery
* NFL-ESPN deal trending toward closing in April
* What do we make of Bob Costas succeeding Kevin Connors as the host of Sunday Night Baseball
* NBC is trying to make Sunday Night Baseball feel bigger
* Who is next to comeback …
* At Ithaca College being taught the importance of the letter “W”
* What to make of Netflix’s Alex Honnold building climbing and Elle Duncan’s debut
* Interesting to see where Paramount+’s UFC and Zuffa Boxing go after debuts…
* Tribute to ABC/ESPN’s Geoffrey Mason
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In the 56-minute sports media podcast, Fox Sports’ NFL insider Jay Glazer goes deep about how he made $9K per year to being an NFL insider on Fox and all the friends he has made along the way.
Glazer is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
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The Rundown …
* Jay Glazer started out his career doing stand-up comedy, interning at WFAN, working on “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous with Robin Leach,” bartending, boxing and bouncing as he was “broker than broke”
* Eric Spitz, Steve Cohen and Len Weiner gave him a break at FAN
* How good was Glazer at stand-up
* Glazer was kicked out of the first college he attended …
* How Glazer decided with no experience to go into the Giants locker room and grind, working “100 hours” a week
* Glazer was driven by never wanting go home again
* When he got kicked out of college the first time, he signed to box with friends and ….
* How Glazer infiltrated the Giants locker room by caring about others
* How he warned Tyrone Wheatley not to pick a fight with the fans
* Glazer lived in terrible conditions as he tried to make it in the business
* Glazer telling Michael Strahan to hustle more and Strahan going right back at Glazer
* Funny story of how Steve Serby convinced New York Post sports editor Greg Gallo to hire Glazer for $9K per year
* Strahan and Glazer appearing at synagogues
* Serby calling Glazer at 1 a.m., while Glazer was playing “which bill should I pay” roulette
* Glazer cutting himself as a bouncer at Studio 54
* How Serby called Gallo to get Glazer a college basketball job
* How Glazer got his big break by trying out for the New York Post with a Wheatley story
* How Gallo offered him $250 per story
* If Glazer didn’t have scoops, he wasn’t paid by The Post
* How agent Maury Gostfrand led to his CBS job
* The CBS NFL insider job came down to Glazer and a Denver Post writer named Adam Schefter
* He got the job for $50K and then it went from there
* How the Strahan-Glazer relationship started over being the only two “morons” laughing over an incident
* Glazer did not have enough money to take public transportation back from the Giants facility so Strahan and some other notables would drive him
* Glazer never asked Strahan for a dime
* The Subway commercials with Strahan, Michael Phelps and Glazer, among others … It included a Super Bowl ad
* The original breaking news battles with Chris Mortensen and company
* How Peter Schrager took Glazer’s advice to heart
* Glazer’s respect for Schefter
* Fighting with ESPN for stealing his stories
* His favorite scoop of all-time was ….
* The scoop got him accepted by Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson after that one
* He had the Matt Ryan to Atlanta story for three weeks
* Glazer’s relationships with Sylvester Stallone, The Rock, Guy Fieri and others
* Glazer has been very active in mental health
* Glazer tells a chilling story about saving someone’s life
* Lovie Smith and loyalty
* How much did Marchand make when he started at the New York Post
* How all the hours of overtime were not always counted
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