Nick Gismondi - Announcer & Reporter, Chicago Blackhawks, NBC Sports Chicago & World Team Tennis

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2:00 - Welcome to Nick Gismondi2:45 - What Nick has been doing since Covid-19 disrupted sports.4:23 - What it’s like working as an announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the Original Six NHL teams.7:15 - What it’s like as the rink side reporter for the Blackhawks. 7:51 > 8:4511:17 - How he came to love hockey & the NHL and how he got into sports broadcasting.15:25 - How a chance meeting at Los Angeles International Airport changed his broadcasting career.19:43 - How it takes tenacity to work in sports broadcasting as an on-air personality.23:08 - Nick talks about his formula for building relationships.26:33 - How Nick has developed relationships with celebrities, athletes and people in sports.28:18 - What Nick does for World Team Tennis on CBS31:06 - How the WTT show “Up Next with Nick Gismondi” began.33:02 - Future guests on “Up Next with Nick Gismondi.”34:45 - How Nick is able to connect with fans.38:27 - Nick shares an anecdote working with Olympic Gold Medalist Dan Jansen while covering speed skating.40:54 - What Nick’s future is for announcing.41:56 - How Nick prepare to call a sport or event he’s never covered.43:52 - What makes a good sports tv producer.47:49 - Nick is in a military family and he talks about the relationship with sports and the military.50:20 - What Nick would like people to know about what he does that they might not otherwise know.51:43 - What the best advice he’s been given in the sports broadcasting industry.53:20 - What rewards there are working in sports broadcasting.