Ep. 4: FSI Pacers Producer Max Leinwand
A new episode of the\xa0Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast is here just in time for the season opener \u2014 Wednesday night in Toronto.\nYou\u2019ll be watching on FOX Sports Indiana, who\xa0plans to televise all 82 regular season games for the first time ever. You know\xa0Chris Denari (10th), Quinn Buckner\xa0(17th), and Jeremiah Johnson (2nd), but you don\u2019t know Max Leinwand. Why would you \u2014 he\u2019s new to town!\nYou appreciate the work they all do\xa0on game broadcasts \u2014 one of the best in the league, in my opinion \u2014 and on this podcast you\u2019ll\xa0hear Leinwand\u2019s story and how he joined the broadcast team.\nLeinwand, who has been employed by FOX Sports Midwest since September of 2005,\xa0is the new producer for Pacers broadcasts which means\xa0it is his job\xa0to\xa0cover and share\xa0the Pacers\u2019 story all season long.\nI spoke with Leinwand Tuesday before he\xa0met the team at the airport for\xa0Game No. 1.\nTopics Discussed:\n\n* His career path from New Jersey to St. Louis\n* How he has a history of overseeing Pacers broadcasts for FSI\n* FOX\u2019s priorities for game broadcasts\n* New features to be used on air\n* The role of a producer\n* What FSI has\xa0in the works for Hickory nights\n* How they plan to incorporate analytics