Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews NBC Sports studio host Ahmed Fareed. Jessica and Ahmed discuss a wide range of topics including not making goals, adjusting to a national sports network, hosting Big Ten basketball on Peacock, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-1:40: Welcome Ahmed Fareed to Short and to the Point-2:27: Adopting teams as time goes on-4:16: Connecting with the fans and the audience-6:04: Satisfaction with working local news-7:55: Not having goals-9:04: Importance of not knowing what you’re talking about as a host-11:12: Leaning on your analysts-12:24: Changes in the industry since Ahmed started-14:47: Balancing the preparation for covering a variety of sports-16:48: Regional broadcasters becoming national broadcasters-18:50: Peacock having Big Ten men’s basketball-21:19: Balance between being entertaining and informative-23:16: What is the typical Big Ten basketball fan?-24:55: MLB Network-29:35: What did Ahmed learn from doing local news that he’s using for national broadcasts? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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