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.
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Mike Sando, senior NFL writer at The Athletic
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In episode 44, Kevin chats with Mike Sando, senior NFL writer at The Athletic. Prior to joining The Athletic, Sando spent 12 years at ESPN. His first NFL beat was covering the Seahawks for the Tacoma News-Tribune, where he covered his first Super Bowl, 27 years ago. He's been at every one since (except the COVID year) and will reminisce about that first one, and offer tips to anyone covering the Big Game. Sando's career began in Spokane, and he'll detail his journalism start, from high school sports coverage to Ryan Leaf's Washington State Cougars.
This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com. Hear how Mike Sando broke in.