Marchand Sports Media Colin Cowherd's journey from obscurity to stardom
In the 52-minute podcast, Colin Cowherd is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand. Cowherd details his journey from being alone as a kid, his obsession with sports and his unbelievable stories of how he transitioned from obscurity to ESPN, Fox and his own company, The Volume.
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Rundown …
* If Colin Cowherd were 22 and entering sports, what would he do to break into the business
* The advice he gives to young broadcasters, using Dan Le Batard and Dave Portnoy as examples
* Lonely & out-of-money, Cowherd felt he was “willful”
* The interesting details of what was shaping Cowherd growing up
* Great story about Larry King and talking to himself
* The generational sports talk advantage of growing up before the internet
* How Cowherd started as a Triple-A play-by-player
* Cowherd transitioned into local sports TV
* The incredible story of how Rick Scott, a radio consultant, changed Cowherd’s career
* The amazing tale about how Cowherd ended up interviewing with ESPN
* Why Cowherd bought a New Yorker for his interview with John Walsh
* How John Walsh became a big supporter of Cowherd’s
* When Cowherd got the ESPN job, Marchand interviewed Cowherd for the New York Post and Marchand’s first question was: Who the heck are you?
* What it was like for Cowherd to get lost in New York for the first time
* Who tried out before Michelle Beadle became his co-host on “SportsNation”
* The ESPN2 football show he loved
* Why he loves working for Fox Sports and iHeart
* How Nick Khan and Cowherd’s wife, Ann, thought Colin should leave ESPN for Fox Sports
* Why it is better today for people like Cowherd than it was three decades ago
* What Cowherd does when he gets up before the show
* How Bob Costas calling him to scold him was a big thrill
* Why Cowherd’s goes against Marchand’s megalomaniac’s theory
* Cowherd says his life is boring
* Why Cowherd started The Volume
* How The Volume fits Cowherd’s personality
* Why Cowherd becomes stressed out about The Volume compared to his show
* Does Cowherd want to sell The Volume
* How Cowherd likes ‘Bussin’ with the Boys’
* How he would build a sports gambling vertical around Scott Van Pelt
* Cowherd would love to build verticals with Nate Bargatze or John Mulaney or Joe Fortenbaugh
* Cowherd’s tremendous Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo story
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