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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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42:34

ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/16

Episode 340 of the Sports Media Podcast features Dan Orlovsky, who has been an NFL and college football analyst for ESPN since 2018. In this podcast Orlovsky discusses his fondness for on-camera film analysis and how he breaks down film for television; how social media helped start his media career; how he has navigated ESPN professionally; his relationship with his NFL Live colleagues; at what point of the NFL season he feels comfortable saying a team is a legit Super Bowl contender; his

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30:20

Mini-pod: The NFL’s best local markets and an NHL...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/12

Sportico media reporter Anthony Crupi comes on to discuss where the NFL stand after five weeks; the dominance of Kansas City and Buffalo as far as NFL ratings; CBS off to its most-watched season through five Weeks since NFL returned to CBS in 1998; the start of the NHL season and viewership expectations; if there is a good World Series viewership matchup and more. Anthony will be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL season. To learn more about listener data and

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40:25

How competitive is the NHL beat? Featuring The...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/11

Episode 339 of the Sports Media Podcast features Pierre LeBrun, a senior NHL columnist for The Athletic and an NHL Insider for TSN Canada. In this podcast LeBrun discusses the biggest story in the NHL in 2023-24; the most under-covered story in the league; why he is picking a Toronto-Edmonton Stanley Cup Final; how competitive the space is for an NHL insider; his fondness for wire service reporting; how much news he gets from agents versus front offices versus players; his experience working at

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47:01

The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023: The Port-A-Potty...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/06

Episode 338 of the Sports Media Podcast features two writers who were selected for The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023 analogy. They are Ryen Hockensmith of ESPN and Sarah Hepola of Texas Monthly. In this podcast Hockensmith discusses his story (“The Secret MVP of Sports? The Port-A-Potty”) and how it came to be; the importance of the Port-a-Potty at sporting events; the challenges of reporting and writing this piece; his piece on the life of a sports gambling help worker, which was an Honorable

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30:22

Mini-pod: Does Taylor Swift actually make an impact...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/04

Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch, comes on to discuss if Taylor Swift has made an impact on NFL viewership; NBC’s Chiefs-Jets game averaging 27 million viewers; Colorado-USC drawing 7.241 million; whether this is the end for Colorado as a viewership juggernaut; college football being up; Ryder Cup ratings down; Thursday Night Football’s postgame; the WNBA Finals viewership outlook and more. Jon will be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL

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65:43

The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/10/02

Episode 337 of the Sports Media Podcast features three writers who were selected for The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023 anthology. They are Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Derrick Gould of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Cassidy Randall, a freelance writer whose piece from The Atavist Magazine was selected. In this podcast Coffey discusses her story (“The Phillies’ Andrew Bellatti Made a Fatal Mistake as a Teen. A Tale of Remarkable Forgiveness Followed”) and how it came to be; the

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32:44

Mini-pod: Colorado continues to draw ratings; Sunday...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/28

Austin Karp, managing editor/digital for Sports Business Journal, comes on for a mini-podcast to discuss Colorado-Oregon and Ohio State-Notre Dame’s viewership numbers; Amazon’s big Thursday Night start; CBS’s big NFL September; Taylor Swift ratings; why MLB viewership on ESPN and ESPN2 was down; Fox moving games from FS1 to Fox to juice the viewership; the impact on the Red Sox and Yankees struggling and more. He’ll be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL

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83:59

Ian Eagle on his Taylor Swift in-game reference and...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/25

Episode 336 of the Sports Media Podcast features Ian Eagle, the CBS Sports/WBD/YES Network and Westwood One Sports broadcaster, and Sports Illustrated podcaster and writer Jimmy. Traina. In this podcast Eagle discusses dropping a Taylor Swift reference during the Chiefs-Jaguars game and the explosion of coverage that followed; why things go viral; how doing a Thursday Night radio broadcast helps his TV work; adjusting to so many different partners; his Nets schedule; how he feels when he reads that

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30:36

Mini-pod: NFL Week 2 and Colorado football sets a...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/22

Bill Shea, a longtime sports business reporter for Crain's Detroit Business, and The Athletic, comes on for a mini-podcast to discuss NFL, the Monday Night Football viewership experiment, and college football viewership for Week 2. He’ll be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL season. 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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65:04

Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch and The Athletic's...

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2023/09/20

Episode 335 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch, and Aaron Portzline, a senior writer for The Athletic who covers the Columbus Blue Jackets. In this podcast Deitsch and Lewis discuss ABC’s decision to simulcast 10 additional Monday Night Football games; Colorado-Colorado State averaging 9.30 million viewers on ESPN for a post-10:00 p.m. ET kickoff; the impact Colorado has had on sports media content; what will happen when Colorado loses;

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31:16

Mini-pod: NFL and Colorado football viewership talk...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/15

Anthony Crupi, a sports media reporter from Sportico, comes on for a mini-podcast to discuss NFL and college football viewership for Week 1 and the Charter-Disney settlement. He’ll be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL season. 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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69:07

Chad Finn of The Boston Globe and Ava Wallace of The...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/13

Episode 334 of the Sports Media Podcast features Chad Finn, sports media writer of The Boston Globe, and Ava Wallace, a tennis writer and Wizards beat reporter for The Washington Post. In this podcast Finn discusses the opening week of the NFL season and the viewership numbers being down; the season-ending injury to Aaron Rodgers; the Charter-Disney agreement; sports media companies going after the Deion Sanders market; the beginning of the The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN; and more. Wallace discusses

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48:38

Al Michaels, Fred Gaudelli and Mark Teitelman on the...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/11

Episode 333 of the Sports Media Podcast features three guests together — Amazon Prime Video play by play broadcaster Al Michaels, Amazon lead game producer Mark Teitelman and Fred Gaudelli, the executive producer of NBC’s and Amazon Prime’s NFL coverage. Amazon’s first NFL broadcast in 2023 will feature the Vikings at Eagles on Sept. 14 at 8:15 p.m. ET. In this podcast, the three discuss Teitelman taking over the lead producer role and what that will mean; how Teitelman defines a successful

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23:52

Mini-pod: Viewership predictions for Week One of the...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/08

Austin Karp, managing editor/digital for Sports Business Journal and Jon Lewis, founder of Sports Media Watch, come on for a mini-podcast to discuss sports viewership. They offer their thoughts on Week 1 of the NFL season, season predictions, and the college pregame shows. They’ll be on with other sports viewership experts for mini-pods throughout the NFL season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your

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44:14

The start of the NFL season with Kevin Clark, now of...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/07

Episode 332 of the Sports Media Podcast features Kevin Clark, who launched a digital show (“This is Football”) this week with Omaha Productions and ESPN. In this podcast, Clark discusses leaving The Ringer to join Omaha Productions and ESPN; creating a digital show and podcast called “This Is Football”; what he hopes to do with his new show; potential guests; the value of having an agent at this point in his career; his pick of a Bengals-Cowboys Super Bowl; Peter King’s predictions for an

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61:20

The Pat McAfee Show producer and on-air personality...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/09/05

Episode 331 of the Sports Media Podcast features Ty Schmit, a producer and on-air personality of The Pat McAfee Show, a live weekday sports talk show that launches on multiple ESPN platforms on Sept. 7. In this podcast, Schmit discusses his job for The Pat MacAfee Show; how guests and story ideas are selected; the challenges and frustrations of booking guests; how much he and the staff were kept in the loop when McAfee was meeting with potential employers for his next move; why ESPN can be a good

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41:52

NBC college football analyst Todd Blackledge

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/08/31

Episode 330 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NBC’s Big Ten Saturday Night lead analyst Todd Blackledge. Blackledge’s first call will be West Virginia at Penn State on Sept. 2 at 7:30 on NBC and Peacock. Big Ten Football will air each week on NBC and stream live on Peacock. In this podcast, Blackledge discusses why he left ESPN for NBC; how NBC made him feel wanted; being the lead of a college football package; his opening weeks of the season and how he is preparing for them;

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68:51

Kendall Baker of Yahoo Sports on sports newsletters,...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/08/28

Episode 329 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Kendall Baker, a senior writer for Yahoo Sports who is heading up the company’s newsletter initiative. His first newsletter for Yahoo Sports debuted Aug. 28. He is followed by Jenni Carlson, the longtime sports columnist for The Oklahoman who has moved to Sellout Crowd.com, a new sports digital startup which starts Sept. 1. In this podcast Baker discusses why he joined Yahoo Sports and what he plans to bring for readers; his

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52:46

ESPN’s Chris Fowler

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/08/23

Episode 328 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN play by play broadcaster Chris Fowler. In this podcast, Fowler discusses his role as ESPN’s lead tennis game-caller; his preparation for the upcoming U.S. Open; the Alcaraz-Djokovic Wimbledon final; how he sees the immediate future of the men’s and women’s game; the challenge of calling tennis off a monitor; his August and September college football schedule with Kirk Herbstreit; his new agreement with ESPN; being assigned

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52:08

ESPN’s Marc J. Spears

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/08/21

Episode 327 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Marc J. Spears, senior NBA writer for Andscape and one of the prominent NBA voices in the country. In this podcast, Spears discusses being awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game of basketball; the experience of being honored in Springfield, Mass; joining ESPN in 2016 as a senior NBA writer with the Undefeated, now known as Andscape, and how ESPN has changed from 2016 to

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