There is a huge difference between calling games on your own and having a colour analyst in the booth with you. Chances are throughout a season you’ll have to do both in order to cover your full schedule of games, and both setups require a bit of a different approach from a prep and execution…
In the light of Gordon Hayward’s ankle injury on national television to essentially open the NBA season, the topic of injuries is front and centre in a lot of sportscasters minds. Injuries are common place in sport. Most sports are at least semi-contact, and with that comes the likelihood of someone being injured. Thankfully most are…
Late August and early September mean many hockey, football and basketball teams are holding their annual training camp. It’s an opportunity to shift back into “game mode” for sportscasters as the players are put through their paces and sportscasters get to shake off some ‘ring rust’ via some exhibition games and scrimmages. Training Camp can…
A couple of weeks ago I had a unique opportunity. From my home office in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada…in my pyjamas…I broadcast group stage action for the FIBA U19 World Cup of Basketball in Cairo, Egypt. I provided a full play-by-play broadcast to a Facebook live audience that drew over 24,000 views throughout the…
If you’re a fall/winter sportscaster like me, you may be smack in the middle of a much-deserved off-season. If you’re a spring and summer sportscaster who’s season is in full swing, well, let me thank you for taking time out to read the articles on sportscasterlife.com and assure you, it won’t be much longer until…
Growing up we all played for at least one good coach. Good coaches not only helped us with our skills on the field or court but they also taught us life lessons. I had the good fortune of coaching high school sports for five years in Oregon. I loved it. There are a number of…
You love watching sports. You love to talk. And a career where you get paid to go both of those things seems like it’s too good to be true. But to get started in sportscasting can be a very daunting prospect that comes with a lot of brick walls you’re forced to fight through, climb…
I love pro-wrestling. It’s a guilty pleasure that I truly enjoy for a multitude of reasons. First it’s entertaining. The production value, the presentation and the action are all fun to watch, and seeing these larger than life guys and girls pulling off moves in the ring that I can only dream about is something…
People who want to be a sportscaster as a profession know how tough it is. On the surface, a career as a sportscaster is awesome. You can get paid to watch sport and get treated like a king. However dig just below the surface and you’ll see all the blood, sweat and tears that go into…
It was October of 1993. I was barely a month into my WHL broadcast career as the Voice of the Prince Albert Raiders and at the tender age of 20, I was summoned into the office of Raiders Head Coach Donn Clark. He closed the door and said, “Whose team are you on?” I stuttered…