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Episode 18: Jeff Passan

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In Episode 18 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Jeff Passan.

Jeff is a baseball and Olympics writer for Yahoo, who just covered his fourth Olympics last month in PyeongChang, South Korea.

We spoke about how he covered the Olympics, his sit-down interview with the skier who didn’t do any tricks in the halfpipe, how he broke baseball news from Korea and his interaction with a Korean taxi driver who loves Randy Johnson that spread quickly on Twitter.

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Episode 17: Hannah Keyser

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In Episode 17 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Hannah Keyser.

Hannah is a writer for Deadspin, and we talked about both covering our first Olympics last month in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Our conversation got into how to prepare for a month covering sports you don’t follow year-round, picking one event to watch per day, trying to write differently from the other reporters at your event, following sports without being able to see the broadcast and how our coverage would be different if we could do it again.

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Episode 16: Erik Malinowski II

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In Episode 16 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Erik Malinowski.

Erik returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Betaball: How Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History. This book about the Golden State Warriors’ rise is available now.

We talked about his writing, researching and reporting process, his audience and writing the type of book that he wanted.

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Bonus Track: Introducing Mitch Eats Food

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In a short bonus track, Mitch Goldich introduces his new podcast called Mitch Eats Food. Fans of The Mitch Goldich Podcast can also subscribe to Mitch Eats Food in iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher or Google Play Music.

If you enjoy the podcast, please consider taking a minute to give it a rating and a review on iTunes. It helps other people find my podcast and I really appreciate it.

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Episode 15: Jay Kornegay

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In Episode 15 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Jay Kornegay.

Jay is the Vice President of the Race and Sportsbook at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.

We talked about the NHL and NFL moving franchises to Vegas, and the effect it would have on the city. We also discussed changing attitudes toward gambling, his sportsbook taking prop bets on the NFL draft for the first time and the best times of year to visit Vegas.

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Episode 14: Derek Bodner

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In Episode 14 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Derek Bodner.

Derek has covered the Sixers for five years and recently adopted a model of subscription-based independent coverage on his own website.

He talked about working the Sixers beat from analyzing games to developing sources and breaking news. He discussed how he balances his time to cover the Sixers, write stories on other teams in the league and scout top NBA prospects for DraftExpress.com.

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Episode 13: Sarah Barshop

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In Episode 13 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Sarah Barshop.

Sarah is a former coworker of mine at Sports Illustrated, now an NFL Nation reporter covering the Texans for ESPN.

We talked about both covering our first Super Bowl last week in Houston, highlights of the week, the party scene bringing together reporters and players, and what we learned from our first Super Bowl experience that will help us next time.

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Episode 12: Tom McCarthy

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In Episode 12 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Tom McCarthy.

T-Mac is the Philadelphia Phillies’ lead TV play-by-plan man, and he also calls NFL and college basketball for TV and radio.

Tom talked about calling the great Packers/Cowboys game in the divisional round of the playoffs the week before, how he juggles multiple sports and prepares for games, how much he listens to his old broadcasts to improve and what it’s like when a coach calls a timeout that ices the broadcaster.

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Episode 11: Ben Lindbergh

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In Episode 11 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Ben Lindbergh.

Ben is a writer for The Ringer, covering mostly baseball, but also topics like movies, television, video games and more.

Ben explained how he manages to cover baseball while also finding time to follow his many other hobbies. He also talked about how he writes about baseball, comes up with ideas for new articles and finds time to co-host three different podcasts.

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Episode 10: Michael McCann

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In Episode 10 of The Mitch Goldich Podcast, my guest was Michael McCann.

Michael is my colleague at Sports Illustrated, where he serves as our legal analyst. He’s also a law professor at the University of New Hampshire, where he also holds several other administrative positions.

We spoke about his legal career, which includes serving as counsel for Maurice Clarett, during the star Ohio State running back’s lawsuit against the NFL.

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