So it is always fun when Thursday
Night Football comes to town.
There are a few different places to watch it,
but only one offers play by play from
the NFL's first female broadcasting
duo legendary sportscasters,
Hannah Storm and Andrea Kramer will
call the game on Amazon Prime.
But first I got to talk to Hannah
about her barrier busting career.
You broke into sportscasting
at a time when it wasn't common
to see women on the sidelines,
but you did it. I can't imagine
it was easy what pushed you on.
I think that I had grown up with sports.
My dad was a sports executive,
so I've, you know sports is in my
DNA as long as I could remember,
and I think I got so many knows at first
that it kind of it had the opposite effect.
Like instead of discouraging me,
it made me really, really determined.
So I think that you know,
sometimes rejection and narrow
mindedness can can really push you too.
Make a point and believe in
yourself even more and double
down and you know that's that.
That's what I did.
Frankly, and that's what kept me going.
I love that and it's like a lot
of sports stories where they say
you can't do it and you show on
look at your quarterback.
Russell Wilson.
I mean, if he had listened to
people that were like you know,
you're too short, you can't do this.
You know we're very sceptical.
I mean again and again all
he did and all he still does
is prove people wrong.
So I love it. You
are announcing Thursday Night Football.
With another incredible female
sportscaster and re Kramer on Prime Video,
this is the first all female dual on the NFL.
Love to see that.
But this is actually kind of different
than your typical Thursday Night
Football experience on Prime Video.
Right? Tell us about that.
Well, the cool thing is we're we're
actually doing what everybody did last
year during the pandemic is we are
calling it remotely and we always have.
So we were kind of ahead
of the curve that way.
So Andrea and I really understand
what it's like to kind of have to,
you know, pump each other up, get excited.
It doesn't take much to get
us excited about football,
but you know we're in our 4th season,
which is really, really important.
So this wasn't like a one off.
It wasn't a gimmick.
Amazon came to us and they said,
we we want Hannah Storm and Andrea Kramer.
And if you don't do it, we're not
actually not going to do this at all.
So we were like, OK,
you're gonna do it.
We're gonna we're gonna take a risk
never done this before and in here
we are Four Seasons later so I love
it because it's really now you.
You could look at this and and you
can look at us and say that's a really
viable career option for women,
you know.
So I hope that that people see it and
they understand that it can be done.
And longevity can be there too.
So
right. And it's not gonna be like
my daughter and I were watching it.
We watch it, and so it'll be something
where it's just what is normal.
Now it's not oh wow, it's a woman like.
I think that is great.
It's becoming like it doesn't matter.
This is what you're,
this is what you're gonna get.
They know what the other thing is
that's so cool amity is that we're in
over 220 countries so you literally
could be in another country and want
to check out American football and
you would hear two women calling
it right as your first
experience watching football.
So I I love the thought of that too.
What teams are you?
Looking forward to seeing this season
like what is gonna power. I mean,
what listen I'm I'm fascinated
by what's happening with Matthew
Stafford and the Rams and Sean McVay,
able to unleash all that creativity.
That's like perfect marriage of coach and
player I think is is really, really cool.
It's like it was like his missing ingredient.
You know, like he was like a crazy
chef making something complicated,
but he didn't have his main ingredient.
And now he does.
So I think that team is really fun.
Obviously. I love Seattle.
I love the Hawks.
Russell Wilson is one of my friends.
I I think he had seen her.
Just an amazing power couple
and I I think that organization
is just sustained excellence.
You know,
through the years one of one of the
best organizations in sports really
top to bottom with everybody in line.
It's so cool, Dynasty,
how that Aaron Rodgers maybe
farewell tour works out and I think
I just think Kyler Murray and his
is off to an unbelievable start.
Another guy again,
that people had doubts about.
You know very much like like
Russell Story and you know.
They look really good,
so I I've seen a lot of parity this
season and I think a lot of it has
to do with fans being back and I
think just the atmosphere in the
stadiums where they're on the road
or at home is pumping all these
teams up and you're seeing you
know things that are unexpected.
And it's also don't forget we
have an extra game, you know,
so it's a 17 game season so you know,
listen, we're pretty early in this thing,
but I think it's great so far.
Well, it's been great so far talking to you.
I know we're at a time,
but I thank you for your time and thank
you for everything you've done for all
of us female journalists out there.
So we appreciate it.
Thanks, auntie storm. Man,
that that means so much to me I can't
even tell you thank you so much, Anthony.