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Sportscaster Joe Castellano talks to a variety of sports figures from around the country about the latest news. These in-depth conversations take you inside the personalities of the people involved in the sports we love to watch, listen and read about.
Verne Lundquist had a long career as a network play-by-play announcer covering a variety of sports for ABC, CBS and TNT going back to the 1970’s. He joins us to tell some stories about some of the most memorable sports moments that he covered.
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Jonathan Segal has spent the last 22 years with CBS Sports working his way up the ladder from broadcast associate to producer. On this week’s podcast, he talks about his career covering the NFL, NCAA college basketball and soccer. Segal discusses all of the production positions he has filled and tells stories about his television teammates, many of whom are legends in the sports broadcasting business. He also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at all aspects of sports television coverage and tells us about CBS’ expanding soccer coverage.
Former NFL quarterback and current CBS Sports analyst Trent Green gives his thoughts on the 49ers’ quarterback situation after preparing for the San Francisco/Seattle game last week. We reminisce about his playing career, which included a bittersweet Super Bowl season with the Rams. Green also explains why it was natural for him to make the transition from the field to the broadcast booth.
Five-time Emmy award-winning CBS Sports director Mark Grant takes us through his 41-year career and explains all of the challenges that a network director faces on a weekly basis. CBS chose Grant to be the next lead director of its NCAA basketball coverage including the Final Four, following the retirement of legendary director Bob Fishman. We also discuss race and diversity in the sports world. Grant says “I really believe that Colin Kaepernick taking a knee changed America.”
CBS Sports Director Bob Fishman, who is a Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, joins 
Fishman on why baseball is the hardest sport to direct: 
talk and focus on a behind-the- scenes aspect of sports broadcasting – Statistics. Ed Sfida serves as the statistician for Joe Buck on FOX NFL games while Ethan Cooperson is Jim Nantz’s personal stats man on the NFL on CBS. They tell stories about how 
they became two of the best in the business and what it takes to be a “Big Time Stats Guy.” Since they are both Philadelphia natives, Ed and Ethan both have opinions about former Phillies manager turned Giants manager Gabe Kapler.