Terrific Talk With Tom Anderson | Talking Sports & Trending News Topics

2:47 Writing Chose Me 4:00 Passion for Teaching 5:30 Best Advice For Journalists 7:30 Legendary Dream Team Scrimmage 9:30 Steph vs KD 11:50 Importance of Draymond Green 13:45 Where is LeBron Playing Next Year?  

1:10 Falling in Love with the NBA 3:00 Decision to Become a Sports Writer 5:45 Caron Butler Feature Piece 8:30 Cavs Chaos 10:40 Giannis Antetokounmpo's Future 12:00 Kawhi Leonard Injury 14:20 Paul Pierce Tribute Controversy

1:23 Falling in Love with Sports 2:20 Biggest Influences in Broadcasting 3:50 Thoughts on Mike Francesa 5:30 Winning Contest, Starting Out at WFAN 8:30 Best Advice for Young Broadcasters 10:00 Daily Routine 12:20 Going Scriptless 13:45 Yankees Chances at Another Championship

Tom Anderson is joined by ESPN's NBA writer Kevin Arnovitz to discuss how ESPN discovered him (2:31), his take on Philadelphia 76ers rookie sensation Ben Simmons (10:10), conversations with DeMarcus Cousins (12:25), and who he thinks is biggest challenge to Golden State Warriors in the West (15:00).

2:00 Why Become a Sportscaster? 3:20 Entertaining and Making an Impact 4:15 ESPN "Dream Job" Contestant 6:30 Work Life vs Family Life 8:30 Working with Pedro Martinez 10:15 Earning Respect from Hall of Famers 12:00 LeBron vs Knicks 15:10 Kyrie Irving for MVP      

1:30 Childhood and Love for Basketball 3:30 Working at a Halloween Store 5:20 Ghost Writing with Gilbert Arenas 7:20 Getting Job at ESPN 8:25 Best Kobe Story 10:20 Best Advice For Young Writers 14:50 Cleveland Cavaliers Early Season Struggles 16:30 Isaiah Thomas Update  

1:18 Falling in Love With Writing 3:00 Time at Duke 4:30 TV or Writing? 5:40 Getting Big Break at Sports Illustrated 7:30 Best Advice for Young Writers and Broadcasters 9:00 Reason for Joining The Athletic 12:10 Ranking NBA Rookie Class

2:15 Slam Dunk Injury 3:50 Childhood, Developing Love of Sports 5:00 Becoming a Reporter 8:17 Advice for Young Reporters 12:19 Lakers $500K Tampering Fine 14:50 LeBron's Future

1:20 Solar Eclipse 5:00 Inspired by "Miracle on Ice" 6:38 Covering the Olympics 8:35 South Korea Olympics Expectations 10:15 Getting Job at the AP 12:50 Surprise Teams in NBA This Year 15:30 LeBron Will Leave Cleveland  

1:53 Passion for Sports 3:00 University of  Maryland 4:15 First Job 5:10 Second Guessing Your Career Choice 6:25 Best Career Advice 8:25 Influence of Michael Wilbon 9:45 Future of ESPN 11:20 Bullish on ESPN  

2:35 Wedding Proposal 8:15 Rolling With The Punches 9:45 Fordham Days 11:00 Hosting Around the Horn