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Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

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In episode 31, Kevin chats with Sarah Kustok, Brooklyn Nets analyst on the YES Network. A two-time winner of the New York Emmy Award, Kustok was the first-ever solo female analyst for an NBA team. She also does NFL sidelines on Fox and is part of CBS Sports' "We Need To Talk." Before becoming a pioneer in the game analyst space, Kustok was a player herself, a star basketball player at DePaul University. She'll discuss how she transitioned into media, a field she hadn't previously considered, ...

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In episode 31, Kevin chats with Sarah Kustok, Brooklyn Nets analyst on the YES Network. A two-time winner of the New York Emmy Award, Kustok was the first-ever solo female analyst for an NBA team. She also does NFL sidelines on Fox and is part of CBS Sports' "We Need To Talk." Before becoming a pioneer in the game analyst space, Kustok was a player herself, a star basketball player at DePaul University. She'll discuss how she transitioned into media, a field she hadn't previously considered, ...

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Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Sarah Kustok, NBA analyst

In episode 31, Kevin chats with Sarah Kustok, Brooklyn Nets analyst on the YES Network. A two-time winner of the New York Emmy Award, Kustok was the first-ever solo female analyst for an NBA team. She also does NFL sidelines on Fox and is part of CBS Sports' "We Need To Talk." Before becoming a pioneer in the game analyst space, Kustok was a player herself, a star basketball player at DePaul University. She'll discuss how she transitioned into media, a field she hadn't previously considered, ...

1 day ago

42 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Marcus Thompson II, senior columnist at The Athletic

In episode 30, Kevin chats with Marcus Thompson, senior columnist at The Athletic in the Bay Area. Thompson is the author of "Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry" and was a 2025 nominee for the Dan Jenkins Medal in Excellence in Sportswriting. Thompson recently covered the Track and Field championships and the WNBA Finals before being there for the beginning of the Warriors season, a sign of his versatility. His love for writing began when he read newspapers with his grandma, and you'l...

1 week ago

44 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Ken Rosenthal, senior MLB writer at The Athletic and Fox Sports broadcaster

In episode 29, Kevin chats with Ken Rosenthal, senior baseball writer at The Athletic and Emmy-winning broadcaster for Fox Sports’ MLB coverage, including this week’s World Series. Rosenthal has been one of the most prominent news breakers in the sport. His name is synonymous with baseball, which he has covered since the late 80’s. He’ll talk about the editor at an internship who doubted him, his first job in York, Pennsylvania, and covering a multitude of sports — including harness racing — ...

2 weeks ago

30 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Jeff Pearlman, New York Times best-selling author

In episode 28, Kevin chats with Jeff Pearlman, New York Times best-selling author of 11 books. His latest book, "Only God can Judge Me: The many lives of Tupac Shakur,” comes out Oct. 21. He has written biographies of Brett Favre, Walter Payton and Bo Jackson, chronicled the 1986 Mets, the Showtime Lakers, Kobe and Shaq, and the USFL. Pearlman also hosts the podcast "Two Writers Slinging Yang," which helped inspire this one. Before he became an author, Pearlman wrote for Sports Illustrated. I...

3 weeks ago

41 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Tom Fornelli, CBS Sports college football writer

In episode 27, Kevin chats with Tom Fornelli, college football writer for CBS Sports and co-host of the Cover 3 podcast. Fornelli has been at CBS for 15 years, and he is a fixture in their college football coverage. How did he get to CBS? It wasn't the typical writer's route, but one that speaks to the times. Fornelli blogged in his free time while working as a manager at an Osco Drug in the Chicago suburbs. That led to more blogging for Fanhouse, before getting discovered by CBS. Hear how To...

4 weeks ago

42 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Mina Kimes, ESPN NFL analyst

In episode 26, Kevin chats with Mina Kimes, NFL analyst at ESPN and host of "The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny." Kimes can be seen on NFL Live and a variety of ESPN shows offering her NFL expertise, but her start in journalism was in the business world, not sports. A blog post she wrote about how she and her dad bonded over the Seattle Seahawks caught the eye of an ESPN editor a decade ago, which led to her opportunity. First a profiles writer for ESPN, now Kimes is everywhere, and her path...

1 month ago

31 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Ian Rapoport, NFL Network senior insider

In episode 25, Kevin chats with Ian Rapoport, senior insider at NFL Network, where he has become one of the most prominent newsbreakers in the sport. Rapoport began covering the NFL when he was on the Patriots beat with the Boston Herald in 2009 and he made his move to becoming a national reporter in 2012. Well before that, he was a college student looking for a job in sports writing, sending out more than 300 applications. Rapoport discusses his first job, how he got a chance to cover the SE...

1 month ago

41 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Dianna Russini, senior NFL insider at The Athletic

In episode 24, Kevin chats with Dianna Russini, The Athletic's senior NFL insider and host of "Scoop City." Prior to joining The Athletic, Russini spent eight years at ESPN. An accomplished prep athlete, Russini's story begins there, and how she loved to compete. Russini's media career, however, began in news. Inspired by the reporting she watched on Sept. 11, Russini, then a soccer player at George Mason University, began to do whatever it took to get a foot in the door with New York televis...

1 month ago

39 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Joe Buck, MNF play-by-play announcer

In episode 23, Kevin sets the stage for the first "Monday Night Football" game of the season between the Bears and Vikings with Joe Buck, the voice of MNF on ESPN and ABC. Buck has been calling NFL games since 1994. He was in the St. Louis Cardinals booth from 1991-2007, and has called 24 World Series and six Super Bowls. Buck has eight Sports Emmys for his play-by-play. He talks about what it was like following in his father's footsteps, what he learned from Jack Buck, dealing with criticism...

1 month ago

37 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Mike Tirico, host and play-by-play, NBC Sports

In episode 22, Kevin kicks off the NFL season with the voice of Sunday Night Football, Mike Tirico, who will call Cowboys-Eagles on Thursday night to begin the season, and then Ravens-Bills on Sunday night. With the NBA returning to NBC, Tirico will be on the call this October, then the Super Bowl in February followed by the Winter Olympics in Italy. Tirico, who was inducted into the National Sports Media Association's Hall of Fame this summer, is calling some of the biggest events in sports ...

2 months ago

30 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Bruce Feldman, national college football insider for The Athletic and sideline reporter for Fox

In episode 21, Kevin chats with Bruce Feldman, national college football insider for The Athletic. In addition to his written work at The Athletic, Feldman co-hosts the podcast "The Audible" and is a sideline reporter for Fox's college football coverage. Before his decades spent as an authority on college football, Feldman had two main talents — golf and drawing. He went to college to study art and play golf, and somewhat stumbled upon journalism. That led to stories about Tiger Woods' early ...

2 months ago

50 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Adam Hoge and Adam Jahns, Bears reporters and podcast hosts at CHGO

In episode 20, Kevin chats with Adam Hoge and Adam Jahns, hosts of the aptly-named "Hoge and Jahns" podcast about the Chicago Bears. They've covered the Bears alongside Kevin for over a decade. It's a special triple-origin-story episode, as Hoge and Jahns each go through their journeys in sports media, and then go into how their podcast began as it reaches its 10th anniversary. Kevin has been a frequent contributor on "Hoge and Jahns" and worked with Jahns for six years at The Athletic, so th...

2 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Bryan Curtis, editor-at-large at the Ringer, co-host of The Press Box

In episode 19, Kevin chats with Bryan Curtis, an editor-at-large at The Ringer and co-host of the media podcast, "The Press Box," one of the podcasts that helped inspire this one. Curtis got his start as an intern at the New Republic before heading to Slate. He then got an opportunity to write the media column for Play, a magazine inside the New York Times. Curtis discusses how he got comfortable writing columns about sports media, a special article he wrote about his grandfather playing soft...

2 months ago

41 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Jori Epstein, Yahoo senior NFL reporter

In episode 18, Kevin chats with Jori Epstein, who has covered the NFL at Yahoo since 2022. Prior to that, she worked for USA Today with a focus on the Dallas Cowboys. She won the Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer Award in 2022 as voted on by the Pro Football Writers of America, recognized as a rising star in the industry. Epstein's origin story begins at the University of Texas. Learn about the unique way she covered Longhorns football, her experience interning at Sports Illustrated, and how sh...

3 months ago

40 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN senior college football writer

In episode 17, Kevin chats with Adam Rittenberg, who has covered college football at ESPN full-time since 2008, but has been affiliated with ESPN dot com dating back to an internship in 2001. Rittenberg's journalism career even dates back to his youth, when he worked for a children's news service as an 11-year-old. Rittenberg details what ESPN.com was like in the early days, how he got his start at the Daily Herald in Chicago, and what he tells his journalism students. Hear how Adam Rittenber...

3 months ago

37 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Jimmy Traina, Sports Illustrated writer and host of “SI Media” podcast

In episode 16, Kevin chats with Jimmy Traina, a longtime writer at Sports Illustrated and host of “SI Media with Jimmy Traina.” Traina’s podcast helped inspire the one you’re listening to now, as he has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports media about their career journeys. As someone who covers sports media, Traina has unique insight into the industry, and tells the story of his start, from recording score updates for “SportsPhone” to how his popular column “Hot Clicks” began. Hea...

3 months ago

38 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Michele Steele, ESPN National Reporter

In episode 15, Kevin chats with Michele Steele, who does it all for ESPN, from reporting at big events to being in-studio at ESPN anchoring SportsCenter. The path to what has been a decade and a half at ESPN began as a business reporter. Steele discusses her college journalism career and where it took her, her first job at Bloomberg and how she got on the Tiger Woods beat, which ultimately led to ESPN. Hear how Michele Steele broke in.

3 months ago

48 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Tyler Kepner, senior MLB writer at The Athletic

In episode 14, Kevin chats with Tyler Kepner, who has covered Major League Baseball for more than 30 years, dating back to when he made a baseball magazine out of his house as a high schooler. Kepner, who has authored "K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches" and "The Grandest Stage: A History of The World Series" covered baseball for the New York Times from 2000-23. His origin story begins with that magazine, which opened doors with his hometown Phillies, before he got his first professional...

4 months ago

43 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Adam Amin, Chicago Bulls play-by-play and Fox NFL/MLB broadcaster

In episode 13, Kevin chats with Adam Amin, the voice of the Chicago Bulls on Chicago Sports Network, and a play-by-play broadcaster for Fox doing NFL and Major League Baseball. Amin was voted the 2021 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year. A graduate from Valparaiso, Amin discusses how he first got into broadcasting before taking his first job at a radio station in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Amin reflects on what he learned from that challenging experience, how he got his first minor league job, and how ...

4 months ago

47 minutes

Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo senior NBA reporter

In episode 12, Kevin chats with Vinnie Goodwill, senior reporter at Yahoo covering the NBA. He's been there since 2018, following a few seasons covering the Bulls at NBC Sports Chicago. Vinnie got his start on the NBA beat with the Pistons at the Detroit News, and he describes his origin story as a "villain" origin story. He battled some doubters in his efforts to move from freelancer to full-time beat writer. Learn about the English teacher who set Vinnie on the path to journalism, what "aga...

4 months ago

39 minutes