739. Sam Ryan, New York City Sports Anchor & Reporter

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

"I remember watching the New York City Marathon on TV and just saying, 'One day, I want to do that.' I’m watching it, and I’m like, 'They’re superheroes! How do they do that?!'"

Sam Ryan is WABC 7's Emmy Award-winning sports anchor and reporter. The New York City-based mom of two spends her days talking baseball, football, and hockey on live TV — but her favorite day on air is when she gets to co-anchor WABC's New York City Marathon coverage. Sam is an 11-time marathoner who has worked at ESPN, ABC Sports, CBS, and the MLB Network. She has covered the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Little League World Series, Monday Night Football, and the Home Run Derby. (I was fortunate to get to work with Sam at the 2023 New York City Marathon and at this year's New York Mini 10K!)

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Sam’s best on-the-job celebrity encounters (4:30)
What Young Sam was like, and how she found her way to sports journalism (8:35)
“I’m nervous all the time” (15:20)
A day in the life of a sports reporter (20:00)
How Sam pursued a travel-filled career and motherhood (26:50)
On being a woman in a male-dominated industry (31:40)
Sam’s advice for being more comfortable on live television (34:50)
Sam’s most memorable “live on TV” moments (41:15)
On co-anchoring the New York City Marathon broadcast for WABC7 (45:00)
How — and why — Sam became a runner (51:25)
Why Sam decided to run her first marathon at 44 years old (57:55)
Sam’s decision to get her master’s degree in English Literature (1:04:30)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host
0:07.1	Ali feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:10.3	exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and
0:14.8	celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner. We are here
0:20.4	to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:25.0	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back,
0:30.0	I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace.
0:34.0	You've got this.
0:35.0	Last week's episode with Today Show Food Stylist and culinary producer Katie Steeleo
0:41.0	was such a huge hit with listeners that I thought let's keep talking TV.
0:46.0	Today I am delighted to welcome from New York City W. ABC 7's Emmy Award winning sports anchor and reporter, Sam Ryan, to the
0:58.4	Alley on the Run Show.
1:00.3	I've been so fortunate to get to work with Sam a few times over the past year and she is so good at what she does.
1:06.0	And while most days Sam is talking baseball, football, and hockey,
1:11.0	one of her favorite days on the job, is co-anchoring ABC7's New York City marathon
1:16.5	coverage. Sam is an 11-time marathoner and a mom of two, and she has worked as an anchor and reporter at
1:24.4	ESPN ABC Sports, CBS and the MLB network. She has covered the Stanley Cup
1:30.8	playoffs, the Little League World Series, Monday Night Football, and the Home Run Derby.
1:36.6	Please join me in welcoming one of the nicest people I have ever gotten to work with,
1:40.8	Sam Ryan, to the Alley on the Run year. So this is very thrilling for me. Sam, thank you so much for agreeing to come on the show.
2:05.2	Welcome to the Alley on the Run show. How you doing today? Well, I mean, they can't see right now, but I'm blushing because I'm so excited to even be asked to be part of this
2:16.5	this show and I look up to you and all that you do and all you do for as a mom all you do for the sport and and just what you do in general. You are a you know you're a champion and as I told you last year at the New York City Marathon you are a
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