The Tulsa Sports Drill
Veteran broadcaster Shawn Tiemann sits down with sports figures and personalities from the Tulsa area for wide-ranging conversations about their lives and how sports have impacted their journeys. The TSD podcast also features long-time talk show host Patrick Macek, as he joins Shawn for opinion and commentary on various topics. The Tulsa Sports Drill is a production of SCT Sports, and is underwritten by The Lawyers of Kendall Whittier. Podcast music credit-I dunno by grapes © 2008.
The Tulsa Sports Drill
A Sportscasting Life-Bob Carpenter, Part 2
Bob Carpenter was set to begin his 15th season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals when spring training was shut down due to COVID-19. He graciously accepted a request to be the lead-off hitter for our new podcast.
-Calling games while in college at UMKC
-Working as an usher at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
-Tulsa family connection
-Living on Tulsa Oilers time
-First Division 1 basketball job at the University of Tulsa
-KTUL-TV and Tulsa Roughnecks Soccer
-First MLB gig in 1984 (Cardinals)
-ESPN and College Gameday Host
-Bears '89 with Dan Hampton (TV show)