My son, Caden, decided he wanted to be a sports broadcaster when he was 5 years old. His life plan was to play baseball in college, then professionally, then retire and be a broadcaster and then own a car dealership. His love of sports started at a very young age and grows deeper each year.
This was before Instagram and the ability to message videos directly on your phone. So we started uploading videos to YouTube of him reading scores in the newspaper or pretending to broadcast Angel games with the audio on our tv turned down. We would share them with our family. Then one day we had the idea for him to interview someone we knew in sports.
Now Caden’s YouTube, CadenCenter, has had guests like Mike Trout from the Angels, Fred Roggin from
NBC, the cast of the movie Uncle Drew, Ernie Johnson and so many more. Caden has been a guest reporter on Angels Weekly on Fox Sports West, the LA Rams website and his story was featured on Nickelodeon’s All In with Cam Newton. He has cohosted the local school districts talent show, as well as the Loma Linda Children’s Hospital Gala. Caden has been a guest radio broadcaster for both the Inland Empire 66ers baseball team, as well as the Ontario Fury. He was an in game host at the Ontario Reign “cool school” hockey game. He has been featured on NBC and KTLA, as well as in local newspapers. A few years ago Caden also started writing his own column in the Inland Empire Community Newspapers.
Caden eventually started playing basketball instead of baseball but still loves and enjoys all sports. His plan is to still attend college, then go into broadcasting or have his own show.
Before the pandemic hit this year, we had plans to visit the set of Inside the NBA in Atlanta, and have a behind the scenes tour of Good Morning America.
While disappointed these didn’t work out, we know there will be more opportunities in 2021!
Check out his videos and interviews on his YouTube page
https://m.youtube.com/c/CadenCenter
and follow his adventures on his Instagram
https://instagram.com/caden_center
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My 15 Year Old Son Already Has An Incredibly Impressive Resume as a Journalist
Cadens first video
Caden, with Marcellus Wiley, visiting the set of Sports Nation
Featured in the local newspaper
Caden and Landon Donovan
Caden filming Angels Weekly with Alex Curry and Jose Mota
Caden interviewing Jason Grilli on Angels Weekly
Caden and Blake Griffin
Caden interviewing singer/songwriter, Keaton Simons
Caden and Luc Robitaille
Caden and John Cappelletti
Caden and former Dodger, Tommy Davis
Caden and Tony Shin from NBC LA
Announcing at the IE 66ers game
Visiting the set of Sports Nation
Announcing the Ontario Fury game with Jeff Pooe
Guest speaker at the Ontario Fury Foundation Gala
Caden and USC Mens Basketball Coach Andy Enfield
Interviewing Jose Mota During Spring Training
Caden and NFL Player, Kenjon Barner
Radio broadcast guest for the IE 66ers
On set of Nickelodeon’s All In With Cam Newton with Cam and Daryl Evans
LA Rams Training Camp with Dani Klupenger
Interviewing Jared Goff
Ontario Reign “Cool School” game hosting with Dave Joseph
Hosting Redlands Got Talent!
USC Football Practice with JuJu Smith-Schuster
Cohosting the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Gala
Caden and Cam
Interviewing Mike Trout
Getting a Little Help From the Helpful Honda Guys
Announcing an inning at the Angels
Uncle Drew Press Junket with Kyrie Irving
Caden, Lil Rel and Nick Kroll
Interviewing Reggie Miller, Lisa Leslie and Nate Robinson
Interviewing Victor Rojas
With Fred Roggin at NBC
NBC LA
With Todd Gurleu
Blue Carpet LEGO Movie 2 Premier
Chris Pratt Interview
Interviewing legend, Ernie Johnson
