Ian Eagle on NBA Announcing, Being a Comedian's Son, First-Game Flop Sweat, and Going 10 Years Without a Mistake

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Bryan is joined by CBS’s Ian Eagle to discuss his career as a sports play-by-play announcer. They dive into Eagle’s background growing up with a singer mother and a comedian father, discuss his experience announcing basketball at Syracuse to the professional level, touch on Marv Albert’s influence, and more! Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Ian Eagle Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:29.0	Hello media consumers, welcome to press box.
1:32.0	Brian Curtis and producer Erica Cervantes here.
1:36.0	You know the NBA playoffs is basically a holiday here at the ringer, and it's up to me to remind you.
1:42.0	There are only 10 shopping days left till the postseason.
1:45.0	The guy I wanted to talk to you today is Ian Eagle, the play-by-play announcer from Yes Network and Turner Sports.
1:52.0	Now Eagle and I talked about a ton of stuff, but I had two big questions.
1:58.0	One was, what's the Ian Eagle origin story?
2:02.0	How did the son of a comedian and a singer who was part of their stage act at a young age get one of the biggest jobs in NBA broadcasting?
2:10.0	That's sort of part one of this interview.
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