A conversation with Bucks broadcaster Lisa Byington and Sixers broadcaster Kate Scott. Plus, Eli Saslow of The Washington Post on his new book on America and COVID

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Episode 162 of the Sports Media Podcast features three guests. First up is a conversation with Lisa Byington and Kate Scott, the first women full-time TV play-by-play broadcasters for a major men's professional sports team. They are followed by Eli Saslow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter who has published a new book —Voices from the Pandemic: Americans tell their stories of crisis, courage and resilience. In this podcast, Byington and Scott discuss the interview process for an NBA play by play role and how they landed their jobs; becoming the first full-time TV play-by-play broadcasters for a major men's professional sports team; the challenges of the job; how to adjust to a new city and fan base; the broadcasters who reached out to them; how they will view success and much more. Saslow discusses the oral history project he did last year for The Washington Post where he talked to people around America about dealing with COVID; what he learned about America through his reporting; how to get subjects dealing with trauma to trust you to tell their story; why COVID became a cultural war and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.5	Hey everybody, this is Richard Dyche and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. On this episode, two segments, three guests, three fantastic guests. We start off with both Lisa Byington and Kate Scott. Lisa Byington is the new television voice of Milwaukee Bucks. Kate Scott is the new television voice of the Philadelphia
1:30.2	76ers. They are the first female full-time television play-by-play announcers in the NBA,
1:36.7	and they're first to do it for a major men's professional sports team on the television end.
1:43.3	So, I mean, pretty just sort of incredible pioneering.
1:48.1	You have probably heard both before in some form. Lisa called men's and women's soccer,
1:53.2	play-by-play for NBC at the recent Tokyo Olympics. She's done Women's World Cup for Fox.
2:00.0	She's been a play-by-play voice and a sideline
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