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.
Episodes
16 episodes
Michele Steele, ESPN National Reporter
In episode 15, Kevin chats with Michele Steele, who does it all for ESPN, from reporting at big events to being in-studio at ESPN anchoring SportsCenter. The path to what has been a decade and a half at ESPN began as a business reporter. Steele...
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Episode 15
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48:31
Tyler Kepner, senior MLB writer at The Athletic
In episode 14, Kevin chats with Tyler Kepner, who has covered Major League Baseball for more than 30 years, dating back to when he made a baseball magazine out of his house as a high schooler. Kepner, who has authored "K: A History of Baseball ...
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Episode 14
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43:33
Adam Amin, Chicago Bulls play-by-play and Fox NFL/MLB broadcaster
In episode 13, Kevin chats with Adam Amin, the voice of the Chicago Bulls on Chicago Sports Network, and a play-by-play broadcaster for Fox doing NFL and Major League Baseball. Amin was voted the 2021 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year. A gradua...
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Episode 13
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47:17
Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo senior NBA reporter
In episode 12, Kevin chats with Vinnie Goodwill, senior reporter at Yahoo covering the NBA. He's been there since 2018, following a few seasons covering the Bulls at NBC Sports Chicago. Vinnie got his start on the NBA beat with the Pistons at t...
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Episode 12
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39:27
Emily Kaplan, ESPN NHL reporter
In episode 11, Kevin chats with Emily Kaplan, who's covered the NHL for ESPN since 2017. In addition to breaking news and writing about hockey, Kaplan is the between-the-glass reporter for ESPN's biggest games, interviewing the star of the game...
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Episode 11
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30:46
Mark Potash, longtime Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter
In episode 10, Kevin chats with Mark Potash, who has spent 38 years as a sportswriter at the Chicago Sun-Times. Before he helped chronicle the Bulls dynasty, covered the Blackhawks Stanley Cups and worked on the Bears beat, Potash was a college...
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Episode 10
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52:55
Paul Pabst, executive producer of The Dan Patrick Show
In episode 9, Kevin chats with Paul Pabst, executive producer of The Dan Patrick Show. "Paulie," as he's known on the show, has worked with Dan Patrick dating back to 2002. As the show has taken off, with its simulcast on Peacock, Pabst has bee...
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Episode 9
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51:09
Mirin Fader, senior staff writer at the Ringer and NYT best-selling author of “Giannis” and “Dream”
In episode 8, Kevin chats with Mirin Fader, senior staff writer at the Ringer and the New York Times best-selling author of “Giannis” and “Dream,” her latest book on the life and legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon. Fader has become one of the country’s ...
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Episode 8
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39:28
Courtney Cronin, ESPN Chicago Bears reporter and ESPN Radio host
In episode 7, Kevin chats with Courtney Cronin, who has covered the Chicago Bears for ESPN's NFL Nation since 2022. Prior to that, she was ESPN's Vikings reporter starting in 2017. Cronin also has appeared on — and hosted — "Around the Horn," w...
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Episode 7
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42:30
Bruce Arthur, Toronto Star columnist
In episode 6, Kevin chats with Bruce Arthur, who’s been a columnist at the Toronto Star since 2014. He was named the sports writer of the year by Sports Media Canada and his work was included in the 2023 edition of “The Year’s Best Sportswritin...
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Episode 6
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54:53
David Aldridge, senior columnist at The Athletic
In Episode 5, Kevin chats with David Aldridge, senior columnist at the Athletic and 2016 winner of the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Before he began his 30 years covering the NBA, David got his start...
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Episode 5
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41:45
Jayson Stark, senior MLB writer at The Athletic
In Episode 4, Kevin chats with Jayson Stark, the 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner and 2024 National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame inductee. Jayson, who hosts the "Starkville" podcast, has been covering baseball since 1979, incl...
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Episode 4
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47:48
Peter King, legendary NFL writer for NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated
In Episode 3, Kevin chats with Peter King, whose Monday morning NFL columns at Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports were must-reads for any football fan this century. Peter retired in 2024 after an incredible career that got its start 45 years ear...
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Episode 3
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39:46
Nicole Auerbach, NBC Sports’ lead college football and college basketball insider
In Episode 2, Kevin chats with Nicole Auerbach, an authority on college sports for NBC. Nicole has covered the Final Four, the College Football Playoff and the Olympics, and she learned the value of versatility at the Trentonian. Nicole tells s...
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Episode 2
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39:08
Joe Davis, Dodgers broadcaster and lead play-by-play announcer for MLB on Fox
In Episode 1, Kevin chats with Joe Davis, who has taken over for two legends — Vin Scully in the Dodgers’ booth, and Joe Buck in the Fox national booth for Major League Baseball. Years before he called Dodgers games, the World Series, the MLB A...
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Episode 1
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