How do you land a pro sports play by play job? A conversation with Michael Grady, the new television voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Anish Shroff, the new radio voice of the Carolina Panthers

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Episode 237 of the Sports Media podcast features a conversation with Michael Grady, who was recently announced as the new voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Bally Sports North, and Anish Shroff, who in March was named the radio play-by-play announcer for the Carolina Panthers NFL team. In this podcast Grady discusses how he landed the Timberwolves job; his six years with the YES Network in New York where his jobs included Brooklyn Nets' sideline reporter, pregame and postgame host and occasional play-by-play voice; what it’s like to replace a popular broadcaster; interviewing with Alex Rodriguez and other Timberwolves’ owners; being behind Ian Eagle and Ryan Ruocco in Brooklyn; the quality of Sarah Kustok as an analyst; how you prepare to call a new team; the prospects of the T-Wolves this season; what will happen with the Nets; the passing of his mother, Mavis, and more. Shroff discusses how he landed the Panthers job; the precedent set by other ESPN broadcasters who also call NFL games; the advantage of living in Charlotte; expectations for the Panthers and Baker Mayfield this year; calling college sports for ESPN including men’s college lacrosse; being a community ambassador in Charlotte; how former Panthers’ radio voice Mick Mixon has made the transition easier; 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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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.3	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:11.9	Two guests this week.
0:13.4	One theme.
0:15.2	And the theme is, what is it like when you become the new voice of a professional sports team.
0:22.4	Have two excellent play-by-play announcers.
0:24.4	First up, Michael Grady.
0:26.2	He was announced this month as the new voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Valley Sports
0:31.4	North.
0:32.0	He has spent the last six years with the Yes Network in New York as a multi-versible
0:36.9	player on the Nets broadcast.
0:38.7	A lot of people believe the Nets broadcast best in the NBA, and they are certainly on the shortlist for that with Ian Eagle and Sarah Kustak.
0:46.3	Obviously Michael Grady was there.
0:48.0	And he begins his journey as the Minnesota Timberwolves play-by-play voice.
0:52.3	We had an really, really interesting conversation just about
0:54.9	how the job came about and how you approach interviewing with owners, what it's like to replace
1:02.6	someone who's very popular in the market. So great conversation with him. He's followed by
1:06.8	Anish Ruff, who last March was named Radio Play-by-Play Play Announceer for the Carolina Panthers NFL team.
1:13.3	If you are a college sports fan, you probably have seen Anish on ESPN.
1:17.4	He's a game caller for college football, college basketball, college baseball,
1:21.6	lead voice for men's college lacrosse.
1:24.6	And again, similar theme here about how Anish got the Panthers job. What is it like
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