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The guest on Episode 337 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Florio explains why gambling is a major factor in the NFL going to a 17-game regular season and why he expects the league to eventually go to an 18-game regular season. Does the 17th regular season game mean we're going to finally get a Super Bowl during Presid...

Episode 336 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews. First up is Bryan Curtis, Editor-At-Large for The Ringer. Curtis talks about a recent article he wrote that connect Brent Musburger's firing from CBS in 1990, which elevated Jim Nantz as the network's lead voice, to Nantz's current contract situation with CBS. Curtis also discu...

The guest on Episode 335 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is Darren Rovell, the Senior Executive Producer for the Action Network. The main focus of the episode is the explosion in the trading cards business. From why the boom happened, whether it will last to the process of getting cards graded and selling them for profit, Rovell goes in-depth on explaining...

The guest on episode 334 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is NFL columnist Kevin Clark from The Ringer. Clark, who also appears on podcasts and hosts the video show, "Slow News Day," talks about the Super Bowl's lackluster ratings and why the league is having a long-time issue with the 18-49 crowd. Clark also discusses how sports fan's viewin...

In honor of Super Bowl Week, Episode 333 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a roundtable discussion with Erin Andrews from Fox Sports and Kyle Brandt from the NFL Network's "Good Morning Football." Andrews explains why this week is like Christmas, while Brandt explains why this week is a drag. The duo also talk about how weird it is to not...

The guest on Episode 332 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is WWE superstar, Roman Reigns. The WWE Universal champion pulled no punches in responding to recent claims made by The Undertaker and Bill Goldberg that today's WWE wrestlers are "soft." Reigns also explains why he thinks the superstars of today have it tougher than those who performed du...

The guest on Episode 331 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is John Ourand. The "Sports Business Journal" reporter talks about why NBC decided to shut down NBC Sports Network and what that means for sports that aired on the cable channel. We also discussed why the WWE decided to make a deal with Peacock for the WWE Network and whether the move will sta...

The guest on Episode 330 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is Andrew Siciliano. The host of DirecTV's popular RedZone channel talks about the biggest changes he's seen with the show over the 16 years its been on the air, what it was like for him to miss Week 6 of the 2020 season because of a false positive Covid test, why he couldn't watch RedZone...

The guest on Episode 329 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is Troy Aikman. FOX's lead NFL analyst, who will call the Bucs-Saints divisional playoff game, explains why Tom Brady and Drew Brees have been able to have so much success at the late stages of their careers, reveals who he thinks deserves the most credit for the NFL being able to play an uninterr...

Episode 328 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features two interviews. First up is "New York Post" sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand. Marchand and Jimmy Traina talk about the latest sports media news topics including Tom Rinaldi leaving ESPN for FOX, what's going on with Tony Romo, Jim Nantz's contract status, ESPN getting fooled by a fake Adam Schefter story,...

Episode 327 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast is the second part of a roundtable discussion with Peter Schrager of "Good Morning Football" and Andrew Perloff from the Dan Patrick Show. In this episode, we talk about why "The Last Dance" was the sports media event of the year, sports shows we loved, sports podcasts that got us through 2020 and underrated sports media people, a...

Episode 326 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" is a roundtable discussion with Peter Schrager of the "Good Morning Football" and Fox Sports and Andrew Perloff from the Dan Patrick Show. The episode recaps the year in sports media and pop culture. This episode focuses on how we adjusted our media consumption during a pandemic as we highlight the best shows we watched, the bes...

Episode 325 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with SiriusXM radio host, Chris Russo. The Mad Dog, who also hosts "High Heat" on the MLB Network talks about the challenges of doing sports talk radio during a pandemic, deciding to talk about Covid and the election on a sports show, why he's not a fan of Tony Romo, his dream NFL broadcast team, the...

Episode 324 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features two interviews. First up is Mike Tirico from NBC Sports. Tirico talks about still having a heavy workload through the pandemic, how hard it is to call blowouts, the NFL blocking him from calling "Thursday Night Football" when he left ESPN, succeeding Al Michaels on "Sunday Night Football" and his relationship with Al, whe...

Episode 323 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with former NFL player, Chris Long. The Super Bowl champion talks about hosting Amazon Prime's Thursday night pregame show, becoming a prolific podcaster and whether he'd want to call NFL games. Long also shares the player perspective on how teams are handling this highly unusual season, what's going...

Episode 322 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "New York Post" sports media columnist, Andrew Marchand. Topics covered include whether Jim Nantz would ever leave CBS if he doesn't get the raise he wants, NFL ratings bouncing back, why there are problems between ESPN and "The Dan Le Batard Show, the problem with NFL analysts and much more. L...

Episode 321 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Mark Calaway, aka The Undertaker. The legendary WWE superstar talks about finally pulling back the curtain on his personality, what it was like to throw Mick Foley off the top of the Hell in the Cell, why he doesn't think Brock Lesnar should've ended his WrestleMania streak, his biggest fight with Vinc...

Episode 320 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with Jim Nantz. The CBS broadcaster talks about scheduling issues with the Masters and the NFL this year, the rise of Bryson DeChambeau, calling games during Covid, the Patriots' down season, whether the NFL should stop having the Lions play on Thanksgiving, how he once slipped in a shout out to his father-in...

Episode 319 of Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a conversation with WWE's Paul Heyman. The man who is now Roman Reigns' special counsel explains why he thinks he's the greatest manager of all time, why this is the right time for him to join forces with Reigns, whether wrestlers should go away and take breaks from being on TV; whether he was nervous the first time he did commen...

Episode 318 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast' features an interview with Kirk Herbstreit. The college football analyst discusses what doing "College GameDay" without fans has been like this season, his relationship with Lee Corso, the infamous Eminem interview he did with Brent Musburger, whether he'd leave college football to call NFL games, reaction to him getting emo...

Episode 317 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with Peter Schrager. The "Good Morning Football" host talks about how his job has changed during the pandemic, how the NFL has navigated positive Covid tests, Boston turning on Bill Belichick, why the Red Zone channel isn't for him the upcoming "Borat" sequel, definitive '90s songs, what w...

Episode 316 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Turner's Erne Johnson. The host of "Inside the NBA" talks about the show's popularity, working with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal, the one time he got legitimately mad at Barkley, how he navitages the unruly cast, the lessons he learned when doing MLB play-by-play, wheth...

Episode 315 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with author, reporter and podcast host, Jim Miller. The man who wrote the book on ESPN talks about whether the NFL's slight ratings dip could affect negotiations for new TV deals with networks, how ESPN is handling its talent talking politics these days, Keith Olbermann leaving ESPN again, the return of "...

Episode 314 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with Al Michaels. The legendary play-by-play man explains why he's taking some Sundays off this NFL season, when this plan came together and how he feels about it. Michaels also talks about what it's like to call games without fans in the stands, his iconic "Do You Believe In Miracles" call, his f...

Episode 313 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with popular radio host, Dan Patrick. The man known as DP opened up about his battle with Polymyalgia, the ups and down of his longtime career, the art of interview, who the best people are to interview, the one interview he'd like to get, his new podcast, "That Scene with Dan Patrick," leaving ESPN, hi...