Bet On Yourself: A conversation with Monica McNutt of ESPN and the MSG Networks

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Episode 220 of the Sports Media Podcast features Monica McNutt, a host, analyst, and reporter for ESPN and MSG Networks with a specialty in basketball. In this podcast, McNutt discusses the challenges of live sports television; the differences in covering the NBA and WNBA; the preparation for being a Draft interviewer; working multiple jobs as a 20-something in sports media and how to react if you get a break; LaChina Robinson and others as mentors; not changing her look or her personality when she landed on national television; representation in the space; being recognized as an opinionist and what that means; Draymond Green and the new media; her basketball career at Georgetown and playing against Brittney Griner and Maya Moore, 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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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.0	My producer is Patrick Antenetti.
0:11.5	One guest on this podcast, but she deserves a starring role because it was a great conversation.
0:18.8	And someone who I just, I really enjoy her work and I really enjoy her as a person.
0:23.9	Monica McNutt is a host analyst reporter for ESPN and the MSG network, sort of a with a specialty in basketball.
0:32.3	You've seen her on NBA coverage, seen her on WNBA coverage.
0:37.0	She's probably seen her on first take around the horn.
0:39.7	She also, if you're a Knicks fan, you're well-versed and aware of her.
0:44.8	She's, I first met Monica in 2012 when she was a grad student at the University of Maryland.
0:51.8	And it's been awesome just to see her rise in the business. She's a real
0:55.9	talent. She's genuine, authentic. And I think you're going to enjoy this conversation. We cover
1:02.3	a lot of topics from the assignment that she's gotten to sort of her own career and growth path.
1:09.9	And it's an honest conversation about the sports media business.
1:13.4	And I think you will enjoy it for sure.
1:17.6	If you like these kind of conversations,
1:19.3	please leave us a five-star review and a nice note.
1:22.7	Wherever you get your podcast,
1:24.4	that stuff has a significant meaning.
1:27.2	As I've said, again, this is independent
1:28.6	from the athletics. So that's how this podcast will continue. All right, great guest coming up.
1:33.8	ESPN's Monica McNutt on the sports media podcast.
1:40.9	All right, as I said at the top, very excited to have this person on who, man, I feel
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