ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi on 'SportsCenter' in 2023, Making It at ESPN, Philly Fandom, and Watching Games With His Dad.
The Press Box
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right now on the Ringer gambling feet and all throughout the entire month of August, the East Coast |
| 0:06.9 | bias boys are getting you ready to bet to NFL this season. We're going through each and every |
| 0:12.5 | single division and revealing our favorite futures predicting division winners and even giving you |
| 0:17.7 | some award winners. Do we think the Kansas City Chiefs will repeat or will they be the throne? |
| 0:22.7 | Tune in now to find out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello media consumers. Welcome to press box final edition. Brian Curtis of the Ringer here |
| 0:38.8 | along with producer Devon Rinaldo. Our guest today sitting across from me in this well-appointed |
| 0:44.8 | ESPN conference room is Kevin Nagandhi. You know him from his work hosting the six o'clock |
| 0:50.2 | sports center from hosting ABC's college football studio on Saturdays during the fall. |
| 0:55.1 | From hosting events ranging from the Rose parade to the spelling bee and on social media, |
| 1:00.6 | you know him from having more Philly sports takes than any TV anchor who is not Jake Tapper. |
| 1:07.6 | Kevin. This is true, Brian. Welcome to the press box. |
| 1:10.8 | Pleasure to be here. So let's talk about sports center first of all. We're talking at 130 on |
| 1:16.5 | Thursday afternoon. Yeah. You're hosting the six o'clock sports center tonight. Where am I |
| 1:21.2 | finding you in your prep? Just starting. We just had our noon show meeting and Zach Mariners |
| 1:26.8 | our producer today and basically it features between 15 and 19 people production assistants, |
| 1:34.8 | CAs, the director, multiple segment producers, the coordinating producer, the news editor, |
| 1:40.7 | the anchors, and of course the producer. Today I'm doing solo. My co-anchor El Duncan is off as I was |
| 1:46.9 | yesterday and she covered for me because I want to see my nine-year-old pitch and all-star game. |
| 1:52.2 | So when we have that early prep, it's hey these are the topics that we think are relevant today, |
| 1:59.4 | ideas, and then we open it up. And basically you jump in on the call. Actually we're in the room |
| 2:05.4 | where we used to have it before the pandemic for people listening. It's five tables and 20 chairs |
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