In Episode 10 of the Basketball and Bourbon podcast, we talk to Meghan Mckeown. Meghan is an award-winning sports broadcaster based out of Chicago with a unique range of skills. A former basketball player at Northwestern University, the Medial School of Journalism alum has served as a color analyst for Big Ten Network, the Chicago Sky, Big East Digital Network, and ESPN+. In 2018 Meghan was named to STAA’s Top 30 Sportscasters Under 30. Meghan welcome to the basketball and bourbon podcast.
In this episode Meghan and I discuss
- How she prepares for a basketball game as an analyst
- Her and I both had fathers who were life long coaches. We talk about the road trips we would take with our fathers on scouting and recruiting trips
- Meghan previews IU and Purdue women’s basketball teams
- Some of the great basketball atmospheres in both the men's and women’s games
- We talk wine and Meghan gives us her starting 5 of bottle of wines.
- Talk about one of her mentors, PTI’s Michael Wilson, and his influence on her career
- She talks about covering the WNBA champions Chicago Sky and how Chemistry, peaking at right time, and being healthy were the recipe for the Sky winning the 2021 championship.
- We both share how family plays a big part of our careers
- Of course much much more!