Beth Mowins on 25 Year Career, Breaking Barriers, Best Games and Impact
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On the 221st edition of edition of In the Circle, Eric Lopez talks with ESPN’s Beth Mowins about her broadcasting career which includes having called 25 Women’s College World Series. Mowins talked about her fall season which includes calling football games for College and the NFL. We talk about what has changed in softball over her 25 years of covering it and what the turning point was in the growth of popularity of the game. She also shares her All-Time favorite games and more on this episode of In the Circle.
- 5:19: Mowins talked about calling College Football games on ESPN as well as calling NFL games in the preseason with the Oakland Raiders and regular season games on CBS. She will also be on ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecast between the New York Jets and Detroit Lions on Monday, September 10th at 7 pm.
- 11:00: Mowins describes how the Women’s College World Series has changed in the 25 years she has been going to Oklahoma City and calling the WCWS for ESPN from a coverage standpoint and the environment. Mowins talked about how she got involved in broadcasting and broadcasting softball.
- 16:52: Mowins discussed breaking the barrier and being able to call Football games and how going to Syracuse helped her become of the most flexible broadcasters in the country as Mowins has called Football, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, and Soccer.
- 21:45: Mowins discussed when she felt the turning point was in the growth of popularity for softball and her expectations for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
- 27:04: Mowins recaps some of her favorite softball games that she has called in her career.
- 28:45: We discuss the impact the new facilities have on programs.
- 35:00: Victor Anderson joins Eric as they recap Mowins career and the impact she has had on the sport. We discuss how far coverage of softball has come. Could the possibility of College Softball being on national TV every week during the regular season be a reality?
