Marchand Sports Media From Super Bowl sidelines to an agent, Alex Flanagan's unique journey
In the 40-minute sports media podcast, Alex Flanagan is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand. Flanagan goes into detail how she went from a network sports reporter, who worked the sidelines on John Madden’s final Super Bowl in 2009, to an agent, representing people like Kimberley A. Martin, Rob Stone and Lisa Byington. It is a fascinating journey.
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Here is what is on tap:
* Why after 25 years as a sportscaster, Flanagan transitioned to an agent
* Her dad was in the Marine Corps, her mom was a rancher, she wanted to be on ‘60 Minutes’
* She never questioned that she couldn’t do something
* In 1993, on her first broadcasting job, she made $50K in the “middle of nowhere” Minnesota
* She ran the Teleprompter with her foot
* How she got her big break into Fox Sports on a Joe Buck show
* Keith Olbermann became a mentor for her
* Covering Kobe, Shaq and Barry Bonds for ESPN
* How Mark Shapiro introduced Hollywood and sports and her place in it
* Eric Weinberger at NFL Network brought her in from ESPN and then NBC arrived
* She did Thursday Night Football, Notre Dame and Sunday Night Football pregame
* How John Madden put “her in her place”
* The nerves of working her first Super Bowl
* Her great respect for Andrea Kremer
* She did not know it was her Super Bowl responsibility to set-up the head coach halftime interview
* The advantage of having been on-air as an agent
* What is her pitch to prospective clients
* How she looks at Pat McAfee’s arc as one to follow
* What are the benefits of having an agent
* Where does she see the business going
* Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you
* On Deck Tuesday (or earlier): Marchand & Meterparel
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