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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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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56:16

Analyst Michael Nathanson on the future of sports...

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2023/04/17

Episode 294 of the Sports Media Podcast features Michael Nathanson, the co-founder and senior managing director of research firm MoffettNathanson. In this podcast, Nathanson, one of the top analysts in the country when it comes to the media sector, discusses the health of sports rights deals writ large; what the floor is on the number of pay-TV households in America; how 2023 TV advertising spending will impact sports spending; the media rights future of the College Football Playoff; why Michael

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73:48

Alan Shipnuck and Howard Beck

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2023/04/12

Episode 293 of the Sports Media Podcast features Alan Shipnuck, a longtime golf writer who is a partner and executive editor at the golf media company, the Fire Pit Collective. He is also the author of “Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar.” He is followed by Howard Beck, the longtime NBA writer whose work can today be found at GQ.com. Beck has written for the New York Times and Bleacher Report among other publications. In this podcast, Shipnuck

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74:47

ESPN play by play announcer Ryan Ruocco — and The...

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2023/04/06

Episode 292 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN play by play announcer Ryan Ruocco, who calls both the Women’s Final Four and the WNBA for ESPN, and the Yankees and Nets for the YES Network, and Chantel Jennings and Sabreena Merchant, national writers for The Athletic covering the WNBA and women’s college basketball. In this podcast, Ruocco discusses calling the most-watched women’s college basketball game of alltime as the voice of LSU-Iowa; why the women’s basketball growth has happened;

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73:10

Sports Media Roundtable with The Boston Globe’s Chad...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/04/05

Episode 291 of the Sports Media Podcast features a roundtable discussion with The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp. They are followed by Alex Sherman, a media reporter for CNBC. In this podcast, Karp and Finn discuss LSU’s win over Iowa in the NCAA women’s basketball championship– the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever; what the viewership numbers mean in context; the future of women’s basketball as a

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50:00

WWE announcer Michael Cole

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/03/31

Episode 290 of the Sports Media Podcast features WWE announcer Michael Cole, who has been one of the signature voices of WWE since 1997 and also works as the company’s Vice President of Announcing. In this podcast, Cole discusses working with Pat McAfee and how McAfee has helped rejuvenate his day-in passion for calling the product; his preparation for WrestleMania 39 from SoFi Stadium, which airs April 1 and April 2 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Peacock in the US and WWE Network elsewhere; covering

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42:57

ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe

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2023/03/31

Episode 289 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN broadcaster Holly Rowe, who is covering the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four in Dallas this month. In this podcast, Rowe talks about the growth and evolution of the women’s basketball tournament; why viewership numbers are up; the title game being on ABC; the uniqueness and star power of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark; the impact of South Carolina’s success; why women’s basketball coaches are unlike other coaches when Rowe interviews them at the half or

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37:50

ESPN investigative reporters Nicole Noren and T.J. Quinn

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/03/28

Episode 288 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN investigative reporters Nicole Noren and T.J. Quinn. In this podcast, the two reporters discuss their reporting over a four-year period on University of Utah athlete Lauren McCluskey a 21-year-old heptathlete who was murdered in 2018 by a man she briefly dated; the institutional failure by the university campus police and other institutions; how to report this kind of story and get public records; the resources they were given for the story;

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59:32

Fox Sports and Los Angeles Dodgers play by play...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2023/03/27

Episode 287 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Fox Sports lead MLB broadcaster Joe Davis and Britt Ghiroli, a senior writer for The Athletic covering MLB. In this podcast, Davis discusses calling six games of the World Baseball Classic including the semifinals and finals; what it was like to call Shohei Ohtani striking out Mike Trout to give Japan the title; how he prepared to call the event; calling on Stephen Nelson to help with pronunciations of the Japanese team; where he

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