Robert Steinfeld: 10 Emmys Inside Sports TV
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Robert Steinfeld and 3-2-1 We're On the Air
0:40 – Bylines and his high school newspaper
2:36 – Great journalism teachers and writing a lead
3:42 – Keeping a string book and covering Earl Campbell
6:21 – Visiting Verne Lundquist at a Dallas TV station
8:48 – Get experience before you graduate
10:28 – Young, proactive crew members
12:24 – Working ABC college football while in school
15:29 – Why college baseball wasn't on TV
17:27 – Playing baseball and growing up in Rutherford, NJ
21:33 – Playing high school ball with Mickey Mantle's son
24:20 – A son's first minor league baseball game
26:29 – Howard Cosell and Monday Night Football
30:16 – Ten Emmys and a CableACE nomination
34:23 – How to tell a story in a sports broadcast
38:13 – Producing the WNBA from its first season
39:45 – Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and the WNBA boom
42:52 – Racist fans and the Clark-Reese rivalry
45:46 – Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and the WNBA by the numbers
49:37 – Favorite moments: indoor soccer and the Olympics
51:46 – Bill Walton, beach volleyball, and Olympic softball
52:43 – When great athletes become broadcasters
55:46 – Wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Ten-time Emmy winner Robert Steinfeld, author of 3…2…1… We're On the Air, joins Lou to talk about producing the WNBA from its first season, working Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell, and playing ball with Mickey Mantle's son.
We also get into his high school newspaper and writing a lead, keeping a string book and covering Earl Campbell, visiting Verne Lundquist, working ABC college football while still in school, growing up in Rutherford, New Jersey, how to tell a story in a sports broadcast, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, Magic and Bird, indoor soccer and the Olympics, the great Bill Walton, and what happens when great athletes become broadcasters.