Ryan Glasspiegel, reporter at Front Office Sports
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Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
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How did Ryan first become interested in sports journalism as a kid?
Hey everyone, welcome to Breaking In with Kevin Fishbane, the podcast that tells the origin stories of your favorite sports media personalities. It's episode 64, and my guest is Ryan Glasspiegel, media and entertainment reporter at Front Office Sports. Prior to joining FOS, Ryan covered sports and entertainment for the New York Post, and he got his big break in the industry 13 years ago when he joined the big lead. This origin story is a fun one, including an ultimate right place, right time meeting that led to some opportunities at SI.com, plus a stint working for a furniture company, blogging while living in Wrigleyville in the 2010s, and a couple fun welcome to the big leagues moments. I've followed Ryan's media coverage since his days at the big lead.
As you'll hear, he and I have a good mutual friend. And listeners of this show know that I always like hearing perspectives on breaking into sports media from those who cover it. And Ryan and I even got into this podcast's first ever debate. Before we get to Ryan, a reminder of recent episodes. Last week was Joe Healy, college baseball writer and podcaster for D1 Baseball. Prior to Joe was Chris Herring, journalism professor and author of Blood in the Garden on the 90s Knicks. Add this podcast to all your listening platforms and don't forget to subscribe on YouTube. All right, here's how Ryan Glassbeagle broke in. Ryan Glasspiegel, front office sports. And Ryan, we like to start this podcast at the very beginning.
It's an origin story podcast. So when did you first think about sports journalism, sports media as a career and interest of yours?
It had to be when I was a kid. I mean, I think I knew pretty quickly I wasn't going to be a pro athlete. And I also knew that I was obsessed with sports. I grew up, you know, listening to Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN, backseat of my dad's car. And, you know, just the... wealth of knowledge and entertainment that they had and, you know, reading sports books. I would, I was like crazy. I would read like Mickey Mantle biographies when I was in like first or second grade. And, um, you know, then when BTI came on in, I think 2001 and around the horn, those two, um, plus like Mike and the mad dog is like, Oh man, I wish I could like be one of those. And I, uh, If not figured out, it'd be one of those. But I figured out how to get into their broader orbit by covering them.
I was going to say, you figure out how to write about them. Yes. Well, it's funny. I do a newspapers.com search, and I'm like, yes. And I did find a couple tennis results from your high school career.
Oh, my God. I thought you were going to find a letter to the editor that I wrote.
I did find that as well. Yeah, about Jim Calhoun.
So, yeah, the columnist, Jeff Jacobs, like just wrote like a column about how mean Jim Calhoun was. And I was just like, hey, man, no one cares. Like he built this university from scratch. They've won national championships. Like he can treat you however he wants.
It was much more eloquently worded than that. It was pretty good. It was. I think I wrote it while I was in college, if I recall. Well, when I saw the tennis results, they eventually stopped. So obviously, if I didn't know anything about you, I knew you didn't become a pro tennis player.
Well, I did get... You know, we... We were like the nine seed in doubles in states, and we took a set off the one seed. We were killing them. And then we were up 2-1 in the second set, best of three. My partner hits a serve. I know nobody cares, but they pop up an overhead. I drilled the guy at the net in the balls with an overhead, and then they got up and probably never lost another point again. Wow. After he's like doubled down on the ground for like a half hour. It's a definitely degree turning point moment.
Listen, this is your origin story.
What led Ryan to leave his furniture‑sales job and start his own blog?
It's all part of it. These things all are somehow intertwined. You can stop me if I jump ahead a little bit, but I did want to ask you about... So you were on Twitter at Sports Report. Yeah. R-A-P-P-O-R-T. And I saw that there was a blog called sportsreport.com, which does not...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Ryan first become interested in sports journalism as a kid?
0:10–4:05
2
What led Ryan to leave his furniture‑sales job and start his own blog?
4:05–9:42
3
How did a chance encounter with an ESPN editor open doors for Ryan?
9:42–13:56
4
What was Ryan’s experience like when he first joined The Big Lead?
13:56–18:19
5
How did Ryan turn a layoff into a breakthrough with Neil Janowitz and SI Extra?
18:19–22:14
6
What does Ryan consider his ‘big‑leagues’ moment at The Big Lead?
22:14–28:14
7
What advice does Ryan give to aspiring sports media writers today?
28:14–33:02
8
Why does Ryan say video editing skills are essential for modern journalists?
33:02–37:17
Speakers
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