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Brenda VanLengen - Sports Broadcaster & Exec. Producer "If Not For Them" TOMGIRL with J.J. Jurgens
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“Sometimes you have to stretch and dream bigger than you can even imagine to accomplish the things that you want to in your life.”– Brenda VanLengen
Brenda VanLengen is an Emmy-award winning sports broadcaster who has announced over 1200 women’s basketball games in her career. She’s worked for conferences such as the Big 12, SEC and Big 10 and for major outlets including ESPN and Fox Sports. Prior to broadcasting she coached at the University of Nebraska and was a former college athlete herself, playing basketball at Kearney State College. Now, she’s executive producer of the docuseries, If Not For Them, an epic story of the forgotten women who changed the world through their love of basketball. The docuseries dives into the history of women’s basketball and uncovers many great historical facts and entertaining stories, told through the eyes of the legendary women who lived them.
In this episode, Brenda talks about the making of the docuseries and shares the incredible stories she discovered in the process. She also gives an inside look at her journey to becoming one of the top female sports broadcasters in the business and offers advice for those looking to pursue a career in broadcasting.
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“Sometimes you have to stretch and dream bigger than you can even imagine to accomplish the things that you want to in your life.”– Brenda VanLengen
Brenda VanLengen is an Emmy-award winning sports broadcaster who has announced over 1200 women’s basketball games in her career. She’s worked for conferences such as the Big 12, SEC and Big 10 and for major outlets including ESPN and Fox Sports. Prior to broadcasting she coached at the University of Nebraska and was a former college athlete herself, playing basketball at Kearney State College. Now, she’s executive producer of the docuseries, If Not For Them, an epic story of the forgotten women who changed the world through their love of basketball. The docuseries dives into the history of women’s basketball and uncovers many great historical facts and entertaining stories, told through the eyes of the legendary women who lived them.
In this episode, Brenda talks about the making of the docuseries and shares the incredible stories she discovered in the process. She also gives an inside look at her journey to becoming one of the top female sports broadcasters in the business and offers advice for those looking to pursue a career in broadcasting.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomgirltv/support
1 hr 1 min