SI Media With Jimmy Traina
507 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 861 ratingsEvery week on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, host Jimmy Traina sits down for an informal conversation with the biggest broadcasters, athletes, sports personalities, celebrities, and anybody else interested in sports or media. Plus, get a window into the storylines Jimmy is following closest in the weekly Traina Thoughts segment.
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Episodes
Sports Media Roundtable-Ourand, Finn, Perez
January 02, 2018 19:02 - 1 hourEpisode 151 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a sports media roundtable with Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand; Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn; and USA Today staff writer A.J. Perez. In this podcast, the group discusses the ESPN reports of Jon Gruden leaving the Monday Night Football booth for the Raiders; how ESPN has covered the story of an employee taking an NFL job; possible in-house Gruden replacements; why this decision is going to be challenging ...
The Year End Roundtable
December 19, 2017 22:43 - 2 hoursEpisode 150 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an end-of-the-year sports media roundtable consisting of nine guests, split up into four segments. The guests include: Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and best-selling author James Andrew Miller, the host of the podcast, “Origins”; Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn, Newsday columnist and sports media writer Neil Best, and SI.com writer Jimmy Traina; Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis; Sports TV R...
Mike Francesa
December 07, 2017 08:01 - 53 minutesEpisode 149 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features Mike Francesa, the dominant sports talk voice in the nation’s biggest market (New York City) including one half of arguably the most famous sports-talk show in history — The Mike and The Mad Dog Show. Francesa will leave his afternoon show on WFAN Radio on Dec. 15. In the podcast Francesa discusses his longevity in New York City, the art of a great sports radio rant; how emotionally he will be at the end of his show; his fractur...
Sports Media Roundtable and Omar Raja
November 30, 2017 17:17 - 1 hourEpisode 148 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features two segments. First, a sports media roundtable with John Ourand, the media reporter for Sports Business Daily, and Chad Finn, the sports media reporter and columnist for the Boston Globe. That’s followed by a conversation with Omar Raja, the founder of House of Highlights, which is now part of Bleacher Report. In this podcast, Finn and Ourand discuss the recent ESPN layoffs, which affected approximately 150 positions across the ...
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir
November 22, 2017 08:01 - 53 minutesEpisode 147 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, the lead analysts on NBC’s primetime figure skating coverage for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. In this podcast, Lipinski and Weir discuss how they define good sports broadcasting; their anxiety level over covering an event 60 miles from the demilitarized zone and the North Korean border; how and when they first met; why they think they have on-air chemistry; how their producer, ...
Sports Media Roundtable with James Andrew Miller and John Ourand
November 16, 2017 08:01 - 1 hourEpisode 146 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a sports media roundtable with best-selling author James Andrew Miller, the host of the podcast, “Origins,” and John Ourand, the media reporter for Sports Business Daily. In this podcast, Miller and Ourand discuss the upcoming ESPN layoffs and what it means heading forward; the re-signing of ESPN president John Skipper; why Deitsch is wrong about the re-signing being bad optics at this time for ESPN; the challenges for a Mike Gr...
Geno Auriemma
November 09, 2017 08:01 - 42 minutesEpisode 145 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Geno Auriemma, the head coach for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. Auriemma recently debuted a new podcast titled: “Holding Court with Geno Auriemma.” In this podcast Auriemma discusses why he started a new podcast and why he wanted to host it; what it’s like to ask questions as opposed to answering them; why he opted to have Sue Bird, Kyrie Irving and Tiger Woods as his first three guests; what he took awa...
Marty Smith of ESPN and John Ourand
November 02, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 144 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Marty Smith, a college reporter for ESPN and the host of “Marty Smith’s America” and John Ourand, the media reporter for Sports Business Daily. In this podcast Smith discusses how he is an anomaly on ESPN, from a reporting style that reminds one of a human energy drink to having, as he calls it, “a full-blown Appalachian Southern accent”; how he prepares and approaches long-form interviews; the challenges of reporting NASCAR, wh...
Kimberley A. Martin and Chad Millman
October 26, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 143 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features two guests: Kimberley A. Martin and Chad Millman. Martin will join the Washington Post in November to cover the Washington Redskins. She previously covered the Jets for Newsday and worked as a sports columnist for The Buffalo News. Millman is the new head of Media for The Action Network, which is a sports analysis company specializing in sports gambling information. He previously worked an ESPN’s vice president and editorial directo...
Sports Media Roundtable
October 19, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 142 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a sports media roundtable with Chad Finn, the sports media writer and general columnist for the Boston Globe and Boston.com; Jon Lewis, the creator and editor of Sports Media Watch, and Kyle Koster, a writer for The Big Lead. In this podcast, the roundtable discusses truths and lies when it comes to the NFL ratings; what trends can be gleaned from the first six weeks of the 2017 NFL season; NFL viewer trends in relation to other...
James Andrew Miller and Sarah Kustok
October 11, 2017 07:01 - 2 hoursEpisode 142 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features two guests: the return of best-selling author James Andrew Miller, the host of the podcast, “Origins,” and Sarah Kustok, the lead television analyst for the Brooklyn Nets. In this podcast, Miller discusses ESPN’s two-week suspension of Jemele Hill; how much that suspension was related to ESPN’s relationship with the NFL; how far ESPN employees can go regarding commentary; the future of Hill and Michael Smith with the SportsCenter b...
Dana O'Neil of The Athletic
October 05, 2017 07:01 - 49 minutesEpisode 141 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Dana O’Neil, a senior writer for The Athletic’s national college basketball site, The Fieldhouse. In this podcast O’Neil discusses why she joined The Athletic; the state of college basketball amid the current scandal; what stories she will work on for The Athletic; her reaction to being let go by ESPN; how ESPN informed her they would not renew her deal; her feelings on seeing ESPN make new hires; the restrictions ESPN put on those ...
ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke
September 29, 2017 07:01 - 24 minutesEpisode 140 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke, who ESPN announced this week will serve as an analyst for ESPN regular-season NBA telecasts as well as the NBA playoffs. That makes Burke the first woman at the national level to be assigned a full season rotation of games as an NBA game analyst. In this podcast, Burke discusses how her new role came about; how many games she will call; what it means that other women around the NBA including Step...
Dejan Kovacevic, Paul Kuharsky & Greg Bedard
September 28, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 139 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features three independent sports journalists: Dejan Kovacevic, the founder, editor and writer of DKPittsburghsports.com; Paul Kuharsky, the founder and writer of PaulKuharsky.com, and Greg Bedard, founder and columnist for BostonSportsJournal.com. In this podcast, Kovacevic discusses how he founded his site in July 2014; what kind of market Pittsburgh is for sports coverage; how he developed the tech and infrastructure for his site; how he ...
Return of the Sports Media Roundtable
September 21, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 138 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a return of the sports media roundtable. The guests are Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and Andrew Bucholtz, a staff writer and editor Awful Announcing. In this podcast we discuss Ourand’s piece on angst at ESPN and the growing belief among ESPN management that some of the problems are not all self-inflicted and that some believe that 21st Century Fox is orchestrating attacks against ESPN to bolster the fortunes of ri...
Evan Osnos of The New Yorker joins and a conversation with Marly Rivera of ESPN and Luis Miguel Echegaray of SI
September 14, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 137 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Evan Osnos, a staff writer for the New Yorker, whose latest piece from the Sept. 18, 2017 Issue is the titled “The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea.” In this podcast, Osnos discusses his reporting inside Pyongyang; how he was able to get permission from the North Korean government to travel for his reporting; the real and perceived tension between North Korea and the United States; how Americans should view the North Korean dip...
ESPN's Kenny Mayne and former football analyst Ed Cunningham
September 07, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 136 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kenny Mayne and longtine college football analyst Ed Cunningham, who opted this spring to no longer call college football for ESPN. In this podcast, Mayne discusses moving across country to host the 11 p.m. SportsCenter from Bristol, Ct.; how SportsCenter has evolved since the 1990s; how one can forge an untraditional career at ESPN; the role of comedy in sports television; why the company wants him to spe...
James Andrew Miller talks about his new podcast, Origins and tennis coverage on ESPN
September 06, 2017 14:01 - 47 minutesEpisode 135 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast is a bonus podcast featuring best-selling author James Andrew Miller, who this week debuted a new podcast, Origins. The podcast focuses on the beginnings of things in culture, politics and other fields. The first edition of the podcast focuses on the HBO show, Curb Your Enthusiasm. All five episodes of the first edition are currently available. In this podcast, Miller discusses why he chose to start his podcast series with Curb; how he l...
Stewart Mandel and Seth Davis of The Athletic
August 31, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 134 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features two staffers from The Athletic: Stewart Mandel, the editor-in-chief of The All American, a national college football site for The Athletic, and Seth Davis, the managing editor of The Fieldhouse, which will focus on national college basketball for The Athletic. In this podcast, Mandel discusses what kind of content his site will produce; why he made the writer hires he did; why he has not hired any writers or color; his not being ren...
ESPN's Cassidy Hubbarth & Sports Media Roundtable with Jimmy Traina and Chad Finn
August 24, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 133 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN host and reporter Cassidy Hubbarth and a sports media roundtable featuring Chad Finn, the sports media writer and general columnist for the Boston Globe and SI.com’s Jimmy Traina, who writes the daily “Traina Thoughts” column on SI.com. On this podcast, Hubbarth discusses Celtics-Cavs trade that sent Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Nets' 2018 unprotected first-round pick to the Cavaliers in exchange for Kyrie...
Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press and best-selling author
August 17, 2017 07:01 - 55 minutesEpisode 132 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Detroit Free Press sports columnist and best-selling author Mitch Albom. In this podcast, Albom discusses the piece he wrote for the Detroit Free Press on June 15, 2017, titled “Chika’s Story,” the story of the five-year-old girl Albom and his wife, Janine, brought to the United States from Haiti. Chika was diagnosed with a DIPG brain tumor in May of 2015 in Haiti, and lived 23 months before passing away last April; why he decid...
Sports Media Roundtable with Chad Finn and John Ourand, plus Dari Nowkhah of the SEC Network
August 10, 2017 07:01 - 2 hoursEpisode 131 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a sports media roundtable featuring Chad Finn, the sports media writer and general columnist for the Boston Globe and Boston.com, and Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand. On this podcast, we discuss Jay Cutler leaving Fox Sports for the Dolphins and what that means for Fox Sports; Disney’s plans for an ESPN OTT (over-the-top) streaming service and what the future of ESPN might look like; what happens if cable keeps shrink...
Tim Kawakami Of The Athletic Bay Area and Matt Yallof of MLB Network
August 03, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 130 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Tim Kawakami, the editor-in-chief of The Athletic’s Bay Area edition, and Matt Yallof, a host and reporter for MLB Network. In this podcast Kawakami discusses why he joined The Athletic, a startup focused subscription-based quality sports journalism; the expectations of the site; why he believes this model can succeed; how to convince readers who have never paid for sports content to pay for sports content; how he is dealing with th...
Tom Rinaldi of ESPN
July 27, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 129 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN correspondent Tom Rinaldi. In this podcast, Rinaldi defines what makes a good interview question; his writing process for a sports television feature; how he prepares for interviewing athletes and coaches; whether his questions for Tiger Woods have been challenging; how the stories he works on are found; how to find the right tone so his scripts are not too overwrought or melodramatic; how he was influenced by teaching high sch...
Sportsmedia Roundtable VII
July 20, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 128 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a sports media roundtable featuring Chad Finn, the sports media writer and general columnist for the Boston Globe and Boston.com, and Andrew Bucholtz, a staff writer and editor Awful Announcing. On this podcast, we discuss the rise of the paid subscription model in sports media including The Athletic, DK Pittsburgh Sports, and the Boston Sports Journal; FS1’s opinion-heavy programming in the post-Jamie Horowitz era; why many New...
Ian Eagle of CBS Sports, Westwood One, Tennis Channel and YES Network
July 13, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 127 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Ian Eagle, the fine play by play broadcaster for CBS Sports, Yes Network, Westwood One, and Tennis Channel. In this podcast Eagle discusses if he is bothered by having never been the lead announcer of a major sports package the way Joe Buck and Jim Nantz are; how he prepares for his NFL, NBA and tennis work; the politics of working for a sports network; how he first landed the Nets broadcasting job in his mid-20s; working with h...
James Andrew Miller Talks ESPN Management Changes
June 28, 2017 07:33 - 1 hourEpisode 126 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features writer James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live. In this podcast, we discuss the recent managerial moves made by ESPN President John Skipper including promoting Connor Schell to Exec VP/Content, where he will oversee all ESPN content creation on all platforms; what impact Schell will have internally and on viewers and readers and listeners; how Skipper set himself up to get a contra...
Molly Solomon of The Golf Channel and Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press
June 22, 2017 08:45 - 1 hourEpisode 125 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Molly Solomon, the executive producer of Golf Channel and one of the highest ranking woman in the executive branch of sports media, and Doug Ferguson, who covers golf for the Associated Press and is likely the most read golf writer in America. In this podcast, Solomon discusses her role in running the Golf Channel; what she looks for in golf broadcast talent; the qualities a good sports producer must have; why there have not been mo...
Sportsmedia Roundtable VI
June 15, 2017 07:01 - 59 minutesEpisode 124 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a return of the sports media roundtable with Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and SI.com columnist Jimmy Traina. On this podcast, we discuss the NBA Finals ratings, the best since Michael Jordan’s last Finals in 1998; the impact of super teams on television ratings; why NBC opts to put two Stanley Cup Finals games on NBCSN; the decision by NBC News and Megyn Kelly’s to interview Alex Jones for its news program and wh...
Ken Rosenthal of MLB on FOX and MLB Network
June 08, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 123 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Ken Rosenthal, a senior writer for FOXSports.com, a field reporter for MLB on FOX, and an insider for MLB Network. In this podcast Rosenthal discusses the value of transactional reporting; how at 22 he was told by a Newsday sports editor to get out of journalism and go to law school; how competitive baseball reporting is; his relationship with agents and whether he gets used; how to transition to sports television from print; his r...
A Tribute to Frank Deford
June 01, 2017 15:41 - 1 hourEpisode 122 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a tribute to the life and work of Frank Deford, the longtime Sports Illustrated writer who died on May 28 at his home in Key West, Fla. He was 78. Writers Alex Wolff (SI), Wright Thompson (ESPN), Jack McCallum (SI), Sally Jenkins (Washington Post), Tim Layden (SI) and Michael Farber (SI and TSN) joined the podcast (for separate segments) to offer thoughts on their favorite Deford pieces, his impact on sports journalism, personal ...
James Duthie of TSN
May 25, 2017 07:01 - 55 minutesEpisode 121 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features James Duthie, the host of TSN's (Canada’s hockey coverage) as well as the Super Bowl, Masters, and the CFL playoffs on TSN. In this podcast Duthie discusses the differences between working in the Canadian sports media and U.S. sports media; how he views Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole’s broadcasting time in the U.S. and subsequent return to Canada; the preparation he does for the NHL Trade Deadline and NHL Draft shows; how Rogers acqui...
Kevin Merida, Editor-in-chief of The Undefeated
May 23, 2017 07:01 - 56 minutesEpisode 120 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features Kevin Merida, an ESPN senior vice president and the editor-in-chief of The Undefeated. The site, which explores the intersections of race, sports and culture, just celebrated its one year anniversary In this podcast, Merida, the former managing editor of The Washington Post, discusses where the site is in relation to where he hopes it will be down the road; what he looks for when he hires staffers; what content has worked for The ...
Sports Media Roundtable V
May 18, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 119 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a return of the sports media roundtable with Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and SI.com columnist Jimmy Traina. On this podcast, we discuss the ESPN’s 2018 television schedule which includes a new Mike Greenberg solo show every morning and a reduction of SportsCenter on linear television; the announcement that Beth Mowins and Rex Ryan will call the late game of the Monday Night Football doubleheader on Sept. 11; Fox S...
Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap of ESPN
May 11, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 118 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN hosts and reporters Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap. The longtime ESPN journalists are part of a new Sunday “E:60” show which will air year-round at 9 a.m. ET. In this podcast, Ley and Schaap address the ESPN layoffs and what it means to people at ESPN who care about journalism; how they would answer the question of how ESPN can claim to be as committed to journalism today after the elimination of journalists such as Ed Werder, Jay...
Royce Young of ESPN.com
May 04, 2017 07:01 - 58 minutesEpisode 117 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN NBA writer Royce Young, who is based in Oklahoma City and covers the Oklahoma City Thunder. In this podcast, Young discusses the birth and death of his daughter, Eva Grace Young; how he and and his wife, Keri, found out that their unborn daughter had a rare birth defect called anencephaly; how faith played a role for he and Keri during their journey; the internal dilemma of how much he wanted to share publicly about his daugh...
James Andrew Miller talks ESPN layoffs
May 01, 2017 16:52 - 1 hourEpisode 116 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features writer James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live. In this podcast, we discuss the ESPN layoffs in full including: why ESPN laid off nearly 100 talented employees; what this means for the company heading forward; how the sports right deals – including expanding its NFL rights deal in 2011 for $15.2 billion through 2021 and the new NBA deal played into the decision; whether ESPN is stil...
Amy Trask of CBS Sports and Caitlin Thompson of Racquet Magazine
April 27, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 115 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features CBS NFL analyst Amy Trask and Racquet publisher Caitlin Thompson. In this podcast, Trask, the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders, discusses her transition from football management to broadcasting; how she worked to get past her fears of being on camera; holding Bart Scott’s hand on-air to try to calm her nerves; how much sexism exists in sports broadcasting; why she took the job as CEO of the BIG3, a 3-on-3 professional basketball ...
Kevin Harlan of Turner Sports, Westwood One and CBS Sports
April 20, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 114 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features sports broadaster Kevin Harlan, who works for multiple outlets including Turner Sports, CBS Sports and Westwood One. In this podcast, Harlan discusses preparing to call multiple series in multiple cities for TNT during the NBA playoffs; why the NFL is the hardest of the major sports to cover; why he thinks Doc Emrick is best suited for quick-twitch sports; how he morphed from calling Kansas City-area sports (Chiefs, Kings and Kans...
Sports Media Roundtable IV
April 13, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 113 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features a return of the sports media roundtable with Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and SI.com columnist Jimmy Traina. On this podcast, we discuss CBS’s decision to hire Tony Romo for its No. 1 NFL spot; what challenges Romo will have in 2017; why the move was made at this time; how much influence Jim Nantz had in the move to replace Phil Simms; the impact of social media on sports television talent decisions; why Michelle...
Bob McCown of Sportsnet 590 The FAN
April 06, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 112 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features the Canadian sports broadcaster Bob McCown, the host of the long-running “Prime Time Sports” show on Sportsnet 590 The FAN. The show airs from 4 to 7 PM ET daily. In this podcast, McCown discusses what sports talk radio is like in Canada; what he considers underrated and overrated skills in interviewing; how one adjusts to a new co-host; whether he remains engaged in his job after 30-plus years; his very public spat with former Bl...
James Andrew Miller returns to the Sports Media Podcast
March 30, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 111 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features writer James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live. In this podcast, we discuss ESPN embarking on significant layoffs, with the emphasis being on those in front of the camera; how many people Miller believes will no longer be working at ESPN; how much money ESPN is being charged with cutting; management’s rationale for its decisions; what the Walt Disney Co. extending Bob Iger’s contr...
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
March 23, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 110 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Dave Meltzer, the editor of The Wrestling Observer newsletter, Wrestling Observer.com and a writer for MMA Fighting.com. This is Meltzer’s second appearance on the podcast. As part of this conversation, Meltzer discusses the success of the split between the Raw and SmackDown Live brands; how he evaluates WWE broadcasters; what he expects the WWE to do about the leaked release of explicit photos and videos of wrestlers Paige and Xa...
Laura Gentile, the Senior Vice President of espnW and Women's Initiatives
March 21, 2017 07:01 - 53 minutesEpisode 110 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN executive Laura Gentile, the senior vice president of espnW and Women’s Initiatives. In this podcast, Gentile discusses the mission and business of espnW, ESPN’s first dedicated business built to serve women who loves sports; why Gentile believes espnW can last for the long haul; how ESPN has evolved for women both in front of the camera and behind the scenes women over the past decade; the amount of sexism that exists among...
Seth Greenberg of ESPN
March 16, 2017 07:01 - 1 hourEpisode 109 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg. In this podcast, Greenberg discusses how forthcoming former coaches-turned-broadcasters can be with their audience; how one prepares to scout the NCAA Tournament; how competitive air time is at ESPN in college basketball; whether he worries about bigger name ex-coaches coming to take his job; what producers tell him about his work; how he got into broadcasting; why certain college ba...
Brian Anderson of Turner Sports & the Milwaukee Brewers broadcast team
March 09, 2017 08:01 - 1 hourEpisode 108 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features Turner Sports broadcaster Brian Anderson, who is also in his 11th season as play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers for Fox Sports Wisconsin. As part of Turner Sports, Anderson will call the NCAA Tournament this month for Turner and CBS. In this podcast, Anderson discuses navigating between being a national announcer and calling a singular team; how he prepares for each assignment; what a broadcaster must do to be ready t...
ESPN's Jim Trotter didn't vote for Paul Tagliabue
March 02, 2017 08:03 - 1 hourEpisode 107 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast features ESPN NFL analyst Jim Trotter, who appears on NFL Insiders, SportsCenter and other ESPN programs. Trotter previously worked at Sports Illustrated and the San Diego Union-Tribune. In this podcast, Trotter discusses the coverage of Roger Goodell and the league office by the NFL media and whether it is effective; why Goodell and NFL owners are not accessible to media; the impact of access journalism in the NFL and whether that’s good ...
Jamie Little and Shannon Spake of Fox Sports
February 23, 2017 08:01 - 1 hourFox Sports broadcasters Jamie Little and Shannon Spake are the guests for Episode 106 of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast. Little covers pit road for the Nascar Cup Series and Nascar Xfinity Series and a reporter for Nascar Raceday, FS1’s prerace show. Prior to joining FOX, she spent 13 years at ESPN/ABC as a reporter for Nascar and the IndyCar Series. Spake joined Fox Sports last July and covers NASCAR, college football, college basketball and NFL. She is the cohost of FS1’s Nascar Race ...
Conrad Thompson
February 20, 2017 08:01 - 1 hourEpisode 105 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features Conrad Thompson, the host of Something to Wrestle (with Bruce Pritchard) and What Happened When (with Tony Schiavone), two of the most popular podcasts in the sports and recreation space. In this podcast, Thompson discusses how a mortgage company owner (Thompson) in Huntsville, Alabama ended up hosting two of the most popular wrestling podcasts; how he came up with the concept of doing a long-form examination of a singular topic ...
ESPN NBA Insider and senior writer Ramona Shelburne
February 16, 2017 08:03 - 1 hourEpisode 104 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN NBA Insider and senior writer Ramona Shelburne. You can find her work on multiple ESPN platforms. In this podcast, Shelburne discusses how she approaches long-form sports reporting for ESPN; what her writing process is; her professional relationship with Rhonda Rousey and her profile work on the fighter; how she navigates being critical of athletes; her reporting on Lamar Odom’s spiral, including traveling in the middle of th...