Nick Gismondi - Announcer & Reporter, Chicago Blackhawks, NBC Sports Chicago & World Team Tennis
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2:00 - Welcome to Nick Gismondi
2:45 - What Nick has been doing since Covid-19 disrupted sports.
4:23 - What it’s like working as an announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the Original Six NHL teams.
7:15 - What it’s like as the rink side reporter for the Blackhawks. 7:51 > 8:45
11:17 - How he came to love hockey & the NHL and how he got into sports broadcasting.
15:25 - How a chance meeting at Los Angeles International Airport changed his broadcasting career.
19:43 - How it takes tenacity to work in sports broadcasting as an on-air personality.
23:08 - Nick talks about his formula for building relationships.
26:33 - How Nick has developed relationships with celebrities, athletes and people in sports.
28:18 - What Nick does for World Team Tennis on CBS
31:06 - How the WTT show “Up Next with Nick Gismondi” began.
33:02 - Future guests on “Up Next with Nick Gismondi.”
34:45 - How Nick is able to connect with fans.
38:27 - Nick shares an anecdote working with Olympic Gold Medalist Dan Jansen while covering speed skating.
40:54 - What Nick’s future is for announcing.
41:56 - How Nick prepare to call a sport or event he’s never covered.
43:52 - What makes a good sports tv producer.
47:49 - Nick is in a military family and he talks about the relationship with sports and the military.
50:20 - What Nick would like people to know about what he does that they might not otherwise know.
51:43 - What the best advice he’s been given in the sports broadcasting industry.
53:20 - What rewards there are working in sports broadcasting.
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