FINDING YOUR VOICE AND PURSUING YOUR PASSION WITH NBA TV’S BEAU ESTES (EP. 007):
In today’s episode, we sat down with the amazingly talented and incredibly knowledgable Beau Estes, anchor and host on NBA TV.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Taking risks
- Finding your voice at a young age
- How to achieve your dreams
Beau Estes has 25 years of experience in broadcast coverage of the NBA in a variety of roles. He started at Turner Sports in 1994 working for TNT’s “Inside the NBA” before working two Olympics – Atlanta and Nagano – and then The Goodwill Games in New York.
From there, he moved in front of the camera hosting the Atlanta Braves on TBS, the Atlanta Hawks Halftime and Postgame Shows, and the Atlanta Thrashers Intermission Report.
From there, he worked his way up to his current role as the voice of NBA.com’s highlights as well as an anchor and host on NBA TV. Along the way, Estes provided play by play coverage for the PGA Championship on PGA.com and hosted Turner Sports NASCAR.com coverage for five years.
Connect with Beau Estes on: Twitter
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SHOW NOTES
- Beau’s childhood dream (2:20)
- What steps Beau took to head in the direction of broadcasting (4:25)
- How Beau’s parents supported him throughout the years (6:12)
- Finding and working for your passion (8:30)
- How Beau worked for his passion (9:40)
- When Beau started to realize he had good broadcasting skills (11:00)
- How Beau’s career got started (16:27)
- Different jobs Beau currently has (21:55)
- A day in the life of Beau (24:50)
- Some of Beau’s passions other than basketball (27:20)
- What goes into creating NBA highlights (29:23)
- Beau’s role at Sports Business Classroom (38:00)
- What’s next for Beau now that he has achieved his childhood goal (40:45)
- How Beau continues to stay sharp (47:08)
- Beau’s favorite book (49:36)
- Has digital and social media made it harder or easier to get into the sports business world? (50:39)
- If you weren’t broadcasting what would you be doing? (52:32)
- How Beau feels about the nickname the “GOAT-mentator” (53:36)
- How much Beau values consistency and creativity while balancing both characteristics (55:16)
- Beau’s most memorable moment in his career (57:52)
- One piece of advice that Beau passes down to the next wave of talent (1:00:22)
- Lessons Beau has learned from mistakes made in his career (1:01:00)
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