Alex Warneke (SBLive Sports, Pac-12 Networks, Bleacher Report) is a director of social media, lover of politics and Seattle sports. Alex joins Stick to Sports Biz to discuss his background in politics, and his stance on sport management degrees and unpaid internships. Alex and Brandon talk about the FOUR times they worked for the same company, their work in social media, and their ill-fated support of Seattle Mariners baseball.
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The Kickoff: Internships in Sports
5:55 – Interview with Alex Warneke
8:00 – Moving to the Bay Area
12:05 – The myth of having a job you love
13:20 – Memories from grad school
14:50 – Our eerily similar career paths
16:00 – Our first interaction in grad school
20:15 – Reaching out to Adam Schefter and others for career advice
23:30 – Interning for the Oakland Raiders
26:15 – Unpaid internships
31:50 – Interviewing Raiders players
39:45 – Working at SportStream
42:30 – Transitioning to working at Facebook
49:40 – Doing social media for the San Francisco Giants
52:20 – Winding up together again at Bleacher Report
56:00 – Working for the Pac-12 Networks
1:00:30 – The pain of losing a dream job because of the pandemic
1:07:30 – Finding a home at SBLive Sports
1:14:30 – Early career in politics and what politics mean to Alex now
1:25:05 – The struggle that is being a Seattle Mariners fan
1:30:55 – Top 5 Seattle Mariners of all time
1:52:20 – The Recommender
2:02:00 – Old Tweets
Host: Brandon Fleshman
Guest: Alex Warneke
Producer: Tucker Kinder
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