Roy Firestone

[ChollyTrippi]

I'm doing a segment on interviewing in my journalism class (middle school and high school) and am trying to come up with some old video clips of some masters of the craft. Roy Firestone comes to mind. Anybody know where I can find/order clips of him at work? I checked Amazon and found just a few. Any other suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[jgmacg]

Youtube?

 

[Joe Williams]

WEHT Firestone?

 

[ChollyTrippi]

Good thought. It's blocked here at school, so I'll check when I get home. Thanks.

 

[pseudo]

Yeah, there are a couple of good ones on there - good-sized clips of Hubie Brown, Bill Walton, different NFL players (including asking LT about sending hookers... um, wait, that one might not work so well with the kids...)
Crap. There goes the rest of my afternoon...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=roy+firestone&search=Search

 

[Claws for Concern]

He's in Jerry Maguire

 

[Claws for Concern]

By the way, what is he doing these days?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Works for HDNet, Mark Cuban's channel, doing interviews and the like.

 

[friend of a friend]

Figured he'd be a lounge singer somewhere.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Be sure to search for "Jim Rome Jim Everett" on youtube. You can learn a lot of lessons from that one too.

 

[pseudo]

Be sure to search for "Jim Rome Jim Everett" on youtube. You can learn a lot of lessons from that one too.

"Chris!"

Jim Everett gained a bunch of new fans that day, myself included.

 

[Clerk Typist]

Or search for Firestone and Bobby Knight. Yow.

 

[musicman]

i thought firestone was gold when it came to tapping real emotion from his subjects, no matter who they were. if print journalists can elicit this type of response half the time (when circumstances dictate, of course), they're getting real stories that matter.

 

[awriter]

Or search for Firestone and Bobby Knight. Yow.

His interview with Lenny Dykstra was a classic. Especially the part where, going for the touchy-feely quote, he asks Dykstra what he said to Mitch Williams after Joe Carter's homer. The response: "Well, I guess there won't be a Game 7."

Cholly, I would show them some RealSports clips, along with Ted Koppel and Mike Wallace.

 

[jgmacg]

Studs Terkel, likewise.

 

[Twoback]

I'm doing a segment on interviewing in my journalism class (middle school and high school) and am trying to come up with some old video clips of some masters of the craft. Roy Firestone comes to mind. Anybody know where I can find/order clips of him at work? I checked Amazon and found just a few. Any other suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

Roy Firestone, master interviewer.
I think you have a new sitcom on your hands.

 

[WildBillyCrazyCat]

Charlie Rose would be another master.

 

[Monroe Stahr]

Mike Wallace. None better -- or tougher. Actually started out on the sports side doing a Chicago Bears-related show.

 

[BNWriter]

Figured he'd be a lounge singer somewhere.

That's funny....I always thought ESPN would finally *replace him* with a lounge singer...

 

[fishwrapper]

I think people's memories are often better than reality.
I think Roy Firestone is a wonderful example.