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Jackson Stepanian is from Orange County California and moved to North Providence Rhode Island at a very young age. Stepanian says he is Rhode Island raised and Rhody is all he knows.

Going to La Salle Academy to play Division 1 basketball, he realized he loved the coaching aspect of the game just as much as playing.

Stepanian’s “why” factor stems from his mother’s passing back in 2022. “Everything I do is because of her,” he says. Everything accomplished throughout his young career, he says, is all credited to his mother and the lessons she taught Stepanian all throughout his life.

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Justin Mazzulla joins the show for the third time in Cam’s Corner history for the 100th episode over three seasons.

The last time I spoke with Justin, he was in the middle of his first year of coaching at the graduate assistant level with The University of Rhode Island’s Men’s Basketball Team. Since then, Justin has had the opportunity to take his talents to the NBA G-League in Salt Lake City. He is now part of the Stars organization as an Assistant coach and Head of Video Operations.

Tune into this weeks episode to get the inside scoop of Justin’s first year in the NBA and to hear more about his brother Joe’s first ever appearance in the NBA Finals as a Head Coach with the Boston Celtics.

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MSG Networks has been home for Bill Pidto since 2008, but he is no stranger to New York sports. The New York native currently serves as a studio host for New York Knicks telecasts on MSG Networks, as well as host of the New York Emmy Award-winning ‘MSG 150’ that airs during Knicks and Rangers games. During his time at MSG Networks, Pidto has also previously served as a studio host for Rangers telecasts and as host of a weeknight talk show, an expanded version of the ‘MSG 150’. In 2021, he won a New York Emmy Award for best sports anchor.

Prior to joining MSG Networks, Pidto was an anchor at ESPN from 1993 to 2008, where he hosted programs such as ‘SportsCenter,’ ‘NHL 2Night,’ ‘NFL Primetime,’ ‘Baseball Tonight’ and ‘SportsSmash’ in the inaugural year of ESPN2. (Via MSG Networks)

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Lea B. Olsen is a keynote speaker who tackles multiple different professions at once throughout a 365 day schedule. Not only has she been the sideline reporter for the Minnesota Timberwolves since 2009, but she also serves as the Minnesota Lynx TV color analysis, a professional speaker, a member of Women Corporate Directors Foundation, and the founder of a non-profit organization titled Rethink the Win.

With playoffs ramping up this 2023-24 season and the WNBA draft just passing, Lea’s schedule has been packed. However, she still finds the time to fulfill her responsibilities, and most importantly as she says, “give back to those who need it most.”

Tune into this week’s episode of Cam’s Corner to hear all about Lea’s journey and the advice she gives about breaking into the sports industry.

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Two twin brothers from Rhode Island and alumni of the University of Rhode Island graduating with a degree in Sports Media Communications, Aniekan and Aniebiet Okon join the show this week to talk about their similar, but yet, different sports journeys.

Aniekan is a Sports Anchor/Reporter for CBS19 News in Charlottesville, Virginia. On the other hand, Aniebiet is an Assistant Director of Graphic Design for West Virginia University Athletics.

After graduating, the two got their first job opportunity in the sports market just one month apart, but the process to getting their was longer then they expected. Tune into this week’s episode to hear all about Aniekan and Aniebiet’s sports career paths.

(0:00) Intro

(1:12) “Are you guys identical twins?”

(2:34) First podcast together

(3:33) Growing up together

(6:14) Freshman year at URI

(10:30) Entering the sports media field

(14:00) Living together on campus

(19:44) Internships and Connections

(27:00) Looking back at how far they have come

(36:49) Landing their first jobs

(52:13) “Welcome to the Industry” moment

(1:03:37) Best advice to upcoming sports media students

(1:08:53) Rapid fire twin questions

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Sean McKeon is in his fourth season with the Dallas Cowboys after playing four years at Michigan.

He talks in this interview about growing up in Massachusetts, being a two sport athlete in football and baseball, and how he decided to stick with football when the college recruiters started to come around.

Sean talks a lot about some of his most memorable moments so far in the NFL. In 2021, he recorded his first career touchdown on Thanksgiving versus the Raiders. Sean registered his first NFL reception while playing against his former High School teammate, Chris Lindstrom and the Atlanta Falcons.

Tune into this weeks episode to hear all about Sean’s NFL journey and how he got to where he is today.

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(via nba.com) Eric Reid is an original member of the Miami HEAT. He enters his 35th season of calling the action for the HEAT and is among the longest tenured broadcasters in the NBA.

Reid has broadcast 2,472 regular season HEAT games during the franchise’s first 34 seasons, having joined the organization just prior to the team’s inaugural season in 1988-89. This season is his 46th consecutive year broadcasting basketball and his 32nd doing the play-by-play for the HEAT. Three times during his career (2017, 2018 and 2020) Reid has been named the Florida Sportscaster of the Year in voting done by his peers in the National Sports Media Association. Since 2005, Reid has won 20 regional Emmy Awards, including three for his play-by-play work in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Reid also spent six seasons as the voice of the Providence Friars over the radio, including the team’s 1987 run to the Final Four.

Tune into this week’s episode to hear all about Eric’s legendary journey

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A New York native and a Rhode Island alum, Nick Cardi, joins Cam’s Corner this week to talk all about his career with ESPN.

Nick received the opportunity to work as a Radio Production Assistant with ESPN in November of 2021.

Nick was also a graduate from the University of Rhode Island in 2020. This made the job search and hiring process much more difficult for someone like Nick in the sports industry. The process of getting hired took about a year after graduating.

Through all the adversity he has had to face throughout his journey, Nick is now going on 3 years strong with the best sports outlet in the world. Tune into this week’s episode to hear all about Nick’s journey and everything he has been able to experience at such a young age!

Nick Cardi: https://twitter.com/NCardiRadio

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Cole Swider, a Portsmouth Rhode Island native, joins Cam’s Corner this week ! Cole is in his 2nd season in the NBA and his first with the Miami Heat

Shortly after going undrafted in the 2023, Cole got a call from the Los Angeles Lakers and would go on to sign a two way deal to start his NBA career.

He talks highly about the NBA vets he has been able to play around early on in his career such as LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, and Kevin Love, to name a few.

Tune into this week’s episode of Cam’s Corner to check out how Cole started his journey in Rhode Island and made it all the way to the NBA.

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Keith Labelle, a South Dartmouth native, is a former Division 1 baseball player at The University of Rhode Island. After graduating, Keith was unsure of the path he was going to take. Playing at the pro level was always his dream and playing around some athletes who went pro at his former school, he wanted to do the same.

However, once Keith realized this path was not going to be for him, he decided to take the free year of grad school the university offered him with the programs he was involved in.

This opportunity opened the door for Keith to soon become an active public speaker and educator in sexual assault and domestic violence and sports media communications. Tune into this week’s episode of Cam’s Corner to hear all about Keith’s journey.

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