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NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. The George Plaster Show Producer and on-air personality Billy Derrick is our guest. When did he start broadcasting? Launching a podcast at 12 years old Being on the front page of The Tennessean Calling games at a small school Teaching George Plaster about YouTube Marrying different generations of broadca...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Hall of Famer Teresa Walker of the AP.com joins the show. The AP's history of using AI Huge risks of using AI Is AI writing plagiarism? Is there any upside to AI in reporting? Joining the News Guild Update on negotiations Always getting the first question Future of AI in reporting, journalism and everyda...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by founder and CEO of On3.com Shannon Terry as well as former SEC athlete and business owner Grant Frerking. Terry talks about On3's mission NIL Elite Series goals Future of college football How NIL impacts their media business LinkedIn of NIL Frerking offers the athlete's perspective Money...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by author, reporter and host Ryan McGee of ESPN.com Order your copy of Welcome to the Circus. Coming with a book idea Summer of 1994 in the minor leagues Fact-checking before smart phones Telling stories accurately Writing Dale Jr. auto-biography Capturing Dale Jr.'s voice Writing about the...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by the great Mel Kiper of ESPN.com Trusting your own eyes Grading vs. Mocking Using insider information Will Levis evaluation and discrepency Matching grades with results Injury as a part of the evaluation Peter Skoronski's top flight grade Spears, Whyle, Duncan, Spears A very weak 2023 cla...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by Paul Finebaum of The Paul Finebaum Show. Why is everyone in the SEC happy? Why Kirby Smart has figured it out? What will push Nick Saban to retire? Should bottom of league be worried about future? Is legalized gambling making it safer? The launch of The Paul Finebaum Show Evolution of ca...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by John Glennon, the new sports reporter for The NashvillePost.com Finally, writing about soccer! What's appealing about The Post? Evolution of fan interest Writing for clicks, writing for stories Titans fans vs. Preds fans Titans reset vs. Preds reset Titans ownership vs. Preds ownership A...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined Mike Herndon of Football and Other F-Words and PaulKuharsky.com. Titans selection of Peter Skoronski Coverage of the NFL Draft His engineering background Seeing nuance, grey area F-Words origination story Filling statistical holes in the market Continuing education of Titans fans Writing vs...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall breakdown the Titans new stadium deal now that it has official passed. Why are we talking about casinos? Is this the best deal for Nashville? Twitter talking points debunked City-wide polling on the deal Financial details The rest of the East Bank Impact on Mayoral race A decision 25 years ago Would we vote yes or no? Lamestream Sports is BTYB Ja...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined by Will Boling of 104.5 The Zone. Also, Steve and Braden break down the latest Titans stadium vote and why everyone seems to misunderstand Jared Stillman. Taking his brother's job Growing up calling games at home Playing college sports Calling soccer vs. calling baseball Break through with...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined the managing editor of The Sports Business Journal Austin Karp. Natural, organic growth of women's sports Record-setting Women's Final Four TV rights deals for women's sports Business wants to be tied to women's sports NWSL and the Women's National Team Cultural Capital NIL difference betwe...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. We are joined Keith Parish of GrindCityMedia.com and host of the Grizzlies' Grits and Grind podcast as well as the Fastbreak Breakfast NBA pod. How has the team changed from last year? What do new fans need to know? Two major off-the-court issues Memphis becoming an NBA villain Are fans watching entire r...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Today, we are joined by Tennessean.com Politics and Investigation editor Duane Gang and News Director of News Channel 5 Sandy Boonstra to discuss how to covering an unfolding tragedy like what took place on Monday at The Covenant School. We discuss what to show to viewers, how to treat victims as more th...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Mayor John Cooper's Senior Advisor Ben Eagles joins to explain the Titans new stadium proposal. How did the stadium deal get here? What is the real cost of renovations? What are the terms of the lease? What are the value propositions for the city? Getting creative with revenue streams? The State's Sports...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Nashville at-large city Councilman Bob Mendes is our guest today. How did the stadium deal get here? What are the flaws? Downtown tax burden vs. A+ amenities East Bank development costs Stadium renovation costs An independent cost analysis Parks, charities, neighborhoods What would a "good deal" look lik...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is NFL Draft Scout from ESPN Matt Miller. How the combine has changed Getting to know players, telling stories Growing up obsessed with the draft Trafficking in dark intel After hours communications Evaluating the QBs Watching players conduct business Mel Kiper Why is Ran Carthon the...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is former goalie and current Nashville Predators TV analyst Chris Mason. First encounter with David Poile Finding out about the decision Players perspective on a rebuild Preparing for games with new faces Thinking through retirement Ripping the retirement band-aid off Fans responding...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is SpeedwaySoccer.com and BroadwaySportsMedia.com Ben Wright. Original Nashville soccer coverage Developing a soccer market out of thin air Growing the game through the USL and MLS Appealing to casual and diehard fans Evolution of Nashville as a market Is the honeymoon phase over? MLS...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry. First time MLS could come to Nashville? Initial conversations with Don Garber, MLS How fast the process developed Ownership, stadium and audience How to get a stadium site selected How to pay for the stadium Minor league baseball, MLS and now the...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Joe Rexrode of TheAthletic.com and 102.5 The Game. Prioritizing Nashville's interests Covering every team in the market Jerry Stackhouse's opens up Covering Vandy's dramatic win Writing on deadline late at night College basketball's popularity Nashville as a media market Complaints...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Geoff Calkins from DailyMemphian.com What is Memphis like the last week? Center of national attention Allowing the city to have its own voice Ja Morant, Penny Hardaway's role Subscription model vs. on-air audience The end of the columnist era Having a long-time voice in a market Me...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Paul Kuharsky, owner of PaulKuharsky.com Comparing press conferences Jon Robinson vs. Ran Carthon How to evaluate General Managers How to evaluate head coaches Opaque nature of an NFL front office How to coax information out of the Titans Different styles of front office leadership...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is play-by-play man Max Herz. Before we talk with Max, Steve has some Music City baseball news. His entrance into sports media Getting started at Vanderbilt Doing girls high school basketball in Portland High School football on TV Vanderbilt baseball and ESPN+ Getting the call to do t...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Aria Gerson of The Tennessean.com to explain what Vanderbilt fans are interested in? Her life covering Jim Harbaugh SEC football access vs. Big Ten access? Having to cover every sport NIL impact on baseball Size of press conferences Access to Vanderbilt football signing day What do...

NashvilleBanner.com Steve Cavendish and Braden Gall talk Nashville sports, media and business. Our guest this week is Steve Layman of News Channel 5 to explain how to cover an event like Damar Hamlin. Rules of a live broadcast Ethical boundaries, practices Who are the actors behind the scenes How to talk about it on-air correctly Joe Buck was a complete pro ESPN's handling of the entire night TV r...