ESPN's Sean McDonough on calling the amazing Canada-U.S. final at the 4 Nations Face-Off

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Episode 479 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sean McDonough, ESPN's lead play by play voice for hockey, and one of ESPN's top play-by-play commentator for ESPN college football and basketball games. In this podcast McDonough discussed calling the 4 Nations Face-Off final between the U.S. and Canada; why it was one of the greatest events he's ever been part of as a broadcaster; what the pregame and postgame was like for him; how he wanted to approach the nexus of geopolitics and sports; whether there will be an interest carryover to NHL games; expectations for the 2026 Winter Olympics; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, 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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1:13.4	Welcome to the sports media podcast.
1:14.3	I'm your host, Richard Dyche.
1:15.7	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
1:21.4	One guest in this episode, and it'll be fairly short, but he's very good to do this on short notice.
1:24.6	And literally the person I wanted to talk to most for this episode.
1:28.2	Sean McDonough is ESPN's lead play-by-play voice for hockey.
1:32.8	It's one of ESPN's top play-by-play commentators, obviously, for college football and college basketball.
1:34.0	His resume speaks for itself, called World Series, NCAA Final Four's Olympic Games, Monday
1:38.1	night football, golf championships, etc.
1:41.0	But he just was part of, to me, one of the more, I don't want to say unique, because
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