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Episode 310 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Good Morning Football's" Kyle Brandt, who has launched a new podcast. Brandt talks about getting Aaron Rodgers his first guest, what made Rodgers appearance so meaningful, how doing a daily morning show from home is going, watching "The Office" for the first time during the pandemic and &#...

Episode 309 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" media reporter, John Ourand. Topics covered include the future of the NFL's TV rights and what could happen with the primetime packages, super agent Nick Khan leaving CAA for WWE, The Rock buying into the XFL, the state of podcasts, the supposed gambling explosion and much more...

Episode 308 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Jeff Van Gundy. ESPN's lead NBA analyst talks about calling games from the Orlando bubble, how teams will be affected by staying in the bubble and playing afternoon games, whether he had any reservations about going to Orlando, LeBron James' legacy, why he didn't watch one second of "The Last D...

Episode 308 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Joe Buck. The longtime FOX play-by-play broadcaster talks about calling baseball games during the pandemic, how he and John Smoltz will be calling games this season and how comfortable he would feel being at a ballpark. Buck also revealed why he likes the new rule in which a runner will be put on second base t...

Episode 307 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with Jay Onrait, who currently hosts the TSN version of "SportsCentre" and the "Dan and Jay Podcast." Onrait talks about whether highlight shows are dead, how you do a highlights show when there are no sports, why he and Dan never took off at FS1, why he doesn't regret taking the gig at FS1, h...

Episode 306 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Jemele Hill. Hill was just named as one of the producers on an upcoming docuseries about Colin Kaepernick. She discusses how Kaepernick got her involved in the project, whether she had reservations about working with ESPN and addresses a few narratives surrounding the former Niners quarterback. Hill also talke...

Episode 305 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" managing editor, Austin Karp. Topics covered on the podcast include whether the sports rights bubble is about to burst, why FOX gave up rights to the U.S. Open golf tournament and why NBC picked it up, will the election hurt NFL ratings, which leagues have the most to lose if...

Episode 304 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with ESPN investigative reporter, Don Van Natta, who hosts the network's upcoming documentary, "Backstory: The Decision." Van Natta talks about how the show created for LeBron James to announce his free-agent decision came about, how LeBron feels about "The Decision" now, why David Stern hated i...

Episode 303 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features two interviews. First up is "New York Post" sports media reporter Andrew Marchand, to discuss several recent sports media stories, including MLB signing a new contract with Turner Sports for big money, the future of Trey Wingo at ESPN, how NFL networks will handle kneeling this season, Drew Brees' status with NBC and much mor...

Episode 302 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with Nate Burleson of "Good Morning Football" and CBS Sports. Burleson talks about the events in the United States since the killing of George Floyd, how he feels about cops, how his grandfather being killed by a cop shaped him as a kid, what he tells his kids about dealing with the police, the Drew Brees controversy...

Episode 301 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with Erin Andrews. The FOX Sports NFL sideline reporter talks about how her job will be affected by no fans in the stands, the Bucs-Saints Week 1 matchup, the athlete she'd like to see on "Dancing With the Stars," dealing with critics, the ups and downs of interviewing a losing coach, quarantine life, cooking dis...

Episode 300 of the Sport Illustrated Media podcast features a conversation with Andrew Perloff from the "Dan Patrick Show." Perloff, who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, discusses his experience and what he went through from a health standpoint. We also discussed the mental health aspects of dealing with quarantine. On the lighter side of things, Perloff talked about Dan Patrick...

Episode 299 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a conversation with Peter Schrager from "Good Morning Football" and "FOX NFL Kickoff." Topics discussed include two-person booth vs. three-person booth, possible Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland's replacements for "Monday Night Football," the fun of watching games from the '80s and '90, NFL's Chr...

Episode 298 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with veteran broadcaster, Ian Eagle. The CBS Sports/Turner play-by-play man talks about having a new partner, Charles Davis, on NFL games, Zooming with Bill Raftery, "The Last Dance," Michael Jordan's personality, the differences between Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, not liking condiments and salad and mu...

Episode 297 of the Sports Illustrated Podcast features a conversation with two-time Super Bowl champion and current podcaster, Chris Long. Long talks about grinding out his "Green Light" podcast during the pandemic, how much preseason NFL players would need before the start of the season, the Aaron Rodgers-Green Bay situation, why he likes "The Last Dance" airing every Sunday, his...

Episode 296 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a conversation with actors Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, who recently launched the "Talkin Sopranos" podcast. In addition to a wide-ranging discussion about "The Sopranos," in which we covered everything from the "Pine Barrens" episode to each actor's signature moment on the show, their characters dyi...

Episode 295 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with New York Post sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand. Why did Drew Brees choose NBC over ESPN? What will happen to Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth with Mike Tirico and Brees ready to take over? Why did CBS part ways with Dan Fouts? Why did Charles Davis leave FOX for CBS. Where will FOX go for a No. 2 NFL analyst? Sho...

Episode 294 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with legendary ESPN host, Bob Ley. Can a sports network cover the coronavirus crisis without being political? Has he had the itch to return to work to cover what's going on in the world? How will sports change after the pandemic? Will stadiums be packed in 2020? What old game would Bob like to see a network re-air? What...

Episode 293 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features a conversation with "Good Morning Football" host, Kyle Brandt. How would Kyle feel about NFL games with no fans in the stands? Should Tom Brady have stayed a Patriot for his entire career? How weird will the NFL Draft be this year? In addition to those topics, Kyle and host Jimmy Traina discuss Netflix's "Tiger King"...

Episode 292 of the SI Media Podcast features an interview with James Andrew Miller. The author, reporter and podcast host talks about what could be in store CBS and Disney during contract negotiations with the NFL, why CBS needed to keep Tony Romo, why ESPN needs to forget about Peyton Manning and how the TV landscape is changing. Miller and host Jimmy Traina then discuss Season 10 of "Curb Yo...

Episode 291 of the Sports Media Podcast features an interview with Sports Business Journal media reporter, John Ourand. Ourand talks about how sports networks will handle the next few months without games, what we'd like to see from ESPN during this time, how leagues will handle the return of sports and the NFL's plan to keep moving forward. We also touched on what Tom Brady's departur...

Episode 290 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with Washington Post sports media reporter Ben Strauss. Topics include the impact coronavirus has had on sports, the Al Michaels-Peyton Manning dream booth for ESPN, where ESPN goes from here for a “Monday Night Football” booth, XFL ratings, The Athletic and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Episode 289 of the SI Media Podcast features with Rachel Nichols of ESPN. Nichols talks about balancing the various hats she wears as host of “The Jump,” her philosophy for interviewing NBA players, whether there are any comparisons to be made between “The Jump” and TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” what it’s like to interview LeBron and the big Spike Lee vs. New York Knicks feud.  Learn more about your ad-...

Episode 288 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with "New York Post" sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand, who broke the news that Tony Romo re-signed with CBS for $17 million per year. This podcast goes in-depth on all things Romo/CBS. Was Romo close to signing with ESPN? Why did CBS spend so much to retain Romo? What does this mean for Romo's broadcast par...

Episode 277 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with longtime Sports Illustrated baseball writer, Tom Verducci. Verducci explains why the Astros controversy will not go away and linger all season long, talks about all the benefits of the new proposed playoff format and why it's good for the league, reveals the one thing he'd do to fix Major League Baseball, defend...