Joe Buck wants to work at ESPN forever

Episode 612 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Joe Buck, the voice of ESPN’s Monday Night Football. On Wednesday night Buck will call the Dodgers-Mets game alongside analysts Ron Darling and Orel Hershiser and reporter Buster Olney as part of ESPN’s exclusive, national presentation on Jackie Robinson Day. In this podcast Buck discusses how the assignment came about and prepping for it; asking to work with Darling and Hershiser; calling baseball again; being part of ESPN’s first Super Bowl at the end of this season; ESPN’s plans for that game; why he wants to work at ESPN for the rest of his career; his love of St. Louis Blues hockey; why we both want to hear Jim Nantz curse; praise for baseball broadcaster Jason Benetti and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.