In the 56-minute sports media podcast, Fox Sports’ NFL insider Jay Glazer goes deep about how he made $9K per year to being an NFL insider on Fox and all the friends he has made along the way.
Glazer is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
The Rundown …
Jay Glazer started out his career doing stand-up comedy, interning at WFAN, working on “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous with Robin Leach,” bartending, boxing and bouncing as he was “broker than broke”
Eric Spitz, Steve Cohen and Len Weiner gave him a break at FAN
How good was Glazer at stand-up
Glazer was kicked out of the first college he attended …
How Glazer decided with no experience to go into the Giants locker room and grind, working “100 hours” a week
Glazer was driven by never wanting go home again
When he got kicked out of college the first time, he signed to box with friends and ….
How Glazer infiltrated the Giants locker room by caring about others
How he warned Tyrone Wheatley not to pick a fight with the fans
Glazer lived in terrible conditions as he tried to make it in the business
Glazer telling Michael Strahan to hustle more and Strahan going right back at Glazer
Funny story of how Steve Serby convinced New York Post sports editor Greg Gallo to hire Glazer for $9K per year
Strahan and Glazer appearing at synagogues
Serby calling Glazer at 1 a.m., while Glazer was playing “which bill should I pay” roulette
Glazer cutting himself as a bouncer at Studio 54
How Serby called Gallo to get Glazer a college basketball job
How Glazer got his big break by trying out for the New York Post with a Wheatley story
How Gallo offered him $250 per story
If Glazer didn’t have scoops, he wasn’t paid by The Post
How agent Maury Gostfrand led to his CBS job
The CBS NFL insider job came down to Glazer and a Denver Post writer named Adam Schefter
He got the job for $50K and then it went from there
How the Strahan-Glazer relationship started over being the only two “morons” laughing over an incident
Glazer did not have enough money to take public transportation back from the Giants facility so Strahan and some other notables would drive him
Glazer never asked Strahan for a dime
The Subway commercials with Strahan, Michael Phelps and Glazer, among others … It included a Super Bowl ad
The original breaking news battles with Chris Mortensen and company
How Peter Schrager took Glazer’s advice to heart
Glazer’s respect for Schefter
Fighting with ESPN for stealing his stories
His favorite scoop of all-time was ….
The scoop got him accepted by Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson after that one
He had the Matt Ryan to Atlanta story for three weeks
Glazer’s relationships with Sylvester Stallone, The Rock, Guy Fieri and others
Glazer has been very active in mental health
Glazer tells a chilling story about saving someone’s life
Lovie Smith and loyalty
How much did Marchand make when he started at the New York Post
How all the hours of overtime were not always counted
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