Mark Gleason spends time with Don to talk about everything related to sports as a camera operator. He has worked on ESPN’s Armed Forces Classic and the Carrier Classic, countless Major League Baseball games and National Football League games. Prior to Game 2 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia, Mark was at his camera position in centerfield to explain how a camera works and what the controls are. He also shows his passion for his career and says that when he watches a game...
Oct 19, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast LOG: 00:00 - Heirloom Travel Promo ( heirloomtravelandadventure.com ) 00:38 - Heat Media Promo ( heatmediavisuals.com ) 00:59 - Episode Introduction, Boulder, Colorado 01:42 - Introduction to Mark Johnson, Voice of the Buffs. 02:15 - Where Mark’s love of sports came from. 03:35 - Mark’s start in broadcasting and the work he did early in his career. 04:55 - What the play-by-play announcer role does and should be doing for the audience. 06:15 - How getting repetitions was important for Mark’s care...
Oct 05, 2023•47 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast LOG: 00:00 - Heirloom Travel & Adventure Promo 00:41 - Episode Introduction 02:35 - How Oscar Sanchez describes the sports broadcasting industry. 04:25 - How Oscar got into sports television. 07:24 - How he worked in all aspects of television but had more control working behind the scenes. 09:09 - Making the jump to sports from news and entertainment. 11:50 - What his role is at CONCACAF. 14:12 - How people working in sports television should understand all positions. 16:50 - Where the idea of s...
Oct 03, 2023•59 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast 0:00 - Episode #38 Introduction 1:20 - Introduction to Jed Drake and how he started in broadcast television, first as a local reporter covering the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980. 5:38 - Jed reconciling his Olympic coverage with Roone Arledge 7:05 - When Jed joined ESPN as a production assistant 10:35 - Working the early days at ESPN and how he got opportunities with a start up sports network. 12:40 - What the most fun working at ESPN was for Jed. 14:00 - What makes people standout in a producer r...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Open 01:00 - Introduction to Owen Scannell 01:37 - How Owen started Premier Rugby Sevens and how Collegiate Rugby Sevens helped new viewers understand the sport. 07:00 - Premier Rugby Sevens Clip from Pittsburgh Tournament 08:50 - When Owen thought he had a viable new sport in the U.S. 12:15 - Growing PR7s with partners were incremental 14:10 - How he’s built the league with a strong team of people who understand rugby. 19:20 - Objectives on game day for PR7s. 24:00 - PR7s community invo...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 0:00 - Episode Introduction to Mike DesRoches 1:15 - Where Mike’s love of sports came from 2:10 - Mike played D1 college baseball 2:40 - How Mike started working for Sony 4:00 - What Mike does with Sony now with broadcast sports 6:00 - How I met Mike at the Denver AVEXpo and how Mike helps the sports networks 9:10 - The kinds of innovations that cameras have achieved and where camera technology is going 14:15 - How autofocus has improved drastically (with video) 16:10 How the camera operator ben...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Episode Introduction 01:30 - How Amy got into sports broadcasting working with the tv broadcasts for the New York Yankees 4:20 - How the Yankees’ Don Carney, Executive Producer & Director took a risk hiring Amy and women in sports tv. 6:20 - When Amy was 11 years old she participated in the New York Nets’ “Run, Dribble & Shoot” contest but wasn’t allowed to compete for the finals 9:50 - Amy visited with Jim Garvey, who refused to let her play, many years later in California (pictures) 11...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Episode Introduction 01:45 - How Terry and I met working in the Dominican Baseball League for ESPN (with some pictures) 03:15 - Terry’s thoughts about Dominican Baseball 04:10 - Terry’s memory of visiting with Baseball HOF Pitcher Juan Marichal 05:55 - What an Operations Producer does 07:45 - How Ops Producers are able to save a show and what the preparation is to make sure a show goes off well 09:40 - How Terry got into the sports tv business 14:15 - One of Terry’s first events with ESP...
Dec 01, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast 0:00 Episode Introduction 1:50 The meaning of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series 3:00 How Dave grew up in Maryland and being the son of Hall of Fame College Football Coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond 5:55 Where Dave got his work ethic 7:50 How he became the Phillie Phanatic 11:00 How quickly the Phanatic had success and passing it along to Tom Burgoyne 13:25 Wearing the costume was physically demanding for Dave 17:20 What he did to create, sometimes unintentional, the personality of the Ph...
Nov 03, 2022•59 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast A recap of the first fourteen episodes of Sports In The Making and includes short sections from some of the most memorable responses. Recap Highlights: 00:00 Introduction to Episode 1:40 Episode 2 - Scott Hecht talking about a make-or-break moment in his tv career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkgyVd4XSs&t=10s 6:40 Episode 3 - John Howard shares the most intense moment of his career as technical director on the Super Bowl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7h2US1BANk&t=8s 10:51 Episode 4 - Chr...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast LOG: 0:00 - Introduction 1:15 - How Drew first thought about getting into sports 3:00 - How he didn’t make the initial cut to work for ESPN as a staff employee but was eventually hired 5:10 - What a remote Production Assistant is at ESPN 6:05 - How he advanced from PA to Associate Producer 7:45 - What an AP’s responsibility is in remote/event production 11:20 - What it took for Drew to get from AP to Producer 12:30 - What role he took in building Longhorn Network 14:10 - His first producing mome...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast LOG: 00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - How a camera falling on Marc’s head got him into television 3:44 - How ESPN Coordinating Producer Chris Farrow (SITM Guest #4) hired Marc offered him a job 5:04 - What Marc’s early career jobs were including editing, pulling cable, etc. 6:35 - What the process of getting a job at ESPN was like when Marc went to work there which included 3 primary things 8:36 - Marc’s thoughts on taking initiative and following up 9:00 - How he got into the CERN super collider in...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Intro to Episode 01:50 - How Brian got into sports broadcasting 03:30 - What sports USA Network covered in the 1980’s 06:50 - How as a producer Brian is connected to each aspect of the production 08:50 - How he manages broadcasting shows around the world 10:27 - What a control room monitor wall looks like and what he looks at 12:50 - How complicated a production can be when sending it to the world 15:40 - How much prep work is necessary to make a production 17:10 - What Brian’s job was o...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LOG: 00:00 - Episode Introduction 02:25 - Introduction to Claudia Trejos and how she got into sports broadcasting 03:40 - How boxing is a part of her life 05:30 - How Claudia’s passion for sports is important for how she works in her career 07:20 - How Claudia has a presence that makes an impact on her performance in the boxing industry despite “imposter syndrome” 10:28 - She has worked from the ground up in TV, pulling cable, production assistant, grip and how it helps her to have confidence as...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Intro to Episode #27 01:30 - How Dave Kroner got into sports television 02:58 - What Dave wanted to do as a career in sports television 04:20 - What he has seen change over the years with the graphics technology 08:20 - The different types of graphics used on sports tv broadcasts 11:12 - Dave’s role as Sr. Graphics Developer at ESPN 13:30 - How graphics is different internationally 16:12 - Differences working with global sports networks versus regional 19:00 - What goes into designing an...
Sep 22, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00:00 Introduction To Allyson J. Davis 00:01:30 What Allyson is doing currently 00:01:55 What her responsibilities are as a marketing executive 00:04:20 How the media landscape has changed with marketing 00:06:35 How Allyson got into sports and then went into the marketing side of the business 00:09:25 How important it is for someone to love sports when working in sports 00:10:05 How she got started working in sports media 00:14:35 How she became the Director of Marketing for Fox Sports in Lo...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 00:00 - Episode 25 introduction 00:45 - Introduction to Dave Fanucchi and how he began his career in sports. 03:35 - Introduction to Ted Collins and how he began his career in movie producing 09:30 - Ted Collins Working with Women of Wrestling (WOW), owned by Jeannie Buss, Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers 11:50 - What Women of Wrestling is about in 2022 and future years. 13:15 - How Dave Fanucchi got started with the USA Baseball Team as the Director of Communications in 1999, just as professiona...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2:28 - How Andy got his start as a sportswriter. 4:46 - How he was able to get his articles published when he was blogger and didn’t have a journalism degree. 6:42 - How he got his first article published on ESPN.com Page 2 covering “Fistball”. 9:13 - Whether he had any insecurities in pitching his next stories to sports digital publications and how relationships can help him get interviews. 11:54 - How Andy finds interesting people to interview. 16:00 - How Andy looks at doing interviews to fin...
Aug 06, 2020•55 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 2:56 - What Abe’s been doing during Covid. 4:35 - How Abe started his Chocolate Chip Cookie business. 5:39 - How his cookies have become very popular at rodeos. 6:46 - What the secret recipe for his cookies are. 8:03 - How Abe started bull riding as a young kid in New Jersey. 9:45 - When did he realize he wanted to ride bulls as a career. 10:35 - How he was perceived in rodeo as a black bull rider and how some of the football players reacted to him being in rodeo. 13:31 - How the football team r...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Twitter: @sporino Steve Porino in a Tree (NBC Olympics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96tXdONcGAE&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1v7j0VXXzTxO74NpLrbeIlS_FYa_jMJLArPMh6YW0HreieyDb3t7c5tVA "The D Route": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFW4aKYnaPI 1:43 - What Steve has been doing during Covid-19 4:26 - How he made the US Ski Team as a downhill skier 7:02 - What the difference in talent is between an amateur and someone who is on the US Ski Team and how hundredths of seconds can make the difference be...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast 2:29 - What the responsibilities of a thoroughbred horse trainer are. 3:57 - How much he was around his dad, Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg, when he was young. 5:08 - Why Tom wanted to study aerospace engineering instead of following his father into the thoroughbred world and his post college experiences. 9:07 - How Tom likes to bring people into the horse racing world to show them what it’s like rather than tell them. 11:33 - How Jack Van Berg got his work ethic and how he would make anyone...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast 1:43 - What Dan Lyle does as Director of Rugby for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) 3:22 - What the differences are between Rugby and American Football and the history of how rugby started. 7:11 - What each position does in Rugby Sevens. 8:32 - What positions do in Rugby Union. 9:43 - Why Dan decided to pursue professional rugby outside of the United States instead of American football with the Minnesota Vikings. 14:15 - Was it a culture shock to play rugby overseas. 16:25 - What the history o...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast 2:00 - Welcome to Nick Gismondi 2:45 - What Nick has been doing since Covid-19 disrupted sports. 4:23 - What it’s like working as an announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the Original Six NHL teams. 7:15 - What it’s like as the rink side reporter for the Blackhawks. 7:51 > 8:45 11:17 - How he came to love hockey & the NHL and how he got into sports broadcasting. 15:25 - How a chance meeting at Los Angeles International Airport changed his broadcasting career. 19:43 - How it takes tenacity...
May 14, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 01:41 - What makes social media so powerful. 03:47 - How social media has changed with sports networks in the last 5-7 years. 07:24 - How Aaron started in sports social media. 10:58 - How NBA on TNT, NBA TV, Bleacher Report and NFL Network handle their social media efforts. 15:08 - How getting social media correct is extremely important when publishing. 18:46 - How he uses his journalism skills to make social media posts effective. 21:38 - What the difference is working for a sports organization...
May 07, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2:30 - How Covid-19 has affected the eSports industry. 3:22 - Kris Dahl is Principal at Atomic - What Atomic does and how it affects eSports. 4:41 - What Patrick Barthe’s responsibilities are with Atomic 5:13 - How Atomic started. 6:18 - What eSports is, how it’s grown and the importance of it now. 8:13 - How eSports has affected broadcast networks since the pandemic. 10:08 - What some of the challenges are in covering eSports events. 12:44 - How Atomic finds clients and how Atomic puts the prod...
Apr 30, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2:15 - Reflecting on the International Olympic Committee’s decision to delay the Games to 2021 2:48 - How the postponed Games will affect Olympic athletes. 4:32 - What challenges Olympic athletes have keeping their mental focus. 5:37 - If he were coaching these athletes, how he would help keep their mental states intact for an additional year. 8:17 - Could the Olympics fall back to every four years as it had in the past for both Summer and Winter. 9:09 - Ato Boldon’s career accomplishments 10:12...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2:34 - What Mary Kate Shea does in her role as Senior Director with John Hancock. 3:27 - How she got to John Hancock and what the company’s role is with the Boston Marathon. 5:09 - How she was able to make this career and her background on marathons. 09:36 - 2013 was the first year she took the reigns of the Boston Marathon’s elite athletes and a treetops view of what her job entails including checking the athletes on race day. 10:55 - Meg Keflezhigi checking in and on his bib he honored those t...
Apr 16, 2020•53 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast 2:31 - What Heather does as a Sports Athlete Agent 3:29 - When she knew being an agent is what she wanted to do. 6:13 - What she liked about work with Gold Medal Management. 8:19 - How storytelling is important in representing traditional or Olympic athletes rather than mainstream athletes. 9:35 - How Heather builds relationships and trust with athletes. 11:21 - Expectations athletes should have when working with an agent. 13:37 - How Human Interest Group finds brands that looks at an athlete’s ...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 3:26 - What Brian does as Manager of Engineers at Game Creek Video. 4:20 - What a television truck is made up of. 5:33 - How much mobile television trucks cost. 6:32 - How trucks are custom built for sports networks. 8:08 - How the trucks are planned for which event and how they are integrated. together. 10:43 - Planning ESPN’s MegaCast College Football National Championship. 12:29 - How much dedication an tv truck engineer puts into a production. 13:38 - How working in mobile television is like...
Apr 02, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast PART 2: 2:09 - How he helped the Pittsburgh Steelers build their baseball PNC park. 5:29 - How he was able to get a new arena built for the Penn State hockey program. 10:12 - How Ben helped billionaire Terry Pegula buy the NHL Buffalo Sabres team. 13:52 - How the media tries to know what goes on in sports franchise deals. 15:55 - How negotiations happen between all parties to buy a sports franchise. 17:17 - Ben’s involvement in the group that wanted to purchase the Arizona Coyotes. 23:53 - When ...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
