Beginning on March 21, ESPN will host a slate of Hangouts, the multi-person video-based live chat feature on the Google+ social platform, with ESPN college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb. The Hangouts will be broadcast live directly from the ESPN Google+ page and available for later viewing on the ESPN YouTube channel.
Three randomly selected fans will have a unique opportunity to interact directly with Gottlieb during each of the Hangouts. To be selected, readers should add ESPN to their Google+ circles and watch the ESPN feed for updates.
“Google+ Hangouts are a great new platform from which we can have live conversations with an engaged, online basketball audience,” said John Kosner, Executive Vice President, Digital and Print Media. “It’s unique, compelling and live — exactly what we strive for at ESPN digital media.”
The schedule for Google+ Hangouts is as follows:
March 21 – 10:30 a.m. ET
March 28 – TBD
Additional Hangouts could be added at a later date.
Former college basketball star Doug Gottlieb is a college basketball analyst on ESPN television networks and is host of ESPN Radio’s The Doug Gottlieb Show, which debuted as The Pulse in December 2006. The Doug Gottlieb Show is heard nationally 4-7 p.m. ET Mondays-Fridays. He also writes a column for ESPN.com. Gottlieb joined ESPN in September 2003 as co-host of ESPN Radio’s GameNight (weeknights, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.). He also has hosted Backstage at the ESPY Awards on ESPN Radio and was an analyst for the Great Outdoor Games. Prior to joining ESPN, Gottlieb co-hosted a midday sports talk show at ESPN Radio affiliate WWLS-AM in Oklahoma City. Before embarking on a career in sports casting, Gottlieb played point guard for Eddie Sutton and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, leading the nation in assists in 1999, and finishing second in 2000. He graduated in 2000 with a degree in marketing, holding every assist record at OSU and in the Big 12 Conference. After graduating, Gottlieb played professionally in France, Russia and Israel, and in the USBL, CBA, ABA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers’ summer team in 2001. Gottlieb, a native of Orange County, Calif., has won an NEBL championship as well as a Russian Basketball Federation Championship.