BOB WOLFF'S COMP GDE SPORTCAST PA

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Edition: 00
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2012-11-17
Publisher(s): FRWHEEL
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Summary

How many sportscasters working today can say that they've interviewed both Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter? The answer is one, and his name is Bob Wolff. Having called everything from the World Series to the Westminster Kennel Club Show on both TV and radio, Wolff is uniquely qualified to write a comprehensive guide to the art of sportscasting. He is perhaps the only man truly qualified to do so. And in Bob Wolff's Complete Guide to Sportscasting, he pours forth sixty-plus years of experience behind the mic to create the definitive volume on the subject, a book that will be devoured by aspiring sportscasters for generations. Part how-to, part memoir, it's a book that breaks down the sportscasting profession from all angles to present a step-by-step playbook for success. As Wolff writes in his introduction, it doesn't take great talent to become a sportscaster. After all, it's the athletes who provide the stories. The sportscaster's job is to add information and identification, sometimes entertainment, and aim at enhancing the viewing or listening pleasure for their electronic friends at the other end. It's nice work if you can get it, and nobody has ever enjoyed this work more than Bob Wolff. Read this book to find out why, and how you, too, can do the same.

Author Biography

Bob Wolff is the longest-running sportscaster in television and radio history, now in his ninth decade behind the microphone. His historic calls include Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts (known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played"). As the voice of Madison Square Garden, Wolff called the New York Knicks for 27 years, the New York Rangers for 20 years, the Holiday Festival for 29 years, and the National Invitational Basketball Tournament (NIT) for 25 years. Wolff is enshrined in both the baseball and basketball Halls of Fame and has been honored with induction into Madison Square Garden's Walk of Fame, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, and numerous others. Still sportscasting at the age of 91, he lives with his wife, Jane, in South Nyack, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: We'll begin after a word from our sponsorp. ix
Preface: Defining talentp. xiii
Getting the Job
Understanding the sportscaster s rolep. 2
How does one qualify?p. 7
Selling an idea you control bypasses applying for a jobp. 19
Emotion is more important than wordsp. 36
A Wolff in ship's clothingp. 43
The evolution of broadcast partnersp. 53
Watching the parade go byp. 65
There's no farm system in sportscastingp. 74
The power of laughterp. 95
Changes in runs. hits, and erasp. 104
Doing the Job
The importance of wordsp. 112
Content makes the differencep. 118
Thinking big can bring big bucksp. 131
Fulfilling a needp. 137
Roar of the crowdp. 153
The importance of exposurep. 156
You have to know the numbersp. 168
Ways to stand out in the fieldp. 178
The delicate role of sportscasters in the marketing of the teamp. 188
The agony of choicep. 192
Getting the Extra Edge
Tricks of the tradep. 202
Vocal suggestions to hold any audiencep. 210
The Art of Ad-libbingp. 219
Your mind can be your secret weaponp. 229
Being different is an assetp. 238
Agents and public relations peoplep. 245
Different ways to winp. 250
Words Influence Imagesp. 257
How to find the right route if you're on the wrong pathp. 271
Survival Techniques
Different sports demand different techniquesp. 281
Even legendary broadcasters encounter opinion hazardsp. 293
The team may be losing but the broadcast should be winningp. 298
Statisticians, spotters, and sports recordsp. 315
Sportscasting teamsp. 330
Sportscasting organizations and a high school sports venturep. 334
The overlooked art of interviewingp. 338
Acknowledgmentsp. 347
About the Authorp. 350
Indexp. 351
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