Girlchatsports

On this episode of GirlChatSports, Mel had the chance to speak with Scott Reiss, Best selling author of “Where they were then: Sportscasters”.  Scott is also a former ESPN anchor and current play-by-play announcer for the Stanford Cardinals basketball & football teams.  Scott’s book is 15 first-person narratives of the early career paths of some of America’s most popular sports broadcasters including Scott Van Pelt, Trey Wingo, Kenny Mayne, Heidi Watney & Jayme Sire.  It’s the “real-life” moments of what it takes to break into Sports Broadcasting and just what these men & women had to work through to get to where they are now.  Scott shares some of these stories of trial, tribulations and successes along with some of the surprises and funny moments he learned from these individual experiences, while sharing some of his own. Mo joins the show later, as she was kept busy during this holiday season, and discusses Hot Topics with Mel.  The influx of COVID cases in the NBA and