Former Sportscenter anchor Kenny Mayne is making the rounds to promote his new podcast, Hey Mayne, and told WGR’s Howard and Jeremy the favorite thing he’s done in his career.
“That’s one of my favorite things we ever did,” Mayne said. “I think it’s the most viewed video in Buffalo. I don’t know if that’s true or not but it’s up there. You can google it.”
He later added the genesis of the skit came after former Bills running back Willis McGahee denigrated Buffalo after being traded to the Baltimore Ravens.
“Willis McGahee left Buffalo and Marshawn comes in. McGahee kinda trashed the town on the way out saying ‘there’s nothing to do. All they’ve got is an Applebee’s and Dave & Busters. Don’t even start on the women’. We took all that information and made it seem like Marshawn was just the opposite,” Mayne said “He was so fun. He was so young. He was just a rookie. I’m so glad I got to do that story when I got to do it because it started my relationship with him and I got to know him when he was just a young kid.”
Mayne, whose new weekly show debuted on June 30th and features ESPN analyst Bill Walton as his guest in the latest edition, went in-depth on the behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating a podcast.
“I sit in front of a microphone, as does someone else, and we talk. Someone records it, and they put it out in the universe,” Mayne said.
