For most of us, along with the sportscasting comes many other duties including sports writing. We’re tasked with being our team’s media relations manager, as well as broadcaster, and maybe even more. With those many hats comes writing, in both an informative manner as well as creative columns to keep fans engaged. Sometimes, sports writing…
A little while ago, Alex talked about the differences between broadcasting a game solo versus having a go with a partner. Sometimes, the most difficult thing in being a broadcaster is communicating with a teammate who is only six-inches off your shoulder. With a hot mic in your face, our words are curated to the…
Sometimes when networking or building a book of connections, we forget that it’s not only coaches who can help us advance our careers and improve our calls. It’s no secret that sportscasters are sometimes left out of the loop regarding team news. Trades, new players, and special circumstances always seem to pop up and it’s…
Anyone who’s known me long enough knows that since high school, some 13 years ago, I’ve always had a small notebook tucked in my back pocket. It’s something I have on me every day and it wasn’t until very recently that I realized how important that pocket notebook is to my career. Since it became…
For many winter sports broadcasters, the season is right around the corner. As for the summer sports gang, the season may soon be coming to an end. The best time to take a state of the union with your gear is always at the end of your season and once again at the start. The…
There’s a trend in the broadcasting and the media world which might have many of us scared. More and more teams are axing the play-by-play role and opting to forgo any formal broadcast. It’s becoming popular in the lower levels of sports as teams look to trim the budget, citing “financial reasons” as to why…
One of the more interesting things, I think, about the American sports landscape is the NFL. Of the major four sports, the NFL is the only league where teams do not employ their own dedicated TV broadcast crew during the regular season. Basketball, hockey, and baseball all have their own television and radio crews with…
As sportscasters, we’re often told to vary our words and phrases to keep viewers/listeners engaged and sometimes the inspiration to say new things lies in other sports than the one(s) we regularly cover. We’re also told, despite it seeming like common sense, that there’s always room for improvement when it comes to our sportscasting. For me, I…
It happens in every industry across the world, and it happens to all of us at least once in our professional lives. There will come a time when your boss is no longer with the organization. Sometimes you know it’s coming, and sometimes it’s out of the blue. Sometimes the timing is as best as…
Not too long ago, Sportscaster Life contributor Ryan Lepper talked about his time in Junior A hockey and how he balanced wearing various hats. He referenced his time as a broadcaster which included some sales duties and even some receptionist responsibilities. While some of Ryan’s hats aren’t exactly the responsibilities that many of us think…