Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Kevin Fishbain, senior writer at The Athletic, interviews sports media personalities about their origin stories. Each week, reporters, columnists, play-by-play announcers, sports radio hosts, television anchors, producers and more will tell Kevin about their first jobs in the industry, and how they broke in.
Podcasting since 2025 • 52 episodes
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
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Jason Benetti, Sunday Night Baseball broadcaster on NBC and TV voice of the Detroit Tigers
In episode 51, Kevin chats with Jason Benetti, who was just named the lead play-by-play broadcaster for Sunday Night Baseball on NBC and Peacock. Benetti will remain the television voice of the Detroit Tigers, a role he has held since 2024. Pri...
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Laurence Holmes, afternoon radio host in Chicago
In episode 50 — yes, 5-0 — Kevin chats with Laurence Holmes, radio host at 104.3 The Score in Chicago, where he's worked for nearly 30 years. Holmes, whose own podcast, "House of L," helped inspire this one, also teaches aspiring journalists at...
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Dave Revsine, Big Ten Network lead studio host
In episode 49, Kevin chats with Dave Revsine, lead studio host and basketball play-by-play broadcaster at Big Ten Network. He is also the author of “The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation.” When BTN launched in 2007, it ...
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Eric Edholm, NFL.com lead draft writer
In episode 48, Kevin chats with Eric Edholm, lead draft writer for NFL.com. Edholm has covered the NFL for more than two decades, including 11 years at Pro Football Weekly, where he overlapped with Kevin for the 2010-12 seasons. Edholm got his ...
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J.A. Adande, Hall-of-Fame journalist; director of sports journalism at Northwestern
In episode 47, Kevin chats with J.A. Adande, the director of sports journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of journalism. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 as the Curt Gowdy Print Media Award winner, Adande spent several dec...
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