Suzy Kolber of ESPN

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Episode 199 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN host and reporter Suzy Kolber, one of the company’s longtime NFL voices and part of this week’s NFL Draft coverage. In this podcast Kolber discusses how she prepares for her role on ESPN/ABC’s NFL Draft coverage; making connections with prospects prior to the NFL Draft; the challenge of determining what to ask prospects in a short period of time; when she learns who is being drafted; her decision to be NFL-specific professionally; the skillset of thriving and surviving at a high-profile organization; seeing her contemporaries as such as Kenny Mayne and Trey Wingo leave; being asked to take a pay cut and how she reacted to it; her 29th year at ESPN; the skill set needed to host on sports television; being a pioneer in sports television 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	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad.
0:06.3	As good as it gets!
0:07.6	And you can stream every moment live on Sky Sports.
0:11.3	Well, it's just wonderful.
0:12.6	Available without a contract with Now.
0:15.7	Absolutely brilliant.
0:17.6	Stream Manchester City versus Liverpool this Sunday from 4 p.m.
0:21.7	Head to NowTV.com 18-plus Sky Sports content stream via internet.
0:27.5	Full terms apply.
0:37.3	Hey, everybody. This is Richard De, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:40.3	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:42.4	One guest on this podcast, someone, if you are a sports fan, particularly an NFL fan, you know very well.
0:49.0	Susie Culber joined ESPN in 1993 and has been a centerpiece of their NFL coverage since her resume would be too long to give out.
1:03.6	But she has hosted Monday Night Countdown, Monday Night Football's pregame show, Monday Night Football halftime and post game.
1:10.5	She was a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football halftime and post-game. She was a sideline reporter for
1:12.1	my 99th football's coverage on ABC for a while, long-time contributor to their Super Bowl coverage
1:18.8	and obviously their NFL draft coverage, which this podcast will focus significantly on.
1:24.9	She's been doing red carpet and green room interviews at the NFL draft since 2004. Prior to her, switched to really be full-time football. Susie Colby did a lot of
1:35.7	things at ESPN that you might have forgotten, covered. It was the host of the French Open
1:40.4	coverage, Wimbledon coverage, X Games was a longtime sports center anchor,
1:45.6	did triple count horse racing, and then for some of you, who remember this, when ESPN2 launched
1:51.4	in 1993, Susie Culper was on the air with Keith Oberman for that first show, or that first
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