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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.

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38:10

James Andrew Miller on ESPN management changes

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/26

Episode 314 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN, Saturday Night Live, and HBO. In this podcast, Miller discusses ESPN’s recently senior management moves and how that impacts viewers and listeners; the emerging power of Norby Williamson and Dave Roberts; the ESPN layoffs; how Jim anticipates the Pat McAfee show will fit into the ESPN ecosystem; whether this is ESPN’s management. Group heading forward; long-term

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52:22

Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins

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2023/06/21

Episode 313 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Washington Post sports columnist and feature writer Sally Jenkins. Her latest book is “The Right Call: What Sports Teaches Us About Work And Life.” In this podcast, Jenkins discusses the precepts in her new book; studying greatness; decision-making as a mechanism that can be trained like anything else; failure as a precondition for success; talking with Peyton Manning, Steve Kerr, Laird Hamilton, Jill Ellis, Muffet McGraw, and

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79:18

How MLS, Apple can maximize Leo Messi’s time in...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/19

Episode 312 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Apple/MLS lead analyst Taylor Twellman and Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis In this podcast, Twellman discusses what Messi coming to America means for MLS; how MLS/Apple will attempt to capitalize on Messi’s arrival; why Twellman thinks this is bigger than Pele playing in the U.S; the broadcasting challenges surrounding Messi’s arrival; what kind of access Messi will provide sports media; what is realistic in terms

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47:10

CBS Champions League host Kate Abdo

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/14

Episode 311 of the Sports Media Podcast features CBS Champions League host Kate Abdo. In this podcast, Abdo discusses why she decided to sign with CBS Sports/Paramount+ exclusively for the long-term; how the deal with CBS Sports came together; what is unique about covering the Champions League; why the four-person studio team of Abdo, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, and Micah Richards has worked so well; the show’s ability to morph from light topics and tactics to racism and security issues in

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48:11

The NBA Finals viewership and Leo Messi to MLS: A...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/09

Episode 310 of the Sports Media Podcast features a roundtable discussion with Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis; and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, we discuss the Heat and Nuggets series matching the average audience from last year’s Celtics-Warriors series; the upcoming media rights for the NBA; the top-down view of PGA Tour agreeing to partner with Saudi-backed LIV Golf; any viewer backlash; Leo Messi to Miami and what that means for

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73:59

The PGA Tour-LIV Golf Merger: Guests are Kevin Van...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/08

Episode 309 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two guests. First up is Kevin Van Valkenburg, the editorial director of No Laying Up and a former ESPN and Baltimore Sun staff writer. He is followed by Chad Mumm, the executive producer of Full Swing, the PGA Tour series for Netflix. He is the chief creative officer of Vox Media Studios. In this podcast, Van Valkenburg discusses the seismic news on The PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour announcing they would merge commercial

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44:51

ESPN’s Beth Mowins and Michele Smith on women’s...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/06

Episode 308 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN Women’s College World Series broadcasters Beth Mowins and Michele Smith. The two (along with Jessica Mendoza and Holly Rowe) will call the Women’s College World Series on ESPN and ESPN+ this week. In this podcast, Mowins and Smith discuss the evolution of women’s softball coverage; the biggest challenges for a broadcaster covering the women’s World Series; Mowins calling her 29th WCWS and Smith in her 19th year; the challenge

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62:49

Racquet co-founder Caitlin Thompson on how we consume...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/06/01

Episode 307 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Caitlin Thompson, the co-founder of Racquet, a tennis-focused media company with a flagship quarterly print magazine, and the co-host of The Racquet Magazine Podcast with Rennae Stubbs. In this podcast, Thompson and Deitsch discuss the most interesting players today; whether tennis needs a 1-2 rivalry at the top such as Iga Swiatek versus Aryna Sabalanka; how Thompson formed Racquet and the challenges of running a tennis media

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51:38

Jeff Van Gundy

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/30

Episode 306 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN/ABC NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy. The broadcaster will call the NBA Finals, starting on June 1 on ABC. In this podcast, Van Gundy discusses the new NBA Finals tipoff time; the changes he would make to speed up the game; calling games for ESPN for 16 years; how people view the Nuggets, and how an NBA appearance will impact that; chatting with Dave Chappelle in L.A; his assessment of Victor Wembanyama; the future media rights for

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53:03

The post-LeBron James content universe — and the...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/26

Episode 305 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Athletic senior NBA writer Sam Amick and ESPN WNBA analyst LaChina Robinson. In this podcast, Amick discusses his recent piece “Could LeBron James actually retire? Seems unlikely, but the leverage game may have begun”; what a post-LeBron NBA universe looks like far as content; the Nuggets in the NBA Finals; Mike Malone’s us-against-the-world-view; LeBron as the most successful 21st century athlete given social media, and more. Robinson discusses

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39:10

Rolling Stone chief television critic Alan Sepinwall...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/25

Episode 304 of the Sports Media Podcast features Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall. In this podcast, Sepinwall discusses his writing process; the importance of a series finale; how he puts together recaps for shows such as “Succession” and “Barry”; the value of seeing the show in advance; whether it is smart to predict what happens to characters when writing recaps; writing about “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men”; whether he wants to hear from the people he writes about; dealing with PR

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49:16

Bryan Curtis of The Ringer and Ben Strauss of The...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/22

Episode 303 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features The Ringer Editor At Large Bryan Curtis and Ben Strauss, sports media reporter for The Washington Post. In this podcast, we discuss The Pat McAfee Show move to ESPN will his show will air live weekdays on ESPN, the ESPN YouTube Channel, the ESPN App and ESPN+; why ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro brought McAfee to ESPN; how McAfee’s show might or might not change; morale at ESPN amid layoffs; why politics won’t be any issue for McAfee’s

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51:45

Endeavor President and COO Mark Shapiro

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/17

Episode 302 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Mark Shapiro, the President and COO of Endeavor, the Hollywood entertainment and sports giant. In this podcast, Shapiro discusses what makes someone a differentiator in sports media talent in 2023; why WWE was the right property for Endeavor; the domestic rights deals for WWE’s Raw and Smackdown programming coming up in 2024; how the WWE can expand within the Endeavor ecosystem; working with WWE CEO Nick Khan; how Mark sees the

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34:51

The NFL’s television schedule

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/12

Episode 301 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis. In this podcast, Lewis and Deitsch discuss the NFL schedule release; a look at each network’s schedule; how we think it impacts viewership; potential mega-games; the Christmas, Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day games; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit:

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51:40

Peter King on the NFL

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/11

Episode 300 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NBC Sports NFL writer and broadcaster Peter King. In this podcast, King discusses covering pro football for 39 years; the NFL schedule release; how the league puts the release together; Amazon Prime’s Black Friday game; flex scheduling; the Eagles as a prohibitive favorite and why Peter is so high on the Lions; Tom Brady as a Fox NFL analyst; California and New York’s attorneys general launching a joint investigatio into

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44:34

Roundtable with Boston Globe sports media writer Chad...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/05

Episode 299 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast Karp and Finn discusses the NBA’s best first round playoff viewership in nine years, averaging 3.4 million viewers over 43 game telecasts across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and NBA TV; the Warriors-Kings Game 7 drawing 9.8 million viewers for Game 7, the best first-round game since 1999 (24 years);

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39:28

NFL Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/03

Episode 298 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah. In this podcast, Jeremiah discusses covering the 2023 NFL Draft; how he prepares for his role on the NFL Network; correctly predicting prior to the Draft that the Texans would trade up for the No. 3 pick; what the upcoming post-Draft weeks are like for him; whether he would consider working again for a team; calling the Chargers as a radio broadcaster; hearing from NFL people during the Draft;

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39:49

Tim Layden and Dana O’Neil

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/05/01

Episode 297 of the Sports Media Podcast features NBC Sports senior writer Tim Layden and The Athletic senior writer Dana O’Neil. In this podcast, Layden and O’Neil discuss covering the Kentucky Derby; the differences in covering horse racing versus traditional sports; how the Derby Week precedes for them; their favorite Derby memories; Forte being a big favorite in the 2023 Derby; other horses to look for in the Derby; whether horse racing writers should bet on horse racing and more. You can

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68:00

The NFL Draft and ESPN layoffs

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/04/25

Episode 296 of the Sports Media Podcast features CBS Sports NFL analyst Amy Trask and Washington Post staff writer Ben Strauss. In this podcast, Trask, the former CEO of the Raiders, discusses the growth of the NFL Draft; how she watches the NFL Draft today; how she thinks NFL front offices feel about the mock draft; teams giving out NFL Draft misinformation; the search for quarterbacks; Dan Snyder’s tenure; gambling suspensions in a league filled with gambling deals; Wrexham’s incredibly journey,

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54:38

Examining the NHL postseason and the NHL’s viewership...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/04/20

Episode 295 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN national NHL reporter Ryan Clark and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Clark discusses the league’s biggest storylines for the postseason; how a national writer decides on what to cover for the postseason; how much the ESPN name carries weight in hockey; being based in Seattle; the teams that are press friendly; how the war in Ukraine has impacted the season; Pride Night; Stanley Cup predictions;

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