Last Word On Sports Media Podcast

Ryan Chiaverni isn’t your ordinary TV Sportscaster. For ten years he hosted an immensely popular daytime show in Chicago called, “Windy City Live” which was canceled in 2011 after a ten year run. Chiaverni was picked out of 50 finial sets, a list that included, are you ready for this?…the bombastic Stephen A. Smith, now of ESPN a fame. But they’re plenty of sports in Chiaverni’s family. His brothe...

Ryan Chiaverni isn’t your ordinary TV Sportscaster. For ten years he hosted an immensely popular daytime show in Chicago called, “Windy City Live” which was canceled in 2011 after a ten year run. Chiaverni was picked out of 50 finial sets, a list that included, are you ready for this?…the bombastic Stephen A. Smith, now of ESPN a fame. But they’re plenty of sports in Chiaverni’s family. His brothe...

It's a brand new edition of the show as the NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs are almost down to their championship matchups, the NFL has approved flexing OUT of bad Thursday night games at the very end of the season and we even get some Boxing, Golf and INDY 500 talk, too. It's all part of the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast"Host T.J. Rives is back going over all of those topics and more wit...

Not many baseball announcers have lasted 48 years but Rick Rizzs has and is still loving every minute of it. Why not? The Mariners have a pretty good team. The. Again, Rizzs has been behind the mike for many Seattle stars from Randy Johnson to Ken Griffey Junior to Ichiro and now Julio Rodriguez. Rizzs is a baseball junky who, like yours truly, grew up In Chicago and also attended Southern Illinoi...

Not many baseball announcers have lasted 48 years but Rick Rizzs has and is still loving every minute of it. Why not? The Mariners have a pretty good team. The. Again, Rizzs has been behind the mike for many Seattle stars from Randy Johnson to Ken Griffey Junior to Ichiro and now Julio Rodriguez. Rizzs is a baseball junky who, like yours truly, grew up In Chicago and also attended Southern Illinoi...

This week on Episode 49 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin once again cover a ton of ground diving into all the latest happenings across the announcer world.  The two hosts discuss TNT returning with Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Stan Van Gundy again for the conference finals as well as a look into the other series in both the NBA and NHL. A trio of walk-off cal...

The NFL has sold out, literally, for HUGE dollars to a streaming partner for a January playoff game. The NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs are down to their final four teams. It's the second golf major championship of the year and more on the newest "Last Word On Sports Media Podcast"Host T.J. Rives returns with Jay Betsill of DFWSportsOnline.com to go over the latest from soaring NBA early round ratin...

How can you follow up such an interesting interview with former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen? With a second part, of course. And in this one Ozzie explains why he ripped into a certain player while jousting with former Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Jay Mariotti whom he called a Fag and was disciplined for it. Ozzie also takes previous time to discuss how his praise of long time Cuban dict...

How can you follow up such an interesting interview with former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen? With a second part, of course. And in this one Ozzie explains why he ripped into a certain player while jousting with former Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Jay Mariotti whom he called a Fag and was disciplined for it. Ozzie also takes previous time to discuss how his praise of long time Cuban dict...

This week on Episode 48 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin welcome Mark Jones of ESPN to the show and once again dive into all the latest happenings across the announcer world. Jones, a top play-by-play announcer for the NBA and college football on ESPN, discusses his experience announcing last year's NBA Finals, the opportunity to call a game with his daughter, a...

This week on Episode 48 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin welcome Mark Jones of ESPN to the show and once again dive into all the latest happenings across the announcer world. Jones, a top play-by-play announcer for the NBA and college football on ESPN, discusses his experience announcing last year's NBA Finals, the opportunity to call a game with his daughter, a...

It's a jammed packed edition of the latest show, as host T.J. Rives returns with guests to cover many subjects far and wide from the Kentucky Derby coverage, LeBron James' Son deciding on a California college home, Seattle becoming a big hockey market and more on the "Last Word On Sports Media Podcast."First up Matt Zemek of USC Trojaswire.com jumps aboard to talk Bronny James agreeing to play at...

Ozzie Guillen is never at a loss for words. That’s a good thing when you’re honest but can also get you in a bit of hot water. Such has been the life of this talkative and extremely popular native of Venezuela who first wowed Chicago White Sox fans with his ability at short stop. He was named American League rookie of the year in 1985 and 20 years later managed the Sox to their first World Series...

Ozzie Guillen is never at a loss for words. That’s a good thing when you’re honest but can also get you in a bit of hot water. Such has been the life of this talkative and extremely popular native of Venezuela who first wowed Chicago White Sox fans with his ability at short stop. He was named American League rookie of the year in 1985 and 20 years later managed the Sox to their first World Series...

This week on Episode 47 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin once again dive into all the latest happening across the announcer world. The two hosts recap last week's conversation with ESPN's Steve Levy and discuss the recent report of Fowler moving into the secondary Monday Night Football role at ESPN. The show includes all the latest from the NBA Playoffs, the Sta...

The NFL Draft is in the books, Aaron Rodgers is officially introduced to the NewYork media and just how good is the final season of HBO's "Succession?" We go over it all on the latest "Last Word On Sports Media Podcast."Host T.J. Rives is back and is joined by his friend and top public relations/communications personality, Jonathan Grella. Jonathan has not only worked for years in D.C. politics, b...

The best of season 7 part two of “Tell me a story I don’t know” features some fascinating guests. Take Joe Maddon for example, the first man the to mange the Chicago Cubs to a World Series title since 1908. But Maddon still harbors bitterness he was let go after the 2019 season. “I will defend the fact that we should have been left together longer. There’s was more chicken on the bone.” Maddon alo...

Part two of the "best of" seven season of “Tell me a story I don’t know” features five more wonderful guests. Actually, four, since we feature Jason Benetti again, this time discussing how he’s dealt with Cerebral Palsy. NHL analyst Darren Pang offers a revealing story how he made it as the second smallest goalie in NHL history and how he fudged some very important numbers. Then there’s Joe Maddon...

One of ESPN's most versatile stars, Steve Levy, is the special guest for this bonus edition of the "Announcer Schedules Podcast."Host Mike Gill talks with Levy about the ongoing Stanley Cup Playoffs for 2023 that include the wild New York Rangers/New Jersey Devils opening round series he's calling game six on ABC this Saturday night. Levy has also been a SportsCenter anchor mainstay for over 25 ye...

This week on Episode 46 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin once again dive into all the latest happening across the announcer world. The two hosts discuss Kevin Harlan's excellence and more from Gus Johnson on the NBA Playoffs as well as a look into the upcoming NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL Draft announcers. The show concludes with a breakdown of the recently announced S...

It's a very busy edition of the show talking NFL Draft and how the NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs are gripping New York, as T.J. Rives returns with guests on the "Last Word on Sports Media" Podcast. First, hear from Charles Davis of NFL Network on his preparation with colleagues Rich Eisen and Daniel Jeremiah to broadcast Thursday night's opening round from Kansas City. Plus, Charles also discusses...

Time for another best of, this time part one of season seven featuring five wonderful guests who share an important, surprising and perhaps outrageous story. There’s Ryan Baker, news host for the CBS TV affiliate in Chicago where he was previously a sportscaster. How about running buck naked if he lost a bet? And how about Jason Benetti, the immensely popular play by play voice for Fox Sports and...

Time for another "best of," this time part one of season seven featuring five wonderful guests who share an important, surprising and perhaps outrageous story. There’s Ryan Baker, news host for the CBS TV affiliate in Chicago where he was previously a sportscaster. How about running buck naked if he lost a bet? And how about Jason Benetti, the immensely popular play by play voice for Fox Sports an...

This week on Episode 45 of the Announcer Schedules Podcast, Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin once again dive into all the latest happening across the announcer world. Gus Johnson calling the NBA, Mike Breen's busy schedule, other announcers doing double duty, upcoming MLB games, and more. Plus, a happy birthday "Send it In" to Bill Raftery.   Throughout the show, a multitude of announcers from pas...

It's a jammed packed new edition of the show, as the man who operates the popular Twitter Feed "Freezing Cold Takes" joins us and we talk the NBA/Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning, plus, another guest with a great sports news/scores app out in "Chuck Sports" is also aboard. All on the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast."Host T.J. Rives is back and first up is Fred Segal of the humorous "Freezi...