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E52 Alex Faust

E52 Alex Faust

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This episode features a 35-minute conversation with Alex Faust, (1:30) Steve & Paul debate the most notable athletes to wear the rare number 52 in pro sports, (5:35) the boys share a hilarious story about their recent meeting in Calgary, (11:50) Alex Faust intro (12:27) Alex joins the boys from an NHL road trip stop in Seattle, (13:33) dream job of calling his hometown NY Rangers broadcasts, (15:50) collegiate days at Northeastern, (16:44) growing up in a broadcasting family & moonlighting in sports broadcasting during college, (20:15) aspirations of becoming an NHL broadcaster, (22:05) memories of his first network assignment at NESN, (23:05) solid advice for younger broadcasters, (24:12) becoming the NHL’s youngest TV play-by-play announcer with the LA Kings, (26:55) expanding his broadcast skill set while in LA, (29:30) the importance of knowing the sports you’re broadcasting, (31:49) shares a funny story about NHL hockey legend Dave “Tiger” Williams, (33:33) inside scoop on the Alex Trebek-Jeopardy story that broke in 2018, (37:20) shares the broadcast booth with Will Ferrell in full character as Ron Burgundy, (39:10) the uniqueness of calling Grand Slam tennis, (41:55) complexities of calling MLB games in the pitch clock era, (45:50) winds up with a couple of technical nightmare stories from his career, (48:00) Steve shares a story about the day Nick Kypreos put him in a headlock at the Sportsnet NHL studios, (50:27) Paul discusses recently working Matt McConnell’s 2,000th NHL broadcast, (53:30) the episode wraps up with social media promotion and a shout-out to our newest Truckers Oksave, North Ostrobothnia (Finland), Caracas (Venezuela) & Sao Paulo (Brazil).

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