{"id":5398,"date":"2017-05-04T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=5398"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:28:05","slug":"eric-nehm-utility-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/eric-nehm-utility-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Nehm, ’12: Utility Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In his role at Good Karma Brands, Eric Nehm, \u201912, serves as a producer and reporter for ESPN Milwaukee, but his official titles don\u2019t give the full scope of his job description. Nehm is a writer, problem solver, Twitter guru and basketball devotee for Wisconsin sports.<\/p>\n

Nehm spends most of his time reporting on the city\u2019s NBA team, the Milwaukee Bucks. For each of the team\u2019s 41 home games, his day begins in the morning, watching the Bucks\u2019 shoot around and writing a game preview. The work doesn\u2019t wrap up until late at night.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the arena, I do all pre-game and live coverage. By the time I record the post-game podcast, I\u2019m probably finished around midnight,\u201d Nehm says.\"NehmHeadShot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During baseball season, he gives the same attention to the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Nehm fills in as the producer for various radio shows with ESPN Milwaukee. He covers pre-game shows for University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers football and basketball, pre-game shows for Marquette University basketball, and NFL coverage of the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a bit of a jack of all trades,\u201d Nehm says. \u201cTo use a very clich\u00e9d term in sports, I\u2019m a utility player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nehm always wanted a career in sports radio. At Maryville, while earning dual BA degrees in English and communication, he helped create Saints Talk, Maryville\u2019s student-run sports podcast.<\/p>\n

Nehm also developed a column for Milwaukee Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lived in Milwaukee for a majority of my life and covering those teams is a passion of mine,\u201d he says. \u201cI decided that I wanted to try writing about the NBA. I had gotten to know some of the editors at Milwaukee Magazine<\/em>, so I pitched them on the idea of writing a weekly Bucks column. I guess that\u2019s kind of always been the way I\u2019ve done things. If I want to do something, I pitch an idea and discuss how to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a writer for ESPN, Nehm is one of the youngest individuals in any locker room or clubhouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it took some people by surprise,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve always been the type of person who shoots my shot, and if I think something needs to be asked, I\u2019ll ask it. I think they quickly figured out that I do know what I\u2019m talking about, and I was accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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