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Kavitha Davidson on declining Olympic viewership and how Simone Biles was covered

Kavitha Davidson on declining Olympic viewership and how Simone Biles was covered

Episode 153 of the Sports Media Podcast features Kavitha Davidson

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

July 30, 202139m 3s

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Show Notes

Episode 153 of the Sports Media Podcast features Kavitha Davidson, a sports and culture writer for The Athletic and the host of Culture Calculus podcast. In this podcast Davidson and Deitsch discuss how much Olympics we are each watching; why the primetime viewership of the Tokyo Games is way down; how we viewed coverage of Simone Biles in different mediums; why the coverage actually holds well for the future; the story around Suni Lee; whether it is time for sports outlets to have a mental health sports reporter; the intersection of COVID and the NFL; whether baseball should have a bigger Olympic presence and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more.

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