Why I Want to Be a Sportscaster

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I want to be sportscaster when I grow up because I would like to discuss events with proffesionals. I also couldn’t see myself in life without being connected to sports. Also it seems really cool to be a sportscaster at ESPN because it looks like a cool place to work there.
It started on September 7, 1979, and it was hosted by George Grande and Lee Leonard and on May 17 1998 they had their 20,000 episode and on February they had their 30,000 episode. They then found where they finally wanted to put their broadcasting station, in Connecticut and recently in 2014 they moved to Digital Center 2’s Studio X.
Over all the ESPN workers in the world there about 7,000 working employees for ESPN. The workers live mostly in Connecticut or L.A. because those are where the two main stations are at. They announce sport games, keep us updated, also go to the games and interview players or coaches, and give their opinions on teams and players. The jobs that are kinda related to a ESPN job are being a manager of a team, a player, a coach, or the owner. Another job that’s related to this is a newspaper writer.
You have to have study background information in order to be prepare for programs or interviews. Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, using memorized scripts or by reading the little tv right beside the camera. Interview the show’s guest about their opinions and see what they think about current or upcoming events. They would have to make promotional appearances at public or private events in order to represent their current or past employees. They have to cover specific events, go into the field of important news or games that a really big deal. The hour of employees are all different because they all work at differe nt time som...

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...ou get to be funny sometimes so I have a lot of benefits for the job. Also when I get to travel (coast to coast) and stay in fancy hotels and eat good every night and day, probably ESPN pays for the food and hotel so that is also a really good thing, plus it save me a lot of money. And maybe just maybe I might be able to become as famous as john madden, because that would be so cool because he comes out on shows movies and is friends with a lot of famous people and he has his own video game. I could also get to go to the NBA and NFL draft and the combine where they work out for the NFL and NBA coaches so that is also cool. Maybe I only have to basketball guy to where when its basketball season that’s when I work, so when its not basketball season I can spend time with my family and the summer. But over all yes I would still want to work at ESPN or sports center.

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