08-11-2022
Meghan McKeown, Basketball Analyst for Big Ten Network & WNBA Chicago Sky
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 analystHer 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 tripsMeghan previews IU and Purdue women’s basketball teams Some of the great basketball atmospheres in both the men's and women’s gamesWe 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 careerShe 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 careersOf course much much more!