Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast

In episode 48, Kevin chats with Eric Edholm, lead draft writer for NFL.com. Edholm has covered the NFL for more than two decades, including 11 years at Pro Football Weekly, where he overlapped with Kevin for the 2010-12 seasons. Edholm got his journalism start at his town’s local paper when he was still in high school, and had a unique Missouri journalism experience. He’ll also discuss how he got his first job at the Sporting News and some of his adventures reporting on the NFL. Hear how Eric Edholm broke in.

In episode 47, Kevin chats with J.A. Adande, the director of sports journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of journalism. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 as the Curt Gowdy Print Media Award winner, Adande spent several decades covering sports, most notably the NBA, for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and then ESPN, where he was a mainstay on "Around the Horn." Prior to that, Adande's professional career began at the Chicago Sun-Times. He'll reflect on how he got that job, being around Michael Jordan, his internships at the L.A. Times and Washington Post, writing for The Daily Northwestern, and how Magic Johnson got him into journalism. 
This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com/. Hear how J.A. Adande broke in.

In episode 46, Kevin chats with Mike “Doc” Emrick, one of the most famous hockey play-by-play broadcasters of all-time. Emrick called 22 Stanley Cups and is in seven Halls of Fame. Emrick originally wanted to be a baseball announcer before he went to a Fort Wayne Komets hockey game in 1960, and everything changed. From that first game he went on to call Bowling Green hockey to Port Huron, Mich. to Portland, Maine before landing with the Philadelphia Flyers, beginning 40 years behind the mic in the NHL.
This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com/. Hear how Doc Emrick broke in.

In episode 45, Kevin chats with Peggy Kusinski and Dionne Miller, hosts of "Peggy and Dionne" on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. Kusinski has been on the air in Chicago since the early 90's including two decades at NBC-5. She discusses what it was like at Jerry Sloan's basketball camp, discovering — and then working at ESPN, how she got started in her hometown. Miller, a reporter and anchor for ABC-7, explains what drew her to TV when she originally went to college to be a teacher, and what she learned at jobs in Montana, San Diego and Sarasota. Then you'll hear how the "Peggy and Dionne" show came to be. 
This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com/. Hear how Peggy Kusinski and Dionne Miller broke in.

In episode 44, Kevin chats with Mike Sando, senior NFL writer at The Athletic. Prior to joining The Athletic, Sando spent 12 years at ESPN. His first NFL beat was covering the Seahawks for the Tacoma News-Tribune, where he covered his first Super Bowl, 27 years ago. He's been at every one since (except the COVID year) and will reminisce about that first one, and offer tips to anyone covering the Big Game. Sando's career began in Spokane, and he'll detail his journalism start, from high school sports coverage to Ryan Leaf's Washington State Cougars. 
This episode is sponsored by Sports Broadcasting Play by Play camps. For more info, head to http://www.playbyplaycamps.com. Hear how Mike Sando broke in.