Sam Amick of The Athletic and ESPN’s Ian Darke and Taylor Twellman

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Episode 74 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sam Amick, a national NBA writer for The Athletic, and Ian Darke and Taylor Twellman, the lead soccer broadcast team for ESPN. In this podcast, Amick discusses how much China will consume coverage of the league this season; howparity will impact NBA media coverage; the most interesting teams in the NBA this year; what he expects from the Lakers and Clippers in terms of access; what to expect from LeBron James in terms of interest from viewers; whether viewership will increase, decline or remain flat; the ping pong abilities of Nikola Jokić, and much more. Darke and Twellman discuss their broadcast partnership; how to develop on-air chemistry between partners; why it works between them; Twellman on Darke’s skill as a play by play broadcaster; Darke on Twellman’s preparation; the use of humor in a sports broadcast; whether their broadcast is different calling a U.S. team or MLS game versus a global soccer broadcast; how hard soccer viewers are on broadcasting 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	Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen.
0:05.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the Sports Media Podcast.
0:09.0	My producer, as always, is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.0	Two segments this week, three guests.
0:14.0	First up, Sam Amick, he is a national NBA writer for the athletic,
0:19.0	and we discuss the start of the season, how much China will consume the coverage of the NBA this year, whether parity, which is what the NBA looks like, at least in the post-Warriors era, whether that helps the league in terms of media coverage, in terms of viewership, some of the more interesting stories and interesting teams. If you're an NBA fan,
0:42.4	you know who Sam Mamek is one of the most respected people in the sport, and I think you'll enjoy that conversation. That is followed by a 12-minute stretch or so with Ian Dark and
0:49.1	Taylor Twelman on their chemistry and their relationship and how to develop on air chemistry between partners,
0:55.9	why it works for them, the use of humor in a sports broadcast.
0:59.8	They came up to Toronto not too long ago, and I was able to do a quick sit down with them.
1:04.7	So Sam Mammock first, followed by Ian Dark and Taylor Twelman, coming up on the sports media
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1:51.0	All right, as I said at the top, Sam Amick is a national NBA writer for the athletic and one of the respected voices in the sport.
1:56.0	He previously worked for Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and the Sacramento B.
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