ESPN’s Marc J. Spears

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Episode 327 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Marc J. Spears, senior NBA writer for Andscape and one of the prominent NBA voices in the country. In this podcast, Spears discusses being awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game of basketball; the experience of being honored in Springfield, Mass; joining ESPN in 2016 as a senior NBA writer with the Undefeated, now known as Andscape, and how ESPN has changed from 2016 to 2023 from his perspective as a writer; writing about race and culture and how people react to that; how NBA players feel about playing in Toronto; why players have given him access over the years; LSU women’s basketball; the role of agents in NBA stories; hosting and producing a new show about food and wine that will air on Hulu on August 28, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, 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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1:07.6	Hey everybody. This is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast.
1:10.4	My producer Patrick Antonetti.
1:12.1	One guest this week, but it is an excellent one. Mark Spears is somebody, if you're an NBA fan, you are well aware of.
1:18.7	He's a senior NBA writer for Anscape, one of the most prominent NBA voices in the country.
1:22.8	You've seen him on myriads of ESPN shows. Probably seen his work on ESPN.com, when it pops on there.
1:30.0	He's had a long and distinguished career, worked at Yahoo Sports, the Boston Globe, many other places.
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