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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.

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53:20

Peter King

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/27

Episode 376 of the Sports Media Podcast features Peter King, the iconic NFL writer who announced his retirement this week after 44 years as a sports writer. In this podcast, we discuss King’s reason for stepping away from column writing; the response he received to his announcement; hearing from Peyton Manning and Tom Brady among others; what happens when you lose interest in the transactional part of the job; how NBC Sports responded to his decision; his desire to teach in the future; facing

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27:37

Sports Business Journal managing editor, digital...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/26

Episode 375 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast, we discuss Daytona 500 viewership; how the NCAA basketball tournaments should do viewership-wise; CNBC reporting that Amazon will pay $150 million to televise a wild-card playoff game to cap the 2024 season; Austin hosting a podcast; EA Sports' new college football game, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.To learn

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64:49

Sue Bird

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/22

Episode 374 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sue Bird, the five-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time WNBA champion, and the host of “Sue’s Places,” an ESPN+ original series that features Bird exploring the history and traditions of college basketball. The series is currently in the middle of a 10-episode run. In this podcast, Bird discusses athlete-owned media and the production company she and her fiancee, the soccer great Megan Rapinoe, recently formed; the influence of

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37:03

Director Kristen Lappas on telling Giannis...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/20

Episode 373 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kristen Lappas, the director of “Giannis: The Marvelous Journey.” The film debuts Feb. 19 on Prime Video. Lappas works as a director and producer with Words + Pictures and previously worked as a feature producer for ESPN and ESPN Films. In this podcast, Lappas discusses telling Antetokounmpo’s story; how the project came to her; filming in Greece with her subjects; why the Antetokounmpo ended up trusting her; how to navigate the

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39:48

CNBC’s Alex Sherman

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/16

Episode 372 of the Sports Media Podcast features CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast we discuss the Super Bowl viewership averaging 123.7 million viewers across television and streaming platforms; why the game was up seven percent; Paramount Global announcing layoffs shortly after the game; how much of the bump in viewership should be attributed to Taylor Swift interest; ESPN, Fox and WBD plans to launch a joint sports streaming service this fall; the key question for pay TV

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34:06

Kenny Smith

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/14

Episode 371 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kenny Smith, who is in his 25th year as studio analyst for Inside the NBA. He will be in Indianapolis this weekend for WBD's coverage of the NBA All Star Game. In this podcast, Smith discusses his basketball consumption; why Inside The NBA has sustained its excellence over the years; the upcoming All-Star Game; why the Celtics are the best team he has seen this year; the NBA’s upcoming media rights deals; the brilliance of Giannis

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4:15

Featured Clip: Kenny Smith

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/13

In this featured clip of our longform interview with WBD “Inside The NBA” analyst Kenny Smith that will publish on Feb. 14, the analyst offers his thoughts on how Inside The NBA has impacted other studio shows including alt-casts. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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47:17

Noah Eagle

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/08

Episode 370 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Noah Eagle, who will serve as the play by play voice along with analyst Nate Burleson for Nickelodeon’s broadcast of the Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11. He also is the play-by-play voice of Big Ten Saturday Night – the primetime Big Ten Football game — on NBC and stream live on Peacock as well as college basketball and tennis broadcaster. In this podcast, Eagle discusses the biggest challenge for you when it comes to the Nickelodeon

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37:37

What’s it like to cover the San Francisco 49ers?...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/06

Episode 369 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Tim Kawakami, who covers the San Francisco 49ers and other Bay Area teams as a columnist for The Athletic. He is also the host of “The TK Show” podcast and its various feeds. In this podcast, Kawakami discusses challenges and fun of covering the Niners; what kind of access he gets to Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan; what is unique about covering a Bay Area sports team; why the Niners have such interest in his area; what he sees for

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51:43

What’s it like to cover the Kansas City Chiefs? The...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/02/05

Episode 368 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Nate Taylor, who covers the Kansas City Chiefs for The Athletic. In this podcast, Taylor discusses challenges and fun of covering the Chiefs; what kind of access he gets to Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce; the best talkers on the team; how Taylor Swift has impacted the coverage this season; how he finds and pursues stories; what he expects Las Vegas to be like for Chiefs coverage; how much pressure there is on game days; and

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34:17

Can Taylor Swift Impact The Super Bowl Viewership?...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/31

Episode 367 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis. In this podcast, Deitsch and Lewis discuss the NFL’s Championship Game viewership; Super Bowl viewership expectations; Taylor Swift impact; Greg Olsen; what ESPN will do with its NBA teams; Netflix and niche sports, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit:

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50:29

ESPN NHL broadcasters Ray Ferraro and Sean McDonough

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/29

Episode 366 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN NHL broadcasters Ray Ferraro and Sean McDonough. They will call the NHL All Star Game on February 3 at 3PM ET on ABC. In this podcast, Ferraro and McDonough discuss the challenges of broadcasting an All-Star Game; what access viewers will get; why viewership is up this year in the NHL; the difference between Canadian and U.S. broadcasts; which players at ice level stand out above the rest; the speed of hockey broadcasts; the best teams in the

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28:48

The Athletic’s Chantel Jennings on women’s basketball

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/26

Episode 365 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Athletic’s senior women’s baseball writer Chantel Jennings. In this podcast, we discuss the NCAA’s eight-year agreement with ESPN worth $115 million annually to televise 40 college sports championships each year, including the marquee Division I women’s basketball tournament; why it the women’s basketball tournament was not spun off from that deal; what happens next; the teams to watch for as we head to March; Caitlin Clark at Iowa and more. You

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49:04

CNBC’s Alex Sherman and The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/25

Episode 364 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Boston Globe Sports media writer Chad Finn and CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast, we discuss the 10-year deal announced between TKO and Netflix for “Monday Night Raw”; what that deal might been for Netflix getting into the sports rights business; how the deal impacts other media companies; the NFL’s divisional round viewership numbers; which Super Bowl matchup is best viewership-wise between the Chiefs, Lions, Niners and

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48:51

Paul Finebaum

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/22

Episode 363 of the Sports Media Podcast features Paul Finebaum, who hosts the aptly named The Paul Finebaum Show which can be heard on ESPN Radio, SEC Network and Sirius XM Channel 81 from Monday to Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. ET. In this podcast, Finebaum discusses how his show reacted to the retirement of Alabama coach Nick Saban; the reaction of his callers to the news; how Kalen DeBoer has been received in Alabama; the uniqueness of doing his show in the region he does; the prospect of Nick Sabam

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48:02

The Peacock Playoff Game: Austin Karp and Jon Lewis...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/18

Episode 362 of the Sports Media Podcast features Sports Business Journal managing editor/digital Austin Karp and Jon Lewis, the editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss Peacock averaging 23 million viewers for its exclusive Dolphins-Chiefs game; what the viewership number means; why you will see this again next year; how to extrapolate the churn rate; the potential of the NFL buying a stake in NFL; what such a stake would mean for NFL coverage and investigative

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46:03

The Deal-Makers: Karen Brodkin and Hillary Mandel

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/16

Episode 361 of the Sports Media Podcast features Karen Brodkin, the co-head of WME Sports and an executive vice president at its parent company, Endeavor, and Hillary Mandel, an executive vice president and head of media for the Americas for IMG, an Endeavor company. Brodkin and Mandel have worked as advisors on an endless amount of high-profile media deals, from individual team deals to league deals. They recently served as consultants for the NCAA for its $920 million, eight-year agreement with

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52:09

ESPN author James Andrew Miller on Pat McAfee

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/09

Episode 360 of the Sports Media Podcast features James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live and HBO. In this podcast Miller and Deitsch discuss Pat McAfee accusing a longtime ESPN executive of sabotaging his program by leaking false viewership information to the media; the appearances from Aaron Rogers on McAfee’s show; the support McAfee has from ESPN’s two top executives; the history of ESPN on-air talent challenging executives; why McAfee has

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48:40

ESPN’s Bill Bonnell and Jimmy Platt, the producer and...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/08

Episode 359 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN producer Bill Bonnell and ESPN director Jimmy Platt. Bonnell and Platt served as the producer and director for the Michigan-Washington college football national championship game. In this podcast they discuss what is unique about a national college football championship for the production truck; how Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Washington coach Kalen DeBoer are in production meetings; what having two sideline reporters means for a broadcast;

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7:22

Featured Clip: ESPN NBA analyst Hubie Brown

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/01/04

In this featured clip of our longform interview with ESPN's Hubie Brown that was published on Dec. 28, the Hall of Fame coach and analyst tells a story about the greatness of Wilt Chamberlain. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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