Keith Olbermann to Launch ‘Countdown’ Podcast
thewrap.comTwitter. The daily podcast, which will be available on Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple and other major platforms, will also feature “all the career stories I Promised Not to Tell,” according to the sports journalist.“In addition to bringing back fan favorites, Olbermann will broaden the content to include a regular sports segment, a daily call for help for a suffering dog, and a series of anecdotes from a career that stretched from covering the 1980 Olympic Miracle on Ice a month after his 21st birthday, to anchoring the 2009 Presidential Inauguration and the 2009 Super Bowl pre-game show in a span of just twelve days, to rejoining ESPN as a “rookie” baseball play-by-play man at the age of 59,” the press release reads.Previously, Olbermann worked worked as a sports journalist for 20 years, co-hosting SportsCenter on ESPN starting in 1992 until 1997.
He then pivoted to politics, hosting an MSNBC program from 2003 to 2011. More recent projects of his include the position of chief news officer for Current TV and coverage of the 2016 presidential election for a “GQ” web series.“Counting Down with Keith Olbermann” will be available wherever podcasts stream.
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