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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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AEW's Maxwell Jacob Friedman, better known as MJF, on the art of doing media as a pro wrestler

Aug 27, 202645 min

Roundtable: Who is the face of ESPN? The answer might surprise you.

Aug 22, 20261h 0m

Jason Hehir, the director of The Last Dance, on his newest film — Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter.

Aug 20, 202640 min

Can the Premier League benefit from the excitement over this year's World Cup?

Aug 19, 202633 min

Did CBS Sports telegraph the fate of Tony Romo; ESPN's terrible decision on Damien Woody, and Jimmy Traina makes a surprise appearance on the podcast

Aug 15, 20261h 8m

The NFL isn't leaving CBS or Fox anytime soon — and evaluating ESPN's college football roster

Aug 8, 202636 min

CBS Sports places Tony Romo on leave

Aug 1, 202649 min

Linda Cohn and Neil Everett

Jul 30, 202648 min

The ESPN layoffs — and the media impact of LeBron to the Sixers

Jul 25, 202659 min

What the ESPN layoffs mean for the business — and can the World Cup lead to more soccer viewers in North America.

Jul 22, 202650 min

Discussing the legacy of Howard Stern and the five best play by play broadcasters today

Jul 18, 202643 min

Fox Sports soccer broadcaster (and the voice of EA FC) Derek Rae

Jul 14, 202640 min

Sports Media Roundtable: The U.S. is out — will you still watch the World Cup?. Plus, more Caitlin Clark insanity.

Jul 11, 202637 min

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma

Jul 6, 202645 min

Examining the toxic Caitlin Clark discourse, robust World Cup viewership and the latest on Dianna Russini and sports media access

Jul 4, 202649 min

What it's like to cover the United States and Canada at this year's World Cup.

Jul 1, 202637 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Linda Cohn leaves ESPN after 34 years; the World Cup heads to the knockout round, and the NYT's story on Dianna Russini

Jun 27, 20261h 4m

Prime Video basketball analyst Stan Van Gundy

Jun 23, 202636 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Is Fox doing a good job with the World Cup? Incredible viewership for soccer; Plus, NBA Finals viewership talk and UFC's White House event

Jun 20, 202647 min

Monica McNutt and Mike Breen on calling the NBA Finals.

Jun 18, 202654 min

Can the NBA and NHL extend its momentum beyond this postseason?

Jun 16, 202633 min

Sports Media Roundtable: The massive viewership for the NBA Finals and Fox begins its World Cup coverage

Jun 13, 202646 min

WNBA Media Controversies | from 'The TK Show'

Jun 9, 20267 min

Will the World Cup be a disaster?

Jun 9, 202639 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Will Fox Sports do a good job with the World Cup? Plus, NBA and NHL viewership talk

Jun 6, 202647 min

Mike Breen

Jun 1, 202642 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Are the Knicks returning to the Finals of national interest, and Pat McAfee lands multiple sport commissioners.

May 30, 202641 min

Asking Jaxson Dart questions about Trump; TNT Sports's coverage of the French Open and tennis talk

May 27, 202641 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Can Victor Wembanyama follow LeBron James and Steph Curry as the NBA's top media draw?; how valuable are the NFL's international games?; the NHL's TV windows

May 23, 202637 min

Basketball Hall of Famers and WNBA on USA Sports analysts Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw.

May 19, 202629 min

Al Michaels and SBJ's Austin Karp

May 16, 20261h 4m

Ian Eagle

May 13, 202639 min

The NCAA tournament expands to 76 teams and the NFL courts Netflix. What does it mean?

May 9, 202653 min

The WNBA's Popularity Has Never Been Higher

May 7, 20261h 1m

NBC Sports' Donna Brothers reflects on a lifetime of horse racing reporting

May 5, 202637 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Duke and Prime Video partner up; will Russell Wilson be good on TV and where the Vrabel-Russini story goes from here.

May 2, 202656 min

The legal implications of the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini story — and the legal questions surrounding the sports prediction market.

Apr 28, 202636 min

Media Roundtable: Can Mike Tomlin be impactful as an NFL studio analyst and our follow-up discussion on the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini story.

Apr 25, 202652 min

ESPN's Booger McFarland on what to expect with ESPN's NFL Draft coverage — and why he thinks Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love is the best player in the draft

Apr 22, 202637 min

Media Roundtable: Should NFL broadcasters be more critical during NFL Draft coverage — and why this is the greatest era ever for play by play broadcasters.

Apr 18, 202647 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Prime Video and NBC join ESPN for the NBA playoffs, CBS’s Masters coverage and the Russini-Vrabel story.

Apr 14, 202655 min

Joe Buck wants to work at ESPN forever

Apr 11, 202650 min

How pricey will the NFL get in the future for media companies?

Apr 8, 202637 min

Sports Media Roundtable: The media coverage of Tiger Woods, Netflix's MLB viewership and thoughts on NCAA Tournament coverage

Episode 610 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch; Armand Broady, the co-host of the Sports Media Watch podcast and a contributor to SMW, and Derek Futterman, a multimedia writer and producer for Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss the release Netflix MLB viewership and whether three million viewers was a good number; NCAA viewership expectations for both the men and women's tournament; ESPN expecting to change its No. 2 NFL game-calling team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick; Jason Kelce's increasing profile at ESPN; Fox getting a Christmas game and our long discussion on media coverage of Tiger Woods' arrest on a driving under the influence charge. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 202652 min

MLB Network analyst and former MLB-er Kevin Kiermaier on breaking into broadcasting

Episode 609 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features four-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder Kevin Kiermaier who this month was announced by MLB Network as an on-air analyst appearing across its studio programming. In this podcast, Kiermaier discusses how and why he entered sports broadcasting; what he feels his on-air strengths will be; discussing defence on-air; the significant differences in playing in markets such as Tampa Bay, Toronto and L.A.; and Dodgers; his love of bow fishing; which current major leaguer would make for a good broadcaster; the toughest field to play at as a visiting player and more. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 202630 min

Sports Media Roundtable: Netflix and NBC debut their baseball coverage

Episode 608 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis, Sports Business Journal media writer Austin Karp and Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn. In this podcast we discuss Netflix's Opening Day broadcast between the Yankees and Giants and the criticism of that broadcast; what we think Netflix will do with MLB heading forward; NBC's MLB debut and how we saw it; SBJ's reporting NFL teams would be permitted to sell preseason game TV rights and original shows to streamers; the right to sell non-game productions, like coaches’ shows, to streamers; the WNBA and CBS Sports signing a new long-term media rights deal, and more. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 202648 min

Another World Series? The 2026 Toronto Blue Jays Season Preview

Episode 607 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Canadian sportscaster Donnovan Bennett. In this podcast, we discuss the upcoming Blue Jays season; what we think of the offseason moves; what has to happen for the Blue Jays to return to the playoffs; the additions and subtractions from last year; the opening three weeks of the schedule, predictions, and more. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 202644 min

Examining the growing business of women's sports podcasts

Episode 606 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jessie Katz, the Head of iHeart Women's Sports Division. Katz leads the iHeart Women's Sports slate across iHeartMedia’s broadcast, digital and podcast platforms. In this podcast, Katz discusses where the women's sports audio space is today; why the women's sports audio space has expanded massively in the last two years; her flagship shows including "Good Game with Sarah Spain"; "Flagrant and Funny" with with Jemele Hill and Cari Champion; and "Fudd Around And Find Out" with Azzi Fudd; what women's sports are underserved; how she decides on talent; where the space needs to be in two years; local sports podcasts for women's sports, and more. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 202633 min

First Look: Why have women's sports podcasts exploded over the last two years?

Here’s a First Look from our upcoming podcast with Jessie Katz, the Head of iHeart Women's Sports Division. The full podcast will be out on Wednesday. In this preview clip, Katz discusses why the women's sports audio space has expanded massively in the last two years. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 20268 min

Sports Media Roundtable: The incredible WBC viewership numbers and Barry Bonds joins Netflix

Episode 605 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch; Armand Broady, the co-host of the Sports Media Watch podcast and a contributor to SMW, and Derek Futterman, a multimedia writer and producer for Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss the remarkable Venezuela-United States World Baseball Classic viewership numbers -- the championship game averaged 10.78 million viewers across FOX and Fox Deportes; what the viewership numbers mean; how much of an Olympic carryover was this number; what outlet will get future tournaments; Barry Bonds officially joined Netflix; our initial thoughts on NCAA Tournament coverage, 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

Mar 21, 202649 min