Sports In The Making
Twitter: @sporinoSteve Porino in a Tree (NBC Olympic...
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Jul 9 2020 1h 23m
Chapter 1 2 mins
What Steve has been doing during Covid-19Chapter 2 2 mins
How he made the US Ski Team as a downhill skierChapter 3 2 mins
What the difference in talent is between an amateur and someone who is on the US Ski Team and how hundredths of seconds can make the difference between winning and being way off the podiumChapter 4 4 mins
What the different ski disciplines are: Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom (GS) and Slalom and how US Ski Great Bill Johnson described some of themChapter 5 1 min
What makes Bill Johnson, Bode Miller, Ted Ligety, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin stand out differently than other skiers Steve has coveredChapter 6 4 mins
Steve talks about Bode Miller’s talents, being an innovator and covering him during the OlympicsChapter 7 4 mins
He talks about what made Lindsey Vonn special as a downhill racerChapter 8 2 mins
How Mikaela Shiffrin may have an opportunity to elevate alpine skiing in the USChapter 9 4 mins
How “burger school” helped Steve make the transition into broadcastingChapter 10 2 mins
How broadcasting can be challenging to make viewers understand something that’s complex and how he’s worked to simplify his announcingChapter 11 3 mins
What Steve things about when he’s covering the Olympics versus a World Cup raceChapter 12 5 mins
How Steve became the motorcycle reporter on NBC’s coverage of The Tour de FranceChapter 13 6 mins
What his responsibilities are each day during Le TourChapter 14 4 mins
How Steve describes what it’s like riding behind the peloton and a brief description on the anatomy of a pelotonChapter 15 1 min
How the caravan that follows the peloton is like a competition within a competitionChapter 16 2 mins
What Steve’s responsibility is when there is a crash in the race and how he adjusts his coverageChapter 17 2 mins
What it’s like working with one of the most iconic cycling announcers in history, Phil LiggettChapter 18 2 mins
How losing cycling announcer Paul Sherwin, another cycling great, was a big loss on the tv production and how he had a great sense of humorChapter 19 1 min
Phil and Paul were one of the best broadcasting announcer combinations known throughout the worldChapter 20 5 mins
What makes NBC’s coverage of the Tour de France special with the production and broadcast teamChapter 21 5 mins
What some of the most memorable cycling moments Steve has had in his broadcasting experience that involved Chris FroomeChapter 22 4 mins
What the best advice Steve has gotten working in the sports industryChapter 23 3 mins
When we will see Steve Porino again in the Covid era