Play-by-Playcast

Victor Rojas was a baseball player himself, and not only that he is the son of a player and a coach.  But it wasn't until a little later that he got into broadcasting...and player procurement...at the same time.  Victor talks all about being the voice and GM of the Newark Bears to start his career and what led him to MLB.com and then the Diamondbacks, Rangers and Angels.  Follow the Angels broadca...

Josh Lewin is one of the busiest men in broadcasting.  A year ago his September included the New York Mets, the San Diego Chargers, the UCLA Bruins and probably a little prep for UCLA hoops as well.  He made it out alive.  Josh joins the pod to talk about balancing that schedule, having called games for five different MLB teams, working on the national level at a young age and how to keep your eye...

Craig Bolerjack has done a ton in his career; from the NFL to downhill skiing.  The TV voice of the Utah Jazz first moved out west working in TV news as a sports reporter anc anchor and he's never left.  Not only has Bolerjack become associated with the Jazz, but he's also worked for ESPN, FOX and CBS covering at times the NFL and the NCAA Tournament.  Bolerjack covers all of those experiences and...

Dave Wills has been one half of the Rays Radio broadcast since 2005.  He and Andy Freed team for one of the top booths in baseball.  A native of Chicago and former member of the White Sox crew and the inaugural voice of the Kane County Cougars (A-, Midwest League), Wills discusses climbing the ranks through broadcasting, the phone call that didn't go as planned, working with Andy on-air, having hi...

Don Fischer is one of the longest tenured broadcasters in all of college athletics.  Having just completed his 44th year as the "Voice of the Hoosiers," Don has seen...well, he's almost seen it all in Bloomington.  On the call for three of Indiana's five national titles in basketball and on the air for the rebuild under Tom Crean, Fischer has carried Hossier fans through the ups and downs...but mo...

"Touchdown Titans! There are no flags on the field! It's a miracle! Tennessee has pulled a miracle!" It was Mike Keith's first season as a pxp voice in the NFL and he didn't feel he was having his best game...then he made on of the more iconic calls in recent NFL memory.  The long-tenured voice of the Titans joins the podcast this week to talk about that call in the 2000 NFL playoffs and more abou...

Brian Sieman mapped out a path to the NBA early in his broadcasting career.  That path included a run through basketball's minor leagues...a road less traveled for most.  But for Sieman it worked perfectly and not long after he was in the WNBA and the NBA in Minnesota. Sieman talks about that journey, his role now with the Clippers, his prep, how he conducts interviews and more in episode 53 of #P...

Kevin Calabro spent 2016-17 as his first as the TV voice of the Portland Trailblazers...that after he spent nearly a decade working with the Pac-12 Networks, ESPN and ESPN Radio and calling the NBA Finals.  Of course, before that he spent two decades as the voice of the Seattle SuperSonics.  Needless to say he's one of the more respected voices in the NBA and this week he's on PxPCast.

Jim Rosenhaus bet on himself in 2007.  The 11-year voice of the Buffalo Bisons, Rosenhaus moved to the Major Leagues for a production and hosting job.  He was told it was not at all a play-by-play position.  But the bet eventually paid off with Jim earning pxp duties along Tom Hamilton in 2012.  Jim talks about that journey, about the World Series and about what goes into his calling of a game.

Holy Tim Tebow! Kevin Fitzgerald joins us this week to talk all things Tim Tebow playing minor league baseball, his own career broadcasting in the minors and his time working at ESPN.  Fitzgerlad is a 2014 graduate of Syracuse University and one of the big up-and-comers and fast risers in broadcasting today!

The 101st running of the Indy 500 is just about a week away, so we figured it was a good time to learn how a racing broadcast is put together. Joel isn't particularly familiar with racing as a sport, let alone broadcasting racing, so come along on his journey to learn something new in broadcasting.  Jaynes talks weaving in and out of his turn announcers and pit reporters, calling the action of suc...

Andrew Catalon was a TV sports anchor...and then he was calling curling play-by-play.  One thing led to another and after some team handball and 3D tennis he was calling the NFL on CBS.  Catalon joins the pod this week to detail his whole path to the top level of CBS announcers.

Last week Patrick Kinas joined the Pod to discuss his background in broadcasting baseball.  Today he joins us again to talk about his quest through broadcasting swimming in the 2016 Rio Olympics, having to nail the call for Michael Phelps' final gold medal win, getting comfortable with a new sport and more. Follow the podcast on twitter @PxPCast.

In Part I of our conversation with Patrick Kinas we discuss his rise through minor league baseball from Chicago to North Carolina.  We talk about the tenuous liufe sometimes of a minor league announcer and the importance of good storytelling in a broadcast.  Kinas is back next week to dive into the Olympic pool!

The sixth guest named Bob in just 45 episodes of the podcast, Bob Rathbun began broadcasting at just 12 years old.  He was calling American Leagion baseball games with Marty Brennaman.  Yes that Marty Brennaman.  He later went on to work his way through the minors to Major League Baseball and the NBA's Athlanta Hawks.  Along they way there were several twists and turns including the first season o...

Mike Corey has been with ESPN since 2011.  He previously spent 13 years as the football and basketball voice of the UDel Blue Hens.  Mike's also called multiple summer and winter Olympic Games for Westwood One and NBC Sports.  Find him on twitter @MikeCoreySports.

Chris Carrino is the longtime voice of the Brooklyn Nets and one of the first broadcasters I'd ever met.  Chris dives into the inner workings of his relationship with analyst Tim Capstraw, what he learned as a young broadcaster from the great Marty Glickman and how he preps for the NCAA Tournament among other things.  He also touches on living with FSHD and his foundation to help find a cure (Chri...

Michael Reghi spent much of the late 1990's and early 2000's as the voice of two major sports teams...in two different cities.  The TV voice that introduced LeBron James to the NBA, Reghi also doubled as the TV voice of the Baltimore Orioles during the ending of Cal Ripken's career.  Today Reghi is the voice of the Mid-American Conference, a staple of the Cleveland media scene and a college sports...

Tom Werme does a lot of different things in this industry but most recently and notably he's called the last two Final Fours for Turner Sports' Team Stream.  He called the 2016 Tournament for his alma mater, Syrcuse, and for Duke in 2015.  But that's just the start of it.  Tom also does work with the ACC and Raycom Sports, the Big Ten Network, PGA Network Radio and more. Tom is on twitter @TWerme...

Bob Harris has been the voice of the Duke Blue Devils for more than 40 years.  He's retiring this season after the Blue Devils compete in March Madness and he joined the podcast for this episode the morning after his final broadcast at Cameron Indoor.  On this episode we talk Bob's career, his call of "The Shot" and much more.

Alex Faust is the owner of an authentic Jim Nantz CBS jacket.  Why? Well, you'll have to tune into this week's episode to find out.  The ESPN, Fox Sports and NESN announcer is the newest pxp announcer to step insode the PxP Pod.

Lisa Byington is the first female PxP talent we've had on #PxPCast.  Starting her career in local television, Byington began working with the B1G Network early on and has since climbed the network's ladder in addition to her work with FS1, ESPN and starting this March CBS and Turner Sports on the NCAA Tournament.   Byington joins the pod to talk about women breaking through in play-by-play and wha...

Bob Joyce worked his way up from a producer to a pre- and postgame host and sideline reporter to become the pxp voice of the Connecticut women's basketball team.  He's now been to nine Final Fours and called two winning streaks of 90 and 102 games.  It's been quite the ride.  Bob breaks down what it's been like to broadcast all of that from his courtside seat.

Dave Ryan holds the distinguished? role of being both a guest on this podcast and also one of host Joel Godett's college professors.  Dave taught Joel's TV Sports Reporting course when both were at Syracuse.  Okay, maybe that's not the most distinguished thing in the world.  But what is pretty outstanding is Dave's career that spans CBS Sports Network, ESPN and Westwood One radio.  While at ESPN D...

Josh Whetzel is the longtime voice of the Triple-A Rochester RedWings.  He moonlights as the voice of the Buffalo Bulls basketball team, the two-time defending champions of the Mid-American Conference.  Josh joins Play-by-PlayCast to talk his career, his overcoming cancer as a teenager and much more. Josh is on twitter @JoshWhetzel so go ahead and reach out!  Play-by-PlayCast is also on twitter @P...