Story Warriors

#14: Soccer Commentator Bob McMahon On Tribalism, Context & Drama


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"I looked like I was facing an execution." That's how Bob McMahon's wife described Bob's TV appearances when he first made the jump from radio. "TV's a completely different animal," he says.  As the beautiful game's popularity grew in North America, so did Bob's prominence as a soccer commentator on FOX Soccer Report.  A native Irishman weaned on football, Bob also brought historical context that helped Canadian viewers enjoy the game and, paradoxically, feel the drama. "But," he adds, "there was a certain line I would not cross." 

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Story WarriorsBy Jack Vincent

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