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NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. What should we learn from the reaction to Simone Biles' decision? Our guest is TheRinger.com Jordan Ritter Conn (11:35): The through line in all his work How he found his way to Len Bias Why a story translates into podcast form Talking to Bias' mother and Lefty Driesell Tracking down three-decade old sto...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Writers flew in planes to visit with SEC coaches? It's move to Hoover, Ala., and why the SEC exploded Steve HFBC Spurrier Cavendish REALLY hates lazy baseball stories Our guest is WNML.com Josh Ward (18:00) Going to SEC Media Days as teenager What is his goal when going to this event? How does each mediu...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest today is former Vanderbilt play-by-play voice Joe Fisher. The day he forced out at Vanderbilt The decision to enter rehab Protecting your public persona slows your healing His decision to press send and go public When did he first know he had a problem? Drinking in isolation The feeling of invi...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. To begin, Steve lays out the coverage of Steve McNair's death as it unfolded 12 years ago. Our guest is WKRN.com News2 Sports Director Cory Curtis How did he find out that Steve McNair had died? Going on the air without all of the information Confirming the sources outside of sports Phone call with Titan...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Vox Media's Steven Godfrey: How did decision makers keep Expansion quiet? These meetings are not rocket science Conspiracy about the timing of the announcement Why wouldn't the NCAA lean into new messaging? Why enforcement could lead to a break from the NCAA Which schools will benefit the mo...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. What is the real issue with the Vandy Whistler? Is it a tradition, do Vandy fans even like it? Does TV have the right to step in and act? Our guest today is TheTennessean.com Mike Organ. Why traffic was a good thing this weekend Finding a small hook inside a sprawling party Nashville's historic relations...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We issue a correction Did ESPN handle an injury correctly? Breaking news vs. gratuitous violence Our guest this week is Vanderbilt head baseball coach Tim Corbin. Getting to Omaha for the fifth time What makes this trip different? How his strategy for marketing his program has changed? Wanting to be a te...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Clay Travis changes his role at OutKick What is the impact on OutKick 360? Moving from sports to politics Special guest today: Tatum Everett, formerly of Fox17. Moving markets for personal reasons Leaving the media to work for a team Coming up through small markets Telling features and focusing on one to...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is the AP's Teresa Walker Over thirty years on the AP beat Covering sports from Memphis to Johnson City The nuts and bolts of a story - just the facts Filing stories minutes after the final whistle Writing over 1000 stories a year Checking your opinion at the door The good and the bad...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Aaron Fitt from D1Baseball.com Falling in love with his niche How D1Baseball became a one-stop shop Why baseball coaches, people love to talk TV's ability to grow the product Access has been critical to success and growth Regional selection process Lamestream is BTYB Jasper's on West End.

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is TheAthletic.com Mitch Light, former Managing Editor of AthlonSports.com His career editing Athlon Sports magazines Editorial vs. Circulation The science of cover art Lack of correlation between predictions and sales Custom cover concept What sells on a newsstand visually? Photo sho...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. The guys touched on the headline issue at the AJC and Nashville being used by Oakland in the press. Our guest today was none other than Hal Gill: The Final Weekend's emotion Watching and explaining the turnaround Did they have a plan for the final game of the year? How to avoid being a homer Hating broad...

NashvilleBanner.com's Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Should the media have known about Rashad Weaver's arrest? Should the Titans have known? Should the media be holding the Titans to a higher standard? Guest: Former Titan and host of The Raw Room podcast Daren Bates (15:25) His offseason process and schedule Taking control of your narrative Pissing off W...

The NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Guest: Robbie Bohren, Senior Director, Titans Media Relations How to create more access virtually Becoming a publisher Did Taylor Lewan get approve for BWTB? AJ Brown's media intuition Researching draft prospects Maximizing first impression of rookies How ready are players to work with media? What's...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with Ron Slay. How he got started in media Doing small town AM radio Moving to Europe Language barriers Partying with Mario Balotelli No clue how to handle Europe His advice for 16-year old Ron Slay Inventing the Boom Boom Room John Henderson opens up His dream interviews Going out for the UT football team His vision for his media future Lam...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business with our guest, Middle Tennessee athletic director Chris Massaro. How has running athletics changed in the last 20 years? Turning into a production company What the right way to run a coaching search? G5 searches vs. P5 searches Marketing individual athletes Kevin Byard's value Conference realignment Nash...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with NFL Draft Scout Matt Miller. Getting started Launching substack Leaving Bleacher Report Being lied to by GMs Changing people's minds Favorite undervalued players in 2021 Who the Titans should target What makes good draft coverage on TV? Joining ESPN Lamestream is BTYB Jasper's on West End.

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with Tennessean.com Adam Sparks. Covering a private college Multi-sport star How to evaluate Vandy coaches Why would people be Vandy fans? Are the Dores reprioritizing athletics? The right amount of Vanderbilt coverage Reporting on Donny Everett Seeing layers within tragedy Maturity and empathy covering death Head coach word association Prog...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with CBS SportsLine Allan Bell. Way ahead of the gambling curve How successful is gambling in Tennessee New names in Tennessee gambling Action 247 fraud case The importance of cybersecurity What the big, established companies can offer Which experts to trust and follow Aggregating the experts, tracking the picks Collecting data on users A to...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with Chad Withrow: How was the first week? Being on camera Topics, subjects will evolve with growth Management changes at The Zone Why was Outkick the right spot? Whitlock's disapproval Was there a chance the trio would be split up? Digital and Radio future together Negotiations with The Zone Midday 180's final day on the air A non-disparagi...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports media and business. Our guest this week is AtoZNashville.com Buck Reising: Just how much is he talking now? Catering the content to three different audiences Negotiating with 104.5 The Zone The A to Z Sports-Zone future partnership Why no co-host? What he learned about radio in his first week How will covering the Titans cha...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with author Andrew Maraniss Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke Why tell this story now? Sports and social justice niche Expanding a known commodity How to organize a book from scratch? The tiniest details can matter the most How 1970s journalism helped Vetting the invention of the "high-five" Dusty Baker, Tommy Lasorda and NIKE Moder...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with Preds TV color analyst Chris Mason. Are we going to be ok? How to be critical of a team playing poorly Critiquing effort and work ethic Being critical of former teammates His decision to go into broadcasting What has he learned the most since starting? Looking at film as a player has helped Inventing his fashion, style and personality T...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall are joined by TheAthletic.com Joe Rexrode. Impetus for The Stackhouse story How the Trump quote land initially The aggregator effect Would he do it differently? The value of context Was the reaction unexpected? What Stackhouse actually cared about most? Twitter sensitivity Why sports world is so guarded Class gap between media and subjects Why pu...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk with NewsChannel 5's Mark Binda Super Bowl LV ratings way down in Nashville, overall Betting on the Super Bowl Titans Super Bowl barely cracks the top 10 The Peyton Manning Effect Real reason you spend $7 mill on a halftime show How do TV ratings work and what do they measure? How have Nashville's interests evolved since 2000 How do TV stati...