Part 1: Ben Bouma - Sports TV Producer & Sports Management Consultant

4:21 - What Ben Bouma’s title is and how he can’t fit into a title. 6:10 - How Ben got into sports television and how he connected with broadcaster Kenny Albert. 11:40 - How he started producing NHL games for Fox Sports and then later with ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball. 14:03 - What his responsibilities were as a sidelines producer, who he started working with and how he prepared for his responsibilities as a sidelines producer. 16:15 - How it’s nearly impossible to have a perfect show. 17:11 - ...

Jimmy Serrano - Former MLB Pitcher, Kansas City Royals

2:34 - What August 7, 2004 mean to Jimmy. 3:07 - How much effort he put into getting to the Major Leagues and how rewarding it was getting the call to go. 3:58 - How many times he felt like giving up on his dream of reaching MLB 4:41 - Growing up in Grand Junction, CO 5:20 - How Jimmy and I know each other. 5:51 - How he ended up in Arizona to play baseball. 7:07 - Jimmy didn’t have any offers to play college baseball. 7:46 - He didn’t play the position he played in high school and how he got se...

Dean Walker, Production Executive & Coordinating Producer

2:17 - Why he’s stayed with TV for as long as he has. 3:55 - How Dean got into sports television the non-traditional school route. 12:25 - What goes into creating a network and how content drives the direction of the network. 14:38 - How many sports he’s covered in his career. 14:52 - Dean names some of the sports he’s covered. 16:31 - What the model for World Championship Sports Network and how world feed productions are designed. 19:16 - What the challenge is for presenting a sport for fans th...

Dennis Spencer - VP Media, Lagardere Sports & Entertainment

2:31 - Dennis explains what Lagardere company is. 5:32 - What sports/media events and shows he works on with Lagardere. 7:27 - How the sports arbitrage business works in representing a sports property and how Lagardere helped the NBA with their international business. 9:09 - The competitiveness for sports media rights. 10:13 - The daunting task of securing rights and how individual sports properties have different goals in partnering with an agency. 11:30 - How tricky or complex it is to monetiz...

Carlos Alfonso - Former MLB Coach, San Francisco Giants & Houston Astros

2:05 - How Carlos and I know each other. 2:50 - What it was like growing up in Cuba and how he came to love baseball. 3:20 - How he learned to play baseball on the beach in Cuba from an ex-MLB player. 4:25 - How he got to the United States in 1961 under the Peter Pan Movement sponsored by the Catholic Church. 5:15 - What the adjustment was like coming to the U.S. as a child. 7:43 - Being drafted in 1968, how he found out. 8:27 - The deal he made with his parents to play baseball instead of going...

Paul Kirk - Associate AD Strategic Communications, University of Utah & Former Director of Media Relations, Denver Broncos

1:40 - What he does with the University of Utah Athletics. 3:10 - What the guidelines are for how the university media department protects the student athletes. 5:00 - How social media has affected his job in following the media and student athletes. 6:15 - How university media relations departments help athletes build their brands. 7:40 - How he deals with a potential mishap by use of social media by an athlete. 9:30 - How the media department builds relationships with the student athletes. 11:...

Jenny Cavnar - Announcer, Colorado Rockies on AT&T Sports Network

2:00 - How seeing Monday Night Football Sidelines Reporter Melissa Stark inspired her to pursue a career in sports broadcasting. 3:40 - How conversations with her father, a high school Hall of Fame baseball coach, helped develop her for a career in baseball. 6:20 - Where she went to college, how internships were valuable for her and how she broke into the industry. 10:10 - How she won over her former boss with her sports knowledge when she was initially laughed at. 15:30 - What it was like the f...

Chris Farrow - Coordinating Producer, Ross Mobile Productions & Former CP, ESPN College Basketball

1:30 - Where his love of sports comes from? 2:05 - Did he think he wanted to work in sports? 2:45 - How his interest in basketball translate into him working in the sports industry. 3:28 - How he got into the sports the sports industry and later into sports television. 6:00 - Was it easy working as a font coordinator (graphics coordinator), What the next steps in his career were. 7:48 - Going to the NCAA to work in broadcast services. 8:55 - What his responsibilities at the NCAA were. 11:50 - Wh...

John Howard - Technical Director, NBC Sunday Night Football

1:30 - What is a Technical Director? John describes the front bench of the tv production truck as similar to being on the USS Enterprise from the Start Trek franchise. 4:00 - The role, responsibilities and procedures of a technical director for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. 7:30 - What technical aspects the TD is responsible for. 8:20 - What’s the routine on game day during Sunday Night Football. 11:00 - How the production crew goes through scenarios for an unusual scenario during a show. 12:45 -...

David Loignon - Venue TV Producer, X-Games & Formula One

David Loignon is a seasoned television producer, having worked at TVG Network, the first interactive horse racing network in the U.S. He has also produced the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as in-venue television for fans at the X-Games and Formula One races. 1:50 - How he got started in sports broadcasting. 3:00 - Helping to launch TVG Network and whether he thought it would survive. 4:15 - How he helped blend TVG’s idea of wagering on horse racing and enter...

Scott Hecht - Sr. Producer, Syracuse University & Former ESPN CP/Director

Scott Hecht has worked many different roles in sports broadcasting, including as a producer, director and coordinating producer/director, having been lead producer for the Phoenix Suns and San Diego Padres, lead director for TVG Network and as coordinating producer/director at ESPN. He currently works as senior producer at Syracuse University Athletics. 1:36 - Where his love of sports started. 2:50 - When he knew he had to work in sports tv. 4:12 - How he got into the sports tv industry. 6:25 - ...

Introduction To Sports In The Making Podcast