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Ian Eagle on NBA Announcing, Being a Comedian's Son, First-Game Flop Sweat, and Going 10 Years Without a Mistake

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How Big Should Your Voice Be?

During a basketball game, we all know that the announcer's voice is going to go to ten when there's a buzzer beater. Yet, there's no secret sauce. My process has been, if something is going to lift me out of my chair, then it's probably going to do the same for thers sitting either at the arena or at their house, or in their car. There's something visceral that happens, that creates that reaction in your mind and in your body that this was next level. This was not cas a. T doesn't mean they all hit ten. But their voice changed just enough to let you know there was a marker, there was an indicator that

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