Tell me I’m wrong…but your spotting boards do not matter. Ok. Let me clarify. Spotting boards are a crucial part of any sportscasters prep. They are the industry standard way to collect, categorize and store information on players and teams so that it’s easily at the ready for you on air. And this post is…
Tell me I’m wrong…but I think that golf is the toughest sport to broadcast. It’s certainly one of the most challenging to produce. In my former career as a technical director for a TV station, I had the opportunity to talk to many sports producers and directors who had covered different sports. A majority of…
There is a disturbing trend in sportscasting that is both worrying for existing professionals and aspiring sportscasters, and it’s the increasingly large presence of former players moving from the playing field to the media booth to cover high level games. Alex Rodriguez, Michael Strahan and most recently Tony Romo are among some high profile names…
For the last few years there has been a revolution brewing with not only women’s sports, but women in sport. More female sports athletes are getting more high profile spots to showcase their talents, women’s fights in the UFC are main eventing those events and female sportscasters are breaking through glass ceilings such as Beth…
Late August and early September mean many hockey, football and basketball teams are holding their annual training camp. It’s an opportunity to shift back into “game mode” for sportscasters as the players are put through their paces and sportscasters get to shake off some ‘ring rust’ via some exhibition games and scrimmages. Training Camp can…
On a recent podcast involving Say the Damn Score’s Logan Anderson and a couple of other sportscasters, the topic of favourite places to visit came up. After talking about a couple of different cities with the group, the conversation morphed somewhat into favourite venues to call games from. I call Junior Hockey in British Columbia.…
Sportscasting is an amazing job. We get paid to watch sports, witness incredible moments and tell stories. We get to travel extensively and in some cases have the opportunity to become a celebrity in our own communities or even further. But it’s not all roses. Here are five things that sportscasters are tired of hearing…
Consistently over the past decade, the internet has become a bigger and bigger part of the sports media landscape. Just recently, the NFL steered away from TV and started to unveil new broadcast opportunities via games on Twitter. One of the world’s largest horse races, the Melbourne Cup, became the first global event live streamed…
Being a homer is one of my sportscasting pet peeves. Sportscasters are story tellers first and foremost, so I always wonder how homer sportscasters can tell that story properly while being so slanted in one direction or another. Whether it’s the other team, your team or the refs, taking focus away from the game, the…
Growing up we all played for at least one good coach. Good coaches not only helped us with our skills on the field or court but they also taught us life lessons. I had the good fortune of coaching high school sports for five years in Oregon. I loved it. There are a number of…