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REMINISCING WITH LEGENDARY PBP ANNOUNCER VERNE LUNDQUIST

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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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CBS SPORTS PRODUCER JONATHAN SEGAL ON HIS CAREER COVERING NFL/NCAA HOOPS

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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.

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.

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CBS SPORTS NFL ANALYST TRENT GREEN ON PLAYING/BROADCASTING CAREER

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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.

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.

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CBS Sports Director Mark Grant on his 41-Year Career

Welcome to The Sports Virus Podcast

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.

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.”

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: CBS Sports Director Bob Fishman On His Career, Vin Scully & Sandy Koufax

Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast 

Updated once a week and celebrating its 11th season on TheSportsVirus.com!

CBS Sports Director Bob Fishman, who is a Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, joins Inside China Basin to talk about his illustrious career which includes directing 2 World Series. His resume is highlighted by 37 NCAA Final Fours, 27 US Open tennis championships, 20 Daytona 500s, 3 Olympic Winter Games and numerous NFL, NBA playoffs and college football games. A diehard Dodgers fan, Bob tells great stories about his time in network television including opportunities to develop friendships with childhood idols Sandy Koufax and Vin Scully.

Fishman on why baseball is the hardest sport to direct: 

“Every other major sport is played left to right or right to left. So, basically you are on one  camera to document the play…Baseball is the only sport where you are making internal camera cuts in the middle of the play…You may have five or six cuts within a single play. ”

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Big Time Stats Guys Ethan Cooperson (CBS) and Ed Sfida (FOX)

Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast

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Today we step away from Giants baseball 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.

We also have a special tribute to another stats legend, Chuck Gardner,  our good friend who passed away on Sunday. 

Listen To Ed Sfida and Ethan Cooperson

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Next week we will get back to talking Giants baseball with NBC Sports Bay Area Analyst and former Giants pitcher Shawn Estes! Plus we will discuss the book The Baseball Codes with co-author Michael Duca.

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