Episode 451 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss the NBA settling its months-long lawsuit with Warner Bros. Discovery; the iconic Inside the NBA show now appearing on ABC and ESPN as part of the settlement; WBD receiving the rights to broadcast live NBA games in northern Europe and Latin America; Netflix's significant tech issues for its Mike Tyson-Jake Paul event; whether Jon buys Netflix's...

Episode 450 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jane McManus, the editor of The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024, the annual anthology showcasing the best writing in sports from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year. McManus also has a book coming out in February 2025 called "Fast Track: Inside The Surging Business of Women’s Sports." In this podcast, McManus discusses her selections for her book; the amazing features...

Episode 449 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Bill Cowher, an analyst for CBS’s The NFL Today show and the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach. The NFL Today will air live Sunday from Highmark Stadium as part of the run-up to the Bills-Chiefs game in the late-afternoon window. In this podcast Cowher discusses how an on-air talent prepares to do a live show outside; his longevity at CBS Sports and coming back for the 2025 season; why Nick Saban and Bill Belichick have...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Bill Cowher, an analyst for CBS’s The NFL Today. The full interview will be available on Friday. In this clip, Cowher discusses how he views Bill Belichick and Nick Saban’s forays into broadcasting and why he thinks Belichick will return to coaching. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn...

Episode 448 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Howard Beck, a senior NBA writer for The Ringer and a co-host of The Real Ones NBA show with Raja Bell and Logan Murdock. In this podcast, Beck and Deitsch discuss where Twitter/X is in 2024 as it relates to sports content; why we have been posting more on Bluesky and Threads; Beck's thoughts on whether Bluesky can become a new version of Sports Twitter; why Bluesky has garnered attention from sports people; what is needed...

With the first college football playoff bracket published, we do a mini-podcast with Chris Vannini, who covers national college football for The Athletic and is the co-host of The Athletic’s “Until Saturday” podcast. The discussion hits how the current matchups would do viewership-wise; the challenge of the first round going up against the NFL on Dec. 21; the impact of the power teams; college football viewership so far; the success of College GameDay; The Athletic's reader survey on Pat...

Episode 447 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Lindsay Gottlieb, the head women’s basketball coach at USC and one of the best coaches in college basketball. Her team advanced to the Elite Eight last year and opens the season No. 3 in the AP preseason poll. In this podcast, we discuss how Gottlieb thinks about the role of media coverage when it comes to her job and program; what it means media-wise to have two AP Preseason All-Americans, Kiki Iriafen and JuJu Watkins;...

Episode 446 of the Sports Media Podcast features the co-hosts of The Sports Spectrum podcast, an interview-driven show featuring stories at the intersection of faith and sports. The guests are Matt Forte, who played 10 years in the NFL as a running back for the Bears and Jets, and becomes a co-host on Nov. 5, and Jason Romano, a former ESPN producer who has been the podcast host since 2017. In this podcast, Forte and Romano discuss what the Sports Spectrum offers listeners; why Forte decided...

Episode 445 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and analyst for NBC's horse racing coverage. In this podcast Bailey discusses his months-long preparation for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will air this weekend from Del Mar, Calif., across NBC, USA Network and Peacock; where the Breeders’ Cup weekend ranks for him amid all assignments; what his broadcasting philosophy is; how he got into the broadcasting business and...

Episode 444 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Michaela Hammond and Chris Stone, two of the founders of OffBall, a new sports culture brand featuring a website, newsletter, and social feed. You can find them at offball.news. In this podcast, Hammond and Stone discuss what Off Ball is and its attempt to provide a curated hub for the nexus of sports and culture; why they believe they have a unique product in the content space; using human curation for a sports content...

Episode 443 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci, who are serving as dugout reporters for Fox Sports for the Dodgers-Yankees World Series. Both Verducci and Rosenthal have long careers as accomplished writers; Verducci works for Sports Illustrated while Rosenthal writes for The Athletic. (I have worked with both.) In this podcast Rosenthal and Verducci discuss why this World Series feels so big; how they prepare for their Fox TV work versus...

Episode 442 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Business Journal managing editor/newsletters Austin Karp and Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis. In this podcast, we discuss our World Series predictions for viewership; how good a World Series this is for MLB as far as media exposure; what is a realistic number for Fox; how the NBA looks at the start of the season; Turner’s last NBA year; the WNBA Finals viewership; and more. You can subscribe to this...

Episode 441 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Laura Gentile, the former head of marketing at ESPN and the founder of the espnW brand. She left ESPN this past year to launch her own company, lauragentile.studio, an independent marketing consultancy. In this podcast, Gentile discusses why big money is flowing into women’s sports; where the growth areas are; the job of a marketing consultancy in sports; ESPN’s role in women’s sports and what the company does well and can...

Episode 440 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Allison Galer, an attorney and the founder and president of Disrupt the Game, her sports and entertainment agency. Galer’s client list includes ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike, WNBA players Kelsey Mitchell, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, and Jacey Sheldon, among others, women’s college basketball All-Americas Kiki Irafen and Aneesah Morrow, and U.S. national soccer team star Crystal Dunn. In this podcast, Galer discusses what her...

Episode 439 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch.  In this podcast, Deitsch and Lewis discuss Roger Goodell telling the AP that it would not surprise him if a Super Bowl was played abroad; why the networks might not want that Super Bowl over a U.S.-based one; the International impact; college football’s big viewership start; how ESPN has leveraged the SEC; the best matchups for a World Series based on viewership; why...

Episode 438 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Ryan Fitzpatrick, a pregame, halftime, and postgame analyst for  Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football coverage. The former NFL quarterback joined the streamer in 2022.  In this podcast, Fitzgerald discusses his journey from player to broadcaster; the value of having played against players and coaches who are still active; whether he can be critical of people he played with in the NFL; why he opted to be on a studio...

Episode 437 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Chris Johnston, an NHL Insider for The Athletic, TSN (Canada), and the host of The Chris Johnston Show for SDPN. In this podcast, Johnston discusses the media health of the NHL; what the robust Stanley Cup Final viewership numbers from last year could mean heading forward; what he hears around the NHL about ESPN and WBD doing hockey in the U.S.; Amazon’s entry into the Canadian hockey media market; Connor Bedard’s Year...

Episode 436 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Boston Globe media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal managing editor/newsletters Austin Karp. In this podcast we examine the NFL’s viewership rate so far; Zach Lowe’s layoff and Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement from ESPN, the NFL International Series; MLB’s postseason interest, the WNBA's viewership without Caitlin Clark, and more.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn...

Episode 435 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Tom Rinaldi, a reporter on multiple Fox Sports properties including the NFL where he works on the top team. Rinaldi has a new serialized podcast series out: “Tom Rinaldi Presents: Sacred Acre.” The six-part series goes into the life and murder of Ed Thomas, a longtime high school football coach from Parkersburg, Iowa. In this podcast Rinaldi discusses why he was attracted to this story of a man who was killed 15 years ago;...

Episode 434 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jason Jones, a staff writer for The Athletic, covering the nexus of sports and culture and Jimmy Traina, the host of the SI Media with Jimmy Traina and a writer at SI.com. In this podcast Jones and Traina discuss the six-part docu-series that premiered on Netflix last week about Vince McMahon; their takeaways; how the filmmakers navigated McMahon’s ascension in pro wrestling through his exile from the business amid legal...

Episode 433 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Adnan Virk, who will be a host for Amazon's Prime Monday Night Hockey. Amazon will stream all national regular season Monday night NHL games in English for the 2024-25 NHL season in Canada. In this podcast Virk discusses how he landed the Prime Video job; Amazon's foray into the NHL; Amazon's upcoming NHL whiparound show; being onsite for an NHL studio show; what baseball needs for a big postseason; Joe Tessitore doing WWE...

Episode 432 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kalyn Kahler, a senior NFL Writer for ESPN. Kahler is the host and lead reporter for "Spiraled," a six-part podcast off her written series on former NFL players who left their old lives behind for an extreme religious group. In this podcast Kahler discusses her reporting on NFL players joining Straitway Truth Ministry; how to turn written work into a narrative podcast; the challenges of self-promotion for a podcast; how to...

Episode 431 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, the editor of Sports Media Watch and Brad Nessler, the lead game-caller for CBS’s Big Ten college football coverage. In this podcast Lewis discusses Adrian Wojnarowski's retirement from ESPN; what ESPN might do next; and the NFL viewership through Week 2. Nessler discusses calling USC-Michigan this Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on CBS; moving from the SEC on CBS to the Big Ten; whether there is a difference calling Big...

Episode 430 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Chloe Peterson, the Indiana Fever reporter for the IndyStar. In this podcast Peterson discusses covering the Fever in 2024; her access to the team; how often Caitlin Clark speaks with the media; how she got her assignment; covering Caitlin Clark in college; what her game day is like; what a non-game day is like; how Clark has handled challenging subjects; what the online discourse is like for Peterson; what she expects from...