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Author: Scott Reiss Publisher: ISBN: 9781737717874 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 170
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If you love sports -- and the people who bring you the highlights -- this is absolutely the book for you.These are the true, hilarious, and previously untold stories of how America's favorite sports broadcasters started their careers. "Where They Were Then" gives you a candid look at the first TV jobs of household names like Scott Van Pelt, Kenny Mayne, Heidi Watney, Trey Wingo, John Buccigross, and many more.They are at the top of the mountain now, but you won't believe some of the things these sportscasters did when they first started.*Which famous sportscaster did a whole TV segment with an IV in his arm?*Which household sports name was chased down the streets of Las Vegas?*Which well-known sports anchor got fired, and then was turned down for a job at a wastewater treatment plant?*Who's sportscast at their first job was so bad... the director cut him off in the middle of the show?*Who got their big break because a monkey jumped on them during a live interview?*Who spent their 24th birthday washing minor-league baseball uniforms in a cheap hotel?*Who started their TV career talking about cows and a sea lion blocking cars on a road?They may be covering the world's biggest sporting events now, but when you read "Where They Were Then" you'll learn that's not what they covered at their first jobs. Instead, they reported on: Ostrich racing, ice fishing, mountainside furniture racing, high school volleyball, rookie league baseball, and whatever was going on at the local rodeo.Author Scott Reiss -- of ESPN & Comcast SportsNet fame -- weaves these amazing first-person stories together into a book that inspires all of us. "Where They Were Then" gives you front-row access to 15 different paths to success in the TV sports industry.Whether you just love sports, want to know more about your favorite sportscasters, or want to learn what it takes to start at the bottom and work your way to the top, reading the stories in "Where They Were Then" will be time well spent.
Author: Scott Reiss Publisher: ISBN: 9781737717874 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 170
Book Description
If you love sports -- and the people who bring you the highlights -- this is absolutely the book for you.These are the true, hilarious, and previously untold stories of how America's favorite sports broadcasters started their careers. "Where They Were Then" gives you a candid look at the first TV jobs of household names like Scott Van Pelt, Kenny Mayne, Heidi Watney, Trey Wingo, John Buccigross, and many more.They are at the top of the mountain now, but you won't believe some of the things these sportscasters did when they first started.*Which famous sportscaster did a whole TV segment with an IV in his arm?*Which household sports name was chased down the streets of Las Vegas?*Which well-known sports anchor got fired, and then was turned down for a job at a wastewater treatment plant?*Who's sportscast at their first job was so bad... the director cut him off in the middle of the show?*Who got their big break because a monkey jumped on them during a live interview?*Who spent their 24th birthday washing minor-league baseball uniforms in a cheap hotel?*Who started their TV career talking about cows and a sea lion blocking cars on a road?They may be covering the world's biggest sporting events now, but when you read "Where They Were Then" you'll learn that's not what they covered at their first jobs. Instead, they reported on: Ostrich racing, ice fishing, mountainside furniture racing, high school volleyball, rookie league baseball, and whatever was going on at the local rodeo.Author Scott Reiss -- of ESPN & Comcast SportsNet fame -- weaves these amazing first-person stories together into a book that inspires all of us. "Where They Were Then" gives you front-row access to 15 different paths to success in the TV sports industry.Whether you just love sports, want to know more about your favorite sportscasters, or want to learn what it takes to start at the bottom and work your way to the top, reading the stories in "Where They Were Then" will be time well spent.
Author: Guy Harrison (College teacher) Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1496227409 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 225
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2022 Outstanding Book Award in the Communication and Sport Division from the National Communication Association When sports fans turn on the television or radio today, they undoubtedly find more women on the air than ever before. Nevertheless, women sportscasters are still subjected to gendered and racialized mistreatment in the workplace and online and are largely confined to anchor and sideline reporter positions in coverage of high-profile men's sports. In On the Sidelines Guy Harrison weaves in-depth interviews with women sportscasters, focus groups with sports fans, and a collection of media products to argue that gendered neoliberalism--a cluster of exclusionary twenty-first-century feminisms--maintains this status quo. Spinning a cohesive narrative, Harrison shows how sportscasting's dependence on gendered neoliberalism broadly places the onus on women for their own success despite systemic sexism and racism. As a result, women in the industry are left to their own devices to navigate double standards, bias in hiring and development for certain on-air positions, harassment, and emotional labor. Through the lens of gendered neoliberalism, On the Sidelines examines each of these challenges and analyzes how they have been reshaped and maintained to construct a narrow portrait of the ideal neoliberal female sportscaster. Consequently, these challenges are taken for granted as "natural," sustaining women's marginalization in the sportscasting industry.
Author: Mark Oristano Publisher: BookPros, LLC ISBN: 0982160119 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 162
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Want to know what everyone is cheering about? Learn to enjoy and understand the game with the football fanatic in your life. This book is the ultimate football guide for the novice fan. You will get answers to such complex questions as: . What is that yellow line on the field and why does it keep moving?. What down is it and why do I care?. What is a T formation?Laced with hilarious and insightful anecdotes from Mark Oristano's thirty-year career as a pro football sportscaster, [i]A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football[/i] will turn you into a football-watching pro, or at least, let you fake it.[i]Time Out: I was in the locker room before a game, and I saw an Oilers linebacker furiously drawing on his shoes with a permanent marker. This player, like many, had his ankle tape applied over the outside of his shoes instead of inside, which obviously covered the shoe logo. And he was drawing the logo of his shoe contract on the tape.Wouldn't it be easier, I asked him, to get taped inside and not have to do the artwork?Yeah, it would, he replied, but then I'd actually have to wear their damn shoes, and I hate 'em. So I wear the brand I like and do it this way instead. [/
Author: Mike Greenberg Publisher: Villard ISBN: 0812974808 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 242
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Meet Mike Greenberg, the popular host of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, the highest-rated drive-time sports talk show on the dial. To his three-million-plus listeners, Greeny is the guy who’s equally as comfortable dissecting zone defenses as he is discussing cashmere sweaters. He’s been to Super Bowls and World Series, All-Star Games and Final Fours. He’s interviewed Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Wayne Gretzky. He gets paid to enthuse about sports, which means he’s the envy of most men in America. This is the hilarious, sometimes touching, and endlessly entertaining debut of one of America’s fastest-rising sportscasters, a wry and revealing look at one man’s good-hearted but mistake-prone attempt to grow up before his children do. Marriage, fatherhood, manhood, fame, athletes, crazed aunts with gambling problems, the true significance of sports, the worst possible thing to say in a room full of pregnant women–no topic is beyond his reach. But don’t take our word on it, read what Greeny has to say about: • Dating: “People who reminisce fondly about dating are blocking out all the disasters and focusing only on the few great nights. If that is all you choose to remember, fine. But be aware that no experience is without good moments. I’m sure during the sacking of Rome there were a few decent nights; maybe they put on a play.” • Life on the road: “Wife + television = no sleep.” “No wife + no television = no sleep.” “Wife + no television = sleep.” “No wife + television = porn.” • Keeping things in perspective: “Never assume you know more than the guy in the camouflage tux.” • And, of course, marriage: “All of us are married to women who think we’re idiots.” Whether he’s talking trash on the radio or talking dirty diapers over a fancy dinner, Greeny’s determined to reconcile two halves of a whole. So if your enthusiasm has ever been curbed, or you’re feeling remote without the remote, or you’re just wondering what exactly goes on in a guy’s brain, Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot will be a source of comfort and unadulterated laughter.
Author: Tom Hedrick Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications ISBN: 1461626145 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 337
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Author Tom Hedrick has elicited and gathered strategic and tactical advice from the top professionals in sporstcasting. Over 76 top-notch sports broadcasting personalities share their experience and acquired wisdom, including Curt Gowdy, Ray Scott, Bob Costas, Jack Buck, Jim Nantz, Keith Jackson, Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione, Kevin Harlan, and Mitch Holthus. While their stories are enjoyable and motivating, these pros do more than reminisce. They itemize specific actions with lists of do's and don'ts and tips. Most importantly, they talk about the strong personal values and philosophies that are and have been essential to their success and to the journey for getting there.
Author: Kevin Hull Publisher: Human Kinetics ISBN: 1492598577 Category : Radio broadcasting of sports Languages : en Pages : 258
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"This undergraduate textbook provides students with the information and skills needed to be a well-rounded sports television or radio broadcaster. Students will learn how to write for broadcast, shoot and edit video, and prepare for all the additional tasks needed along the way"--
Author: Rick Schultz Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781973166016 Category : Radio broadcasting of sports Languages : en Pages : 106
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You really don't need me to figure out the secrets of sports broadcasting. Honestly, you can do it all on your own. It will only take you 25 years. The biggest secret about the sports broadcasting industry is that there isn't just one secret, but rather a series of principles, philosophies and guidelines that can lead to success in the world of sports media. Anyone can acquire, attain and learn these secrets. For me, this took 25 years. And believe me, I'm not special. The learning continues to this day - from colleagues, students, mentors and everyone in between. One thing I learned a long time ago is that I can always be better. We learn how to excel at the craft of sports broadcasting by starting with the advice of those who have gone before us, including many well-known pioneering media voices. We can take their wisdom to heart and make it our own. That is the quickest path to sports broadcasting achievement and most solid foundation for lasting success. Over the last 25 years, I have been fortunate to learn from some of the biggest names in sportscasting. Some I have worked side by side with, in cramped broadcast booths or tight media quarters. Others have passed down their wisdom in classrooms, books, seminars or over the airwaves. They have done their best to demystify the industry, which is what I try to do every day for my online sports broadcasting students and those in the nationally-acclaimed sports department at WFUV Radio in New York City. I believe the following tips and stories are the foundation on which to build a successful sports broadcasting career. And I can say as much without pretense because they don't belong to me. I didn't invent these philosophies and ideas, but rather I simply boiled them down over 25 years and use them to educate the next generation of sports broadcasting professionals. I hope you enjoy these stories and use them to create the best sports broadcasting career possible!
Author: Verne Lundquist Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062684469 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 376
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The SEC. The Masters. The Olympics. March Madness. The Dallas Cowboys. Yes sir, Uncle Verne has seen it all. Over the last fifty years, few voices have epitomized the sound of sports television quite like that of Verne Lundquist’s. A fixture on air since the 1960s—first broadcasting University of Texas baseball and Dallas Cowboys football games on radio before eventually joining the legendary CBS Sports team—Verne has covered just about every sport there is, and in the process he’s made some of the most enduring calls in the history of golf, football, figure skating—and everything in between. In Play by Play, Verne goes inside those calls and his remarkable career, telling the behind-the-scenes story of how he ended up with the best seats in the house, giving voice to history time and time again. From Christian Laettner’s buzzer-beater in the 1992 NCAA tournament, to the saga of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding at the 1994 Olympics, to the shocking finish of the Iron Bowl in 2013, to Jack Nicklaus’s and Tiger Woods’s unforgettable victories at the Masters, Verne’s five decades as a sportscaster routinely put him in the midst of greatness. With his trademark humility and his goal to make the athlete the legend, instead of the call itself, Verne details his view of the plays that have captured our collective imagination for two generations, featuring an incredible cast of characters that includes names like Terry Bradshaw, Pat Summerall, John Madden, Scott Hamilton, and Tom Landry. What emerges is an invigorating portrait of the games that matter most, in life and on the field. A moving recollection of the moments that make sports worth watching, Play by Play reminds us all that sports are about more than games played—they’re about the history that we share together and the voices that we remember long after the final whistle has blown.
Author: Roger Kahn Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN: 1616087188 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 225
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A collection of quotes from the sport's most legendary figures covers topics ranging from hitting, fielding, and managing to superstars and the media.
Author: Vinny Micucci Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1456745506 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 173
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"From Sports Fan to Sportscaster" is written as if told to you over dinner. The stories are first-hand accounts of working as a Sportscaster at various sporting events. You will feel what it is like to be in the winning clubhouse of a playoff baseball team. You will learn what goes on when covering a sport and how headlines are made. For the sports fan who always dreamed of meeting athletes, announcing the big game or hosting a radio show...allow the author to show you what it would be like.
Author: Scott Reiss
Author: Scott Reiss
Author: Guy Harrison (College teacher)
Author: Mark Oristano
Author: Mike Greenberg
Author: Tom Hedrick
Author: Kevin Hull
Author: Rick Schultz
Author: Verne Lundquist
Author: Roger Kahn
Author: Vinny Micucci