ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Episode 289 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe, who is covering the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four in Dallas this month. In this podcast, Rowe talks about the growth and evolution of the women’s basketball tournament; why viewership numbers are up; the title game being on ABC; the uniqueness and star power of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark; the impact of South Carolina’s success; why women’s basketball coaches are unlike other coaches when Rowe interviews them at the half or quarter breaks; how she prepares for the trophy ceremony; signing a long-term deal with ESPN to continue to have prominent roles on ESPN’s College Football Playoffs, college football regular season, NCAA Women’s Final Four, NCAA Women’s College World Series and WNBA coverage; being named a 2023 Curt Gowdy Media Award Winner (for electronic media) for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; how her health is following a diagnosis of stage 4 desmoplastic melanoma, and 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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0:32.4	final four was Morgan William, this little five-three guard from Mississippi State, hit the shot that snapped
0:41.2	Yukon's 111 game win streak.
0:43.9	And my question to her in the post game was, what did you see when you rose up for the shot?
0:49.5	And she said, opportunity.
0:51.8	And even to this day, that gives me chills.
0:54.7	And I thought, that was a question I was proud of because it elicited this beautiful response.
1:07.6	Hey, everybody.
1:08.4	This is Richard Deich.
1:09.0	And welcome to the sports media podcast.
1:10.5	My producer is Patrick Antonetti. Our guest this week is ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe, one of my favorite people in the profession. She is covering the NCAA women's basketball final four in Dallas this week. And in the podcast, we talk about the growth and evolution in the women's basketball tournament, the unbelievable ratings that have come in through the elite eight, the star power of Iowa's Caitlin Clark and the dominance of South Carolina.
1:39.5	We get into how Holly prepares for certain things, including the trophy ceremony.
1:44.0	Why coaches in women's
1:46.5	basketball are particularly forthcoming as compared to other coaches. Holly offers some pretty
1:53.0	interesting perspective on that. Talk about Holly's health and where it is now. Being named
1:59.2	a 2023 Kurt Gowdy Media Award winner.
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