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
Jon “Boog” Sciambi, Chicago Cubs and ESPN broadcaster
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In episode 60, Kevin chats with Jon “Boog” Sciambi, television voice of the Chicago Cubs on Marquee and national radio voice of “Sunday Night Baseball” on ESPN Radio. Sciambi is also a play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN’s college basketball. His origin story begins as a high school baseball player who admired the Phillies’ Harry Kalas before he started doing sports radio at Boston College. Sciambi will detail a journey that goes to Bradford, Pennsylvania, including a one-night stint at a donut shop, and explain how he worked his way up in Miami from running the board to calling Marlins games. Hear how Jon “Boog” Sciambi broke in.