SI Media With Jimmy Traina

This week's "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is a celebration of the show's 400th episode. Jimmy is joined by his weekly guest, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York, to talk about the history of the "SI Media Podcast," reminisce about Jimmy taking over as host after Richard Deitsch left "Sports Illustrated," and discuss how the...

Episode 399 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews. First up is John Ourand from "Sports Business Journal." Ourand talks about whether Charles Barkley will join the LIV Golf Tour and the chances of Barkley possibly leaving Turner Sports and "Inside the NBA." In addition, Ourand discusses the latest news on which streaming se...

Episode 398 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with NFL insider, Peter Schrager of NFL Network and Fox Sports. Schrager talks about the changes at "Good Morning Football" with Jamie Erdhal set to take over for Kay Adams as host, how the pandemic affected the show and why August is such a big month for GMFB. Schrager, who is clos...

Episode 397 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with author, reporter and podcast host, James Andrew Miller. Miller talks about the recent "Washington Post" feature story on Adam Schefter in which colleagues anonymously bashed the NFL reporter. Miller also shares insight on Matthew Berry's surprising departure from ESPN, what w...

Episode 396 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with ESPN NBA reporter Brian Windhorst. Windhorst talks about his experience of going viral after a clip of him speculating about a possible Utah Jazz trade on "First Take" went viral. Did he know Rudy Gobert was going to be traded when he talked about Utah's "strange" tra...

Episode 395 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Fox Sports' Erin Andrews. The sideline reporter for Fox's No. 1 NFL crew talks about the wild changes that took place this offseason with her longtime partners, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman leaving Fox for ESPN, Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen getting elevated to the No. 1 spot and...

Episode 394 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. The "SportsCenter" host talks about the adrenaline rush of doing live postgame shows after the NBA Finals, his back-and-forth with Draymond Green about "new media" vs. media and Steph Curry's likability. Van Pelt also shares his thoughts o...

Episode 393 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Paul "BizNasty" Bissonnette of TNT's NHL studio show and the "Spittin Chiclets" podcast. The former NHL player talks about how he ended up getting the gig with TNT, what the television experience has been like for him and the challenges he faces doing a network televi...

Episode 392 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Bryan Curtis of The Ringer. The show starts with a conversation about Drew Brees officially not returning to NBC to call Notre Dame football and work on "Sunday Night Football's" studio show, what went wrong for Brees and whether he got a raw deal from NBC. Other topics cover...

Episode 391 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with The Athletic's media reporter, Richard Deitsch. Among the topics covered: Why it's become a thing to knock Bill Simmons; Is the Greg Olsen-Tom Brady-Fox Sports situation "weird?"; what the Brady-Fox Sports deal is all about; ManningCast copycats; NESN to offer its own s...

Episode 390 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Joe Davis from Fox Sports. Davis talks about taking over this season for Joe Buck as Fox's lead Major League Baseball play-by-play voice at just 34 years old. Davis, also talks about becoming the Dodgers lead play-by-play man after Vin Scully retired and how that will help him replac...

Episode 389 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is an all-Traina Thoughts edition. Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy, as he does every week, to discuss a slew of sports and pop culture topics. The duo breakdown the 2022 NFL games that will be played on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, talk about a wild Phil Mickelson ga...

Episode 388 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Andrew Marchand of the "New York Post." Marchand and Traina analyze the massive sports media news that Tom Brady has signed a deal with Fox Sports to become its No. 1 NFL analyst when he retires and Marchand reiterates that he stands by his report that Brady's deal is for 10...

Episode 387 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Katie Nolan, who is part of AppleTV+' s MLB coverage. Nolan discusses how she got the job with Apple, what Apple is trying to accomplish with their broadcasts, understanding that traditional MLB fans may not get the telecast, how she prepares for each game and the time she stayed s...

Episode 386 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with The Ringer's Ryen Russillo. Topics discussed ranged from everything to the state of Major League Baseball to the NBA playoffs to podcasting to Elon Musk buying Twitter. Russillo talked about Draymond Green going after Bill Simmons for having a vote for major NBA awards, Kevin Duran...

Episode 385 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Kenny Smith from Turner Sports' "Inside the NBA." Smith talks about his experience as a cast member since 1998, what it's like to work with Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Ernie Johnson and what goes into each show. Smith also weighs on on whether he thinks Ba...

Episode 384 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Ian Eagle from Turner Sports and CBS. The podcast closes out with the weekly Traina Thoughts segment. This week, Chris Long, host of the "Green Light Podcast" fills in for Sal Licata. Eagle previews the NBA playoffs, talks about the Brooklyn Nets bizarre season and explains wha...

Episode 383 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Adnan Virk of the MLB Network and the NHL Network. Topics covered include the upcoming Major League Baseball season, Tiger Woods playing in the Masters, whether he wants to call games or just work in the studio. Virk, who hosts the "Cinephile" podcast, had very strong opinions...

Episode 382 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features interviews with CBS's Greg Gumbel and WWE Superstar, Seth Rollins. Greg Gumbel , who is in this 50th year as a sports broadcaster talks about the challenges of doing studio for the NCAA Tournament, how coverage of the Tournament has changed over the years and what it's like to work with Charles Ba...

Episode 381 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Troy Aikman, who just left Fox for ESPN. Aikman reveals that he still doesn't know why Fox let him leave after 21 years with the company. He shares his thoughts on the move and joining "Monday Night Football." He also talks about why he wanted Joe Buck to join him at ESPN, th...

Episode 380 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with John Ourand from "Sports Business Journal" about the latest sports media news. Why did FOX let Joe Buck and Troy Aikman go to ESPN and "Monday Night Football?" Will the ManningCast be impacted at all by Buck and Aikman now calling MNF? What role did Amazon play in ESPN go...

Episode 376 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews. First up is Chris "Mad Dog" Russo of SiriusXM, MLB Network's "High Heat" and now ESPN's "First Take." Russo explains how his weekly appearance on "First Take" came out, the role Stephen A. Smith played in it and the overwhelming reaction from fans. R...

Episode 378 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with author, reporter and podcast host, Jim Miller. Miller shares his insights on the wild NFL broadcasting carousel. With Troy Aikman expected to land at ESPN and "Monday Night Football," Miller talks about ESPN and FOX negotiating a trade for Joe Buck. Who will take over as FOX'...

Episode 377 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with ESPN's Molly Qerim. The host of "First Take" talks about the show changing its format to have rotating hosts debate Stephen A. Smith, how her role on the show has expanded, her daily routine to prep for the show and the process for putting together a debate show. Qerim also d...

Episode 376 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with "New York Post" sports media columnist, Andrew Marchand, about NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl LVI and all the latest sports media news. What were NBC's highlights and lowlights? How did Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth fare? Why did the game generate such a massive viewer...