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NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is the great Dave McGinnis, aka Coach Mac. Charting games off TV Personnel groups and situations Watch Ja'Marr Chase's splits, motion Painting the picture with Xs and Os "Auditioning" for Titans Radio Acquiring data throughout the season Calling or coaching games with over 90 players The...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is "The Daily Tip" national radio host Chelsa Messinger. From print to TV to radio Taking time off and trying to come back Moving into the gambling space Working for an odds-maker Making learning fun Why was radio the right move Blending gambling, sports and entertainment content How to be a sm...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Jared Stillman from Stillman and Company on 102.5 The Game. Executing the science of radio What the audience cares about (not us) Playing the hits Life as the provocateur Being right or wrong doesn't matter Picking the right topics is what matters Sports is a soap opera full of main characte...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is Seth Emerson of TheAthletic.com covering the Georgia Bulldogs. Covering a college football playoff game How the CFP has changed media access Dynamics b/t media and playoff Kirby Smart knows how the game is played Tracking JT Daniels and George Pickens What people need to know about QB...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We look at the ten most popular episodes of 2021.. Which Nashville media members are the most popular on the internet? Why did their stories resonate? What did we learn from them and more. And, no, of course we're not going to list them off for you... listen to the damn pod, you bums. Also, Scott Ramsey...

The NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman. The best summer of Jeff's life in Nashville Have you ever cooked human flesh? Prostitution stings, Lipscomb QBs and A-Heads A hard lesson in his final story for the Tennessean Moving to Sports Illustrated Nashville boxing match give...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is OutKick 360's Johnathan Hutton. The first six months of OK360 How the timing of the show has evolved Propelled by Fox jet fuel Where do people consume OutKick 360? Potential radio syndication How has content changed as your audience grows Football drives everything Going on the road for coll...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business Our first anonymous guest is "Pete" who runs @BoardGeniuses. Why start an account about message boards? A day in the life of a message board genius What makes for the best content? Searching for community, information How Tennessee fans acted last winter Making fun of Kirby Smart Staying true to the origi...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Sportsline.com Allan Bell Hugely successful first year for all parties The state making it easy on all parties Acquiring new customers (FTDs!) Who is actually winning all this money? How has wagering evolved in just one year in the state? Books partnering with major media companies The next...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Nashville SC color analyst Jamie Watson. Knowing he would need a second career "You dive like Jamie Watson" chant A lesson in leaning into trash talk IRL interactions are still the best Challenging yourself as a broadcaster to be human Paying attention to broadcasts as a player Sometimes the...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is former Nashville SC commentator John Freeman. How he Lane Kiffin'd Nashville! Getting his dream job at Virginia Moving to Nashville and finding soccer Growing up w/ Claudio Reyna, Bruce Arena, Tony Meola Breaking the news to Belmont, Scott Corley Calling TV vs. calling radio Doing the dirty...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Titans' team reporter Jim Wyatt. Learning from Nashville's best The changing size of the newsroom How he became the best reporter on the beat How his job took over his life Competing sources: Floyd Reese and Jeff Fisher Technology changed how we break news Being held accountable when you're...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is AL.com Joseph Goodman. His new book "We Want Bama" is out Nov. 9. Writing in small town papers in Alabama Making a move to Florida to cover NBA, Gators Heat fans, Florida fans, high school fans Why the '20 Bama team so important to write about? Writing a book WHILE also being a full-ti...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is Nashville Predators President and CEO Sean Henry. Organizing a new hockey season Managing Bridgestone Arena through the pandemic Working with the city Taking a stand on community issues and elections Getting to know Ian Ayre and learning from each other Advantages, disadvantages to not...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Buck Reising's story about Ty Sambrailo Adam Schefter major screw up An Oklahoma student for the win Our guest today is WKRN.com Kayla Anderson Getting started in TV Big markets, small markets and family How TV contraction led her to Nashville Limited resources to cover the entire city Knowing when you'v...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is Vol Network football radio analyst Pat Ryan. Getting started with Mike Keith and the Titans How the college game has changed over time Have something to say when you open your mouth Painting a picture of a blowout Expectations of Tennessee with a new coach Being a QB and explaining Hen...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Belmont Athletic Director Scott Corley. Why leave the OVC now? The most important factors in making this decision What is the penalty fee and other costs of leaving the OVC? Making a tough phone call to a local conference HQ What other opportunities did Belmont have? Advertising th...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is TheAthletic.com Adam Vingan NHL media access policies in 2021-22 How the NHL compares to the NFL, other leagues New school vs. old school reporting Serving totally different masters His approach to cultivating relationships Why did Peter Laviolette hate you, Adam? Why John Hynes gets i...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Titans' sideline reporter and all-around broadcast stud Amie Wells. Having six different job titles for the Titans A brand new Titans podcast featuring Coach Mac! Flexing all different types of broadcast muscles The art of sideline reporting and in-game context Knowing who signs the checks G...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. (Steve has words for Vanderbilt athletics and lazy soccer takes from the Nashville media.) Our guest today is ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit How exhausting is Labor Day weekend? Did they have conversations about Covid in production? How Chris Fowler made him better Taking Gameday on the road, growing to three ho...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is All Titans' David Boclair. What access to the locker room offers What access in the NFL used to look like How athletes change in 1-on-1 situations Will the media ever return to the locker room What does it do to the content we consume The eroding trust between media and teams Chasing clicks:...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is Jared Stillman of Stillman and Company on 102.5 The Game. Giving Nashville a chance to say goodbye Decisions around producing a show to honor Floyd Reese Carrying the information around for nine months Breaking the news on Saturday to the world Deciding on what audio to use inside of t...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is TheAthletic.com David Ubben. Expectations coming to Tennessee Lack of cohesion in Knoxville The never ending well-spring of Vols fans Tennessee battling apathy The Vols biggest recruiting issues Covering the Pruitt ouster and all the hearsay The Athletic's view of "the beat" Finding th...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Chad Withrow of OutKick 360 (4:10) and Braden Gall hash out their differences about naming names on the air. Our guest Caroline Fenton of Stillman and Company joins (19:30) Being from St. Louis with a pitstop in Baton Rouge Moving to Bristol and learning digital production Social media demands authentici...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is the President of the Nashville Sports Council Scott Ramsey (8:10) What did it take to finally get Indy Car to Nashville Using downtown without disrupting downtown IndyCar, Police, Metro, Public Works, Titans Who decides how the track gets laid out? Making sure an event is successful Le...