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Candace Parker

Candace Parker

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

November 16, 202244m 1s

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Show Notes

Episode 256 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Candace Parker, the Hall-of-Fame-to-be basketball player who works as a studio and game analyst across the NBA on TNT, NBA TV and NCAA Tournament coverage. Parker will join Brian Anderson, Stan Van Gundy and Stephanie Ready for the Nets-Sixers on Nov. 22 on TNT. In this podcast, Parker discusses how she entered broadcasting and her approach to the medium; the difference in studio work versus game work; how she prepares for her assignments; why basketball has had women in broadcasting roles that men held traditionally; being the subject of an upcoming ESPN documentary; the process of being vulnerable publicly and how that can be a strength; paying in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg from 2010 to 2015; Brittney Griner’s sentence; her marriage to  Anna Parker (nee: Petrakova), a former Olympic basketball player from Russia; her desire to play in the WNBA next year; why Seimone Augustus was such a tough guard; working on Inside the NBA and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.

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