Episode 105: Brooke Weisbrod | ESPN College Basketball Analyst
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Show Notes:
- Rich Spotlight: Brooke Weisbrod
- Her job inherently consists of hurry up and wait but it’s also a symphony of organized chaos
- She really enjoys things not on camera that you get to experience during practices, pre-game, and post-game and gets energized more from those things behind the scenes than being in front of the camera
- Thoughts of one day doing play-by-play but it’s the most challenging position in the industry other than sideline reporting for football
- Nick Saban is the toughest coach to track down and she was intimidated the first times she had to grab a coach going into halftime and Charlie Strong when he was at Louisville was someone she really enjoyed
- Her family is super athletic and that was just part of her family so she was born into sports and a competitive family
- Became obsessive with Tennis because of an Andre Agassi ad which showed a larger than life athlete in a conservative sport
- She’s always liked to challenge the norm and to even create new norms and credits ESPN for pushing the boundaries
- Had an opportunity to play basketball overseas in Germany but fell waterskiing two-weeks before she left and injured her back which ultimately forced her to retire from playing after a short stint in Germany
- She was in Germany when 9/11 occurred and information was very difficult to obtain until the following day but the Germans were very empathetic
- A chance opportunity doing an in-game interview with Matt Hogue, Coastal Carolina basketball announcer and current AD led her to understand that being a sportscaster was what she wanted to do in her career
- She thinks LeBron will have more rings than Michael Jordan
- Sports in her life has given her a sense of purpose on a team, confidence, learning from failure and being in a gym was therapeutic – went to practice after her young brother died after being born with a congenital heart defect
- Her dream is to redesign the women’s basketball uniforms
- Diana Taurasi is the GOAT in women’s basketball
- Words of Wisdom from Brooke Weisbrod:
- Best advice for her industry: “Have a take and don’t suck.”
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