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Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Brad Willis, the Executive Director of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The selection process, the scope of his job, telling inductees they've been selected, moving to the new stadium, combing history with modern technology and more. Buy your tickets for the 2024 Induction Ceremony here. Brought to you by: 8t...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Tim Sullivan, editor of ClubCountryUSA.com and host of Club & Country podcast. Why did Nashville SC fire Gary Smith mid-season and not before? What type of coaching search should fans expect? How to evaluate General Manager Mike Jacobs. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better. Be sure t...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is editor and writer from Athlon Sports Steven Lassan. How much harder is it to put together a preseason magazine in 2024? How does editorial focus change without as much information or space? How do people consume the product and what impacts sales? Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest host for 104.5 The Zone Mickey Ryan. His long and fascinating path to Nashville radio, working at Arkansas State, taking over for Clay Travis, authenticity, Gus Malzahn and more. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube page.

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Executive Producer of the Titans Radio Network Rhett Bryan. His start in radio, "the KDF days," learning how to build a big board, NFL Draft production work, growth and benefit of complex content and more. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Nashville Business Journal reporter Adam Sichko. His most recent cover story is about Clay Travis and OutKick. The business of outrage is booming and Travis has been extremely successful. But writing about his rise, evolution and business is filled with complicated media decisions. Brought to you by: 8th and Ro...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Nashville Predators TV play-by-play voice Willy Daunic. His two sports careers rarely overlap but they did in Medicine Hat! Learning under George Plaster, launching 104.5 The Zone, learning about hockey, moving to 102.5, growing the hockey audience and much more. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is the voice of the Lady Vols Brian Rice. Getting into play-by-play the old-school way, growth of women's sports, softball's origin story, Final Four TV ratings, the history of UT broadcasters, Lady Vols failed rebranding and new coach Kim Crawford. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better....

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is The Tennessean Vanderbilt reporter Aria Gerson. Vandy's recent media kerfuffle, her alma mater's championship, pros and cons of smaller beats, which Vandy programs are marketing themselves well, a coaching search and The Vandy Boys' media dominance. Steve and Braden also talk about the Washington Post's Kim Mul...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Nashville Predators in-game PA announcer Paul McCann. His nightclub and DJ background. Getting started with the Preds through his kids' hockey team. Preparation, scripts, biggest mistakes, most memorable moments and the Preds current hot streak. Steve and Braden also talk about Vanderbilt having a reporter arre...

A bonus Braden Gall and Steve Cavendish crossover episode of Lamestream Sports and PBN. Nashville media landscape, donor-content tension, opinion versus reporting, the future of TikTok and much more in this media conversation. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. The beans are better. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube page.

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Richard Johnson of SplitZoneDuo.com. The SEC's power is growing but is it ruling in a benevolent way? How has off-season coverage evolved? Is the chaos and unknown good for the game? How does he evaluate coaches? The North vs. South rivalry and complicated nature of the South. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast C...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Alex Daugherty of The Tennessean.com covering the Nashville Predators. What was missing in the market covering the Preds and how Alex convinced the biggest paper in the city to evolve its coverage. Diversifying the delivery and simplifying the content can work anywhere. Experience and roots help too. Brought to...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Ben Arthur of Fox Sports. We talk about gaining market perspective by covering other teams in the AFC South. What do those outside of Nashville think of the Titans? Getting a one-on-one with Ran Carthon. The evolution of the Titans front office and organization. Why he hates the combine and so much more. Brough...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Emma Lingan of TheHockeyWriters.com and former team reporter for the Nashville Predators. We get into her background, up-bringing, her move to Nashville, leaving the Predators, love of hockey and the empathy and respect she gained from being behind the scenes. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. They've...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Mitch Light, football recruiting editor for TheAthletic.com. How has coverage changed as fans needs have changed? How is NIL and collectives tainting the decision making? How have rules changed other sports around football? The guys also break down the record-breaking Super Bowl numbers and massive co...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Trey Wallace from OutKick.com We talk about the NCAA investigation into the Tennessee Volunteers, the value of the Senior Bowl to the Mobile community, his journey to Knoxville through Nashville and covering college football on a national level. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. They've got...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Mike Herndon is our guest this week. We talk Brian Callahan, using analytics in the front office, the Titans modernization, defining data success for Will Levis and much more. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. They've got better beans. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube page.

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Buck Reising of 104.5 The Zone and A to Z Sports. How is he covering the Titans coaching search? What does his audience want? How does the past decision making of the key figures impact analysis of the current decisions? How does background info inform his commentary? Why is speculation so powerful? Brought to...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is Paul Kuharsky. Mike Vrabel was fired this week but how the Titans handled the PR was interesting to say the least. What do we make of how the organization rolled out this massive shift in philosophy? And Nick Saban retired too. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. They've got better beans. Be sure to sub...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest is David Ubben of TheAthletic.com. We talk college football playoff TV ratings, the month of December, Arch Manning, Nico Time, Washington's chances on Monday night and more. Brought to you by: 8th and Roast Coffee Co. They've got better beans. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube page.

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We take a look back at the biggest episodes and stories in Nashville sports media in 2023. The Titans new stadium, Will Levis, the digital soccer revolution and the tragedy at Covenant all topped your interests this year. Lamestream Sports is BTYB Jasper's on West End. Be sure to subscribe to the 440 YouTube page and turn o...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Scott Ramsey of the Music City Bowl and the Nashville Sports Council joins us to talk bowl games, selection process and the future of big events in Nashville. What are we going to get first, when are we going to get it and what needs to happen for us to land a Super Bowl? Lamestream Sports is BTYB Jasper's on West End. Be s...

Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Teresa Walker, Hall of Fame from AP.com is our guest today. We remember the life and career of Frank Wycheck, talk MLB Winter Meetings, covering eight sports at once. Steve and Braden tell Frank stories and debate if the A to Z story about baseball coming to Nashville is real or a vibe? Lamestream Sports is BTYB Jasper's on...