Play-by-Playcast

Steve Wolf has worked with CBS Sports Network since back in the CSTV days.  Originally getting his start as a radio analyst for Xavier men's basketball, Steve worked his way into a larger TV role as he ascended through the business.  Steve talks how he got into broadcasting, calling a sport that wasn't in his wheelhouse, how he creates his relationship with his partners, his prep and more.

Robert Ford worked his way through the baseball ranks to become the voice of the Houston Astros, reaching the pinnacle of the sport when he broadcast the final out of a World Series win just two seasons ago.  Ford dives into why he loves pxp -- specifically baseball play-by-play, and how he's gotten to where he is.

Rafael Hernandez Brito, or "The Mayor" came to America in his teenage years after leaving El Salvador.  After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering and working a sales job, Rafa decided at 31 to pursue a sportscasting dream.  He's since become one of the preeminent Hispanic voices in American sports radio today.  He's called the Final Four, Super Bowl, Worlds Series and NBA Finals...a...

Guy Haberman has called Major League Baseball, the NBA, Network TV and held every role from hosting to play-by-play and more.  This week he joins the podcast to talk about how he built his pallet of employers, how he preps, how he works with analysts, getting creative and more.  Follow guy on twitter @GuyHaberman.

At long last! It's Episode 100 (or 130) of Play-by-PlayCast with the TV voice of the Chicago White Sox, Jason Benetti.  Jason is also a voice for ESPN and Westwood One across a variety of college sports.  We talk our relationship over the years, his creativity on the air, how he improves, working with Bill Walton and more!

Four decades in one place! Mike Kennedy is in his 39th year as the voice of Wichita State and currently calls baseball, basketball and volleyball for the Shockers.  He's called a Final Four and a College World Series.  He also happened to go to college for voice ... so he's got in interesting perspective on this whole broadcasting thing.

Jordan Bernfield was doing morning sports and play-by-play...until he just couldn't function anymore.  So Jordan gave up his full-time gig and pursued pxp as his passion.  Live from Charleston, SC, Jordan and his wife join the pod this week to talk about his journey and more!

Doug Sherman spent two decades in local television ... but never took his toes completely out of the play-by-play waters when he was on television screens across Albany, NY.  At one point working two full time jobs (one in local TV and one with the mothership), Doug eventually became a full-time pxp man.  Like many we speak to for this podcast, his path is unique, but it's led him to the place he'...

A longtime veteran of minor league baseball and the former voice of the AAA, then Dodger affiliated, Albuquerque Isotopes, Robert Portnoy is now the voice of the New Mexico Lobos.  He joins to talk his path east, and back west, his golf career, calling games in the Pit and more.

Tom Gelehrter (aka Tommy G) left his job at the University of Cincinnati to start his own media company, 4th Floor Creative.  Now he runs a profitable creative video production house, is the executive producer of a broadcast for a team moving to MLS next season and the team's PxP voice as well.  He's got an incredibly unique story in this field and is just one of the good guys in the field.

Bill Roth made his name in broadcasting as the longtime voice of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Nowadays he can be seen on ESPN's college football coverage and teaching the next generation of broadcasters a VT.

Andrew Monaco is in his first year as voice of the Texas A+M Aggies.  A veteran of nearly three decades in the NBA, Monaco spent time with the Spurs and Magic, breaking into the league when he was in his mid-20's.  He talks this week about arriving at Texas A+M, working with different analysts in his career, replacing a legend and much more.  Follow him on twitter @AndrewMonaco_SR.

Pistols Firing! Dave Hunziker joins the podcast this week to talk his style on-air, his catchphrase, how he came to Stillwater, working with Mike Gundy and so much more.  Follow Dave on twitter @GoPokesVoice.

A Missouri sports (the state, not the school) Hall-of-Famer, Mike Kelly is a legendary presence in Missouri Radio.  His first partner for the Tigers was Joe Buck and one of his great influences was Jack.  On this episode of the podcast Joel and Mike dive into a deeper conversation about the mechanics of Mike's play-by-play and what sounds good to him.  They talk about pacing, voicing, quality and...

hChris Vosters is one of the top up and coming broadcasters under 30 in the industry today.  The former voice of the Great Lakes Loons is now working for the likes of ESPN, Big Ten Network and the Olympics on NBC.  Vosters talks about climbing up the ranks, how he works to improve, his views on storytelling, creating his sound and more.  Follow Chris on twitter @CJVosters.

TRich Hollenberg is a college basketball pxp announcer with ESPN and a part of the Tampa Bay Rays broadcast team.  The Syracuse grad got his start with Sports Phone and then in local TV.  He eventually went on to work for HSN before becoming the TV personality we're familiar with today.  Follow Rich on twitter @RichOnSports.

Roy Philpot decided to make the switch to pursue play-by-play around the age of 30...and he climbed his way to the mountain top. Since 2013 Roy has been with ESPN after working his way up through radio, TV and working with Scout.com.

Ted Robinson has been the voice of the San Francisco 49ers for more than a decade and has called Major League baseball with several teams, including in New York with the Mets.  But that just scratches the surface of his PxP versatility.  Robinson also works with NBC on its Olympics coverage and is one of the most recognizable PxP voices of tennis.  On this week's pod he touches on all those subjec...

Dave O'Brien is the TV voice of the Boston Red Sox.  Before that he was the radio voice of the Red Sox and before that he spent time in the majors with the Marlins and Braves and called a host of events for ESPN.  We'll talk about all of it, how to call a game on local TV vs national TV, handling major historic moments, his time at WAER in Syracuse, and much more this week on the pod!

On this week's pod Joel touches on an email he received this past week that made him feel better about the impact a play-by-play announcer can have on the world and then talks with Brad Sham.  The latter is the 30+ year voice of the Dallas Cowboys and he talks his role as an analyst early in his career, what makes good football pxp, calling the Dez Bryant catch (or no catch or, ah who the hell kno...

Sean Woodland is the voice of the Reebok CrossFit Games, an event unlike many other in the world of sports. A former TV reporter in Jacksonville, FL, Sean got out of the broadcasting business before joining CrossFit where he's now one of the most recognizable on-air voices of the sport of fitness.  On this week's podcast Sean talks about how he arrived at CrossFit HQ, what it's like to call the Ga...

Tim Hagerty is the voice of the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahua's...and before that the Tucson Padres and before that the Portland Beavers (with friend of the Pod Rich Burk).  They're all the same team and all different teams.  So Tim takes us through his MiLB journey, his rise quickly to the highest levels of the minors, his working on his voice and covering his accent and more.

Paul Peck is the football voice of the Buffalo Bulls and one of the most recognizable media voices in western New York.  He joins the pod to talk about his role with the Bulls, the world of new media, his previous career in local TV, coming up through the Syracuse WAER system and calling the 1987 Final Four.

We continue our tour de NFL this week with the voice of the Carolina Panthers, Mick Mixon.  A former analyst with the great Woody Durham on the UNC Tarheels Sports Network, Mixon has served as Panthers voice since 2005.  We talks about having played both roles in the booth, what makes good pxp to him, calling SuperBowl 50 and more.

Dan Hoard is the radio voice of the Cincinnati Bengals and the Bearcats...and you'll see him with the Reds from time to time as well.  He's also the reigning Ohio Broadcaster of the Year. On this episode he talks about how he preps for two teams at once, what makes good football pxp, how he worked his way to the NFL, existing in a multi-city career and multi-city marriage and much more. Follow Dan...