Last Word On Sports Media Podcast

It's another busy edition of the podcast as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill return to go over the latest in sports media news, ratings and more. It's the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!" The guys discuss: More fallout from ESPN delaying the announcement of the Coflege Football Playoff's final bracket reveal and how Brett McMurphy of the Action Network (and former ESPN employee) broke the...

We start off a new week with the latest in some brief sports media news and takes, as host T.J. Rives returns on the Monday edition of the "daily" of our podcasts. T.J. goes over the wild and exciting finishes of the college football championship games that included Georgia winning dramatically in OT (again) this time over Texas on ABC to get the SEC auto bid. That game will likely be the highest...

It's the Friday edition of the "daily" and host Mike Gill returns with the latest in sports media news and updates. That includes: Randy Moss taking a leave for health reasons from ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown show. ABC is touting the most audience for it's college football coverage.... then, again, they've been showing tripleheaders every week, when CBS and NBC most weeks had only one game. Big 10...

On the Thursday edition of the daily show, host T.J. Rives returns in advance of Thursday night football in Detroit for the Lions rematching the Packers and more. He also talks about whether CBS Sports can expect a good, if not great, audience for Saturday night's first ever Big Ten title game broadcast on their airwaves. The matchup is unbeaten Oregon against Penn State, but it doesn't have guara...

It's the Wednesday edition of our daily show with host Mike Gill returning and he has the latest on: The Fox TV ratings are in for the Ohio State-Michigan huge showdown this past Saturday in College Football. And, while it wasn't the massive number that it's been, it still was large for Fox. Mike has the details and will there actually be a championship game in the SEC or the Big Ten that might be...

It's a brand new edition of our Pod, as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill return off the Thanksgiving weekend holiday to talk about a myriad of subjects this week in sports media. They go over The Thanksgiving Day NFL games and the TV ratings and more. Plus, is Tom Brady loosening up some for Fox Sports' booth coverage? Also, NBC's Mike Tirico is broadcasting while injured. They explain. Next, retire...

It's the "Black Friday" edition of our daily pod off the Thanksgiving holiday. Host T.J. Rives returns and goes over the wild and stupid ending to the Lions vs. Bears Thanksgiving game on CBS Thursday afternoon. It has ended up costing Chicago coach Matt Eberflus his job on Friday. But, there's more! Why did the Bears make their coach face the media Friday morning without firing him first? It cert...

It's the latest edition of the Pod on the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and host T.J. Rives is back. He goes over all the action for college hoops and ESPN's "Feast Week" for Wednesday and the NFL's Thanksgiving slate for Thursday. What will those numbers look like for the Lions playing the Packers, the Cowboys hosting the awful Giants and the primetime Green Bay-Miami games? Also, an insigh...

It's the newest edition of the "daily" as host Mike Gill of the "Sports Bash" radio show on 97.3 ESPN in Atlantic City, NJ is back with us with news and his takes on several things: Another big audience weekend for the CFB pregam shows as ESPN's "College Gameday" continues its historic run for best season ever being at the Ohio State-Indiana Big Ten battle Saturday. Mike has those numbers and then...

It's the Friday edition of the "daily" and host Mike Gill of the "Sports Bash" afternoon radio show on 97.3 FM ESPN in Atlantic City is back with some news and takes. He talks former Eagles Superbowl Center turned Monday Night Football analyst Jason Kelce adding another show to his growing media exposure with an new late night ESPN Friday night show coming in January for a limited run. Also, what...

It's the Thursday edition of our "daily" shows, as host T.J. Rives returns with some news and his takes on: The improved TNT ratings for the NBA Cup from Tuesday night, as the 15-0 Cleveland Cavs battled the defending champion Boston Celtics. The "laughable" assertion that ESPN supposedly won't be using analyst Stephen A. Smith on the newly traded for "Inside the NBA" show for next season. (Hint:...

On the Wednesday edition of the "Daily" host Mike Gill is back and is joined by special guest Mike McCarthy, senior reporter and sports media columnist for Front Office Sports. The guys discuss the following current subjects: What "Inside the NBA" Means for ESPN and TNT moving forward Should the NFL worried about Netflix? NFL Ratings down the stretch, will NBC Flex the Cowboys out of Sunday night...

It's a jammed packed edition of the full show this week with hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill going over the biggest sports media news, ratings and a great guest joins us, too on the "LWOS Media Podcast.!" The guys go over the mess for Netflix on their broadcast of the Mike Tyson - Jake Paul fight last Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Mike expresses his disappointment in the produc...

In a wild twist to the uncertainty of Turner broadcasting's "Inside The NBA" pre-game and post-game show, it's now been traded to Disney/ABC over the weekend. And, T.J. Rives and Mike Gill are back to discuss it on the Monday edition "daily" on the podcast feed The guys give their thoughts on why this happened, including the trading of some annual Big 12 football and basketball games from ESPN to...

It's the Friday edition of the "daily" as host Mike Gill returns with his takes on sports media news, etc. This includes. Several sports media figures have made a significant move to Bluesky. Will it have a lasting impact?   WFAN announces they're hiring Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims to replace John Sterling for New York Yankee games. No Romo and Nantz next week in the CBS NFL booth - Two Games t...

It's the Thursday edition of the "daily" on this feed as host T.J. Rives returns with updates and takes on the following sports media stories, etc: Diamond Sports, the parent company of the new "Fanduel Sports Network" and rights holder to numerous NBA, NHL and MLB teams has emerged from bankruptcy after nearly two years. What does this mean for some teams wanting their games broadcast and the fan...

It's the Wednesday edition of the "daily" as Mike Gill is back with insight on the news and ratings in sports media this week: Diamond Sports has announced a deal with Amazon to put its 16 RSNs on Prime Video. You'll be able to watch teams that are in your market through Prime with an added subscription. This is for NBA, NHL and MLB teams on Fanduel Sports Networks (used to be Bally Sports). No la...

It's the newest edition of the podcast, as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill are back to go over the latest in sports media news, ratings and they have a national pro football broadcasting guest with them, as well. It's all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!" The guys go over the "Blowout Saturday" of network games for ESPN/ABC, CBS Sports and NBC with almost all of the action being one-sided...

It's the newest edition of our "daily" podcast going over sports media news, ratings, etc., as host T.J. Rives returns on this Veteran's Day to talk: A Saturday of wipeouts in College Football from Texas-Florida early on ABC to Ohio State vs. Purdue on CBS and even Alabama at LSU in primetime back on ABC, the games weren't close. Will the overall ratings suffer? T.J. also goes over the "best for l...

It's the Friday edition of the show headed to a wild weekend of College Football and the NFL, as host T.J. Rives returns to go over all the sports media news on the "LWOS Media Daily" T.J. goes over: The NBA and ESPN are happy with the Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry returning from injury, as they beat the defending champion Boston Celtics and seeing a solid ratings increase on Wednessday ni...

It's the Thursday edition of the "Daily" from the Last Word on Sports Media feed with host T.J. Rives back aboard. He goes over the latest news, and more: Thursday night football returns for Amazon Prime as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens play Cincinnati in an AFC North battle. The ratings have been solid for the streamer, although significantly less than when the Thursday games were on CBS and Fox S...

On the Wednesday edition of the "daily" host Mike Gill returns with more from this past weekend in football and TV ratings. He talks the CBS numbers for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens thumping the Cincinnati Bengals and the same with Jared Goff and the Lions pummeling the Packers in the late afternoon on Fox Sports. Plus, how did the college football games fair from Saturday, including one of the to...

It's a special edition on "Election Night 2024" of the LWOS Media Podcast is back with T.J. Rives and Mike Gill to go over some interesting topics. They include: The Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embid physically confronting a critical reporter last weekend and being suspended by the NBA. Mike has great insight being in the greater Philly market and having had the reporter in the past on his radi...

It's a new week and host T.J. Rives returns with the Monday "daily' edition of the Podcast. He gives insight and thoughts on: Wild day of NFL crazy last second or overtime finishes and what announcers did well for CBS and FOX? Also, which crew benefitted from having over 20 million people watching the Lions vs. Packers late lead in into their finish late Sunday afternoon/evening? It was another in...

It's the newest edition of the "LWOS Media Daily," as host Mike Gill is back to cover the end of the week news, ratings and more in sports media. He covers: the Dodgers World Series clinching win TV ratings for Fox Sports, Bob Costas has announced his play by play retirement from MLB after 42 years. Aaron Rodgers and the Jets finally win in a standalone situation on Thursdsay night over Houston on...