Episode Description
In the 54-minute sports media podcast, ESPN’s Mike Greenberg explains how he went from a kid who wanted to be a Broadway star to idolizing Howard Cosell and Bob Costas, which led him ultimately to ESPN
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The Rundown …
* Greenberg wanted to be the star of Broadway musicals
* If Greenberg knew as a kid, you could be a Theo Epstein, he may have pursed that
* What was ESPN like to him when he was growing up
* A great story about seeing Cosell
* Why Stephen A. is closest thing to Cosell today
* Costas reaching out to Greenberg
* The Costas voicemail that he wished he still had
* How Greenberg went from Northwestern to sports in Chicago
* How Michael Jordan & Suzyn Waldman impacted Greenberg’s career
* Greenberg’s best Jordan stories
* Being offered $5,000 for his media credential to a Jordan game
* The great story on Jordan’s focus
* Marchand has written good and bad things about Greenberg
* Greenberg’s big break into ESPN
* Greenberg first turned down doing “Mike & Mike” on ESPN Radio
* Why it was such an amazing break that he teamed with Mike Golic
* Why at ESPN a personality really has to go against the mold to become a star
* Why Greenberg said you can’t fake it on a talk show
* The trait Greeenberg doesn’t have to be a hot take guy
* Why Stephen A. Smith is the closest to Cosell now
* What happened at the end of Mike & Mike
* How they reconfigured “Get Up” after its slow start
* How his friend, Seth Meyers, gave him some advice
* Why Greenberg is more of a John Stockton broadcaster
* Some amazing advice how to lead a show as a host … and a producer
* Why he got emotional hosting the NBA Finals pregame
* When Greenberg went back to radio he was absent a lot because of TV, Marchand would call the show Mike (without Mike)
* Mike (without Mike) starring Chris Carlin …
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