SI Media With Jimmy Traina

Episode 543 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS college football and college basketball studio host, Adam Zucker. Zucker talks about what it's like for him to replace Greg Gumbel as NCAA Tournament Selection Show host and what Gumbel meant to Zucker as a mentor. In addition, Zucker goes in-depth on what it's like to host the Selection Show, handle studi...

Episode 542 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringer's Editor-At-Large, Bryan Curtis, about all the latest sports media news. Topics covered with Curtis include ESPN cancelling "Around the Horn" after 23 years and the status of the show's host, Tony Reali; Jimmy Johnson retiring from "Fox NFL Sunday" and what Fox may do for a replaceme...

Episode 541 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with AEW wrestler, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, aka, MJF. MJF talks about re-signing with AEW in 2024 and shares some details about his new contract. He also discusses what his goals are for his AEW career, being a mentor for fellow AEW wrestlers at just 28 years old, his "hard out" for leaving wrestling and his recent ru...

Episode 540 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with ESPN college basketball analyst, Jay Bilas. Bilas talks about the popularity of the NCAA Tournament, whether the NCAA Tournament should expand the amount of teams that make the tourney and why he stopped doing NCAA Tournament games for CBS/Turner. In addition, Bilas discusses why college basketball's replay rule nee...

Episode 539 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with The Athletic's sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand, about the latest sports media news. Topics covered include Fox shielding Tom Brady from interviews all season long, Joe Buck's return to baseball to call Opening Day on ESPN, the battle brewing between MLB and ESPN, MLB's streaming problem, the possibili...

Episode 538 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina features an interview with golf insider from Skratch, Dan Rapaport. Rapaport talks about his new weekly show, "Dan on Golf," how golf media has changed over the years, the explosion in golf's popularity on YouTube and gambling's role in the increased interest in golf. Rapaport also discusses what the TGL needs to fix, the relationship...

Episode 537 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is a review of Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl LIX with Puck's John Ourand. How did Tom Brady do in his first Super Bowl in the booth? What were Brady's best and worst moments? Can Brady be judged fairly as an analyst? Other topics discussed include the bizarre Jimmy Johnson tribute segment during the pregame show, the commercials, whet...

Episode 536 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is an All-Traina Thoughts edition with WFAN and SNY's Sal Licata. Topics covered during the show include Super Bowl LIX between the Eagles and Chiefs. Has this matchup fallen flat with sports fans? Has Chiefs fatigue hurt excitement for the game? How different would the buzz be if the Lions and/or Bills were in the game? In addition, Jimmy an...

Episode 535 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Troy Aikman and a conversation with WWE Superstar, Seth Rollins. Aikman discusses his strong comments from the Texans-Chiefs Divisional Round playoff game about the referees and the NFL rules regarding roughing the passer. Aikman explains how he realized his commentary drew a lot of attention and reveals whether he hear...

Episode 534 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. Topics covered include the significant ratings drop for the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, the latest regarding the league going to an 18-game schedule, Netflix's involvement in the NFL, the narrative that the league and the refs want the Chiefs to win, the practice of h...

Episode 533 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Athletic's media reporter, Richard Deitsch, about all the latest sports media news. Topics covered include why NFL playoff ratings have been down, NFL broadcasters, what Deion Sanders coaching the Cowboys would mean for networks, Tom Brady's alleged "conflict of interest" as a partial Raiders owner...

Episode 532 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with versatile CBS play-by-play man, Ian Eagle. Eagle talks about calling the Chargers-Texans wild-card game, which he dubbed, "The Houston Invitational." Eagle also shares his thoughts on what it was like to call the Chiefs-Steelers Christmas Day game for Netflix, working with J.J. Watt and Pittsburgh getting snub...

Episode 531 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE Chief Content Officer, Paul Levesque, aka Triple H. Levesque talks about all the aspects of the WWE's partnership with Netflix ahead of "Monday Night Raw" debuting on the streaming service. Levesque explains why the show won't be a specific length each week, how fans can watch "Raw" if they m...

Episode 530 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is all-Traina Thoughts edition with Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York. This edition of the podcast opens with Jimmy explaining why his Christmas was completely ruined. Jimmy and Sal discuss Netflix's NFL debut and ratings, Beyonce's Christmas Day halftime show, the NFL playoff picture, Super Bowl odds, the Aaron Rodgers Ne...

Episode 529 of "Sl Media with Jimmy Traina" is the 5th annual year-in-review extravaganza roundtable with Peter Schrager from "Good Morning Football" and Andrew Perloff from CBS Sports Radio. The podcast covers and best and worst of 2024 in the world of sports, media and pop culture. Why did the NBA ratings dip while Caitlin Clark took over women's basketball? What effects will...

Episode 528 of "SI Media Podcast With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the voice of NBC's "Sunday Night Football," Mike Tirico. Tirico reveals the details of his torn Achilles' injury and explains how he's been able to work through the injury. Tirico also discusses some of the best SNF moments of the season including the snow game in Buffalo, the Lions' wild...

Episode 527 of "SI Media Podcast With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with ESPN play-by-play caller, Sean McDonough. McDonough talks about his memorable calls at the end of Clemson's wild ACC Championship win against SMU, reaction to the calls and getting a text message from the legendary Verne Lundquist after the game. McDonough also takes a trip down memory lane to discuss some o...

Episode 526 of SI Media Podcast With Jimmy Traina features an interview with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis about the latest sports media news. Jimmy and Bryan discuss the "Inside the NBA" licensing deal between ESPN and Warner Brothers Discovery feeling off and why we should expect some twists and turns with the deal. Other topics include Stephen A. Smith's reported contract extension...

  Kyle Brandt talks about GMFB’s move from New York to California this season, whether he was shocked when he got the news about the show’s new home and how he feels about doing the show remotely about 90% of the time.   Brandt also explains how his vignettes for CBS’ NFL Today come about, his process for writing his own scripts and how he came up with a piece to spoof the New York Jets by using t...

Episode 524 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE Superstar, Roman Reigns. The "Original Tribal Chief" talks about returning at SummerSlam as a babyface, working as a babyface vs. a heel, the Bloodline vs. Bloodline story and how Wiseman Paul Heyman fits into it and what it's like to work with family. Reigns also shares his thoughts on the epic WrestleM...

Episode 523 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN President, Burke Magnus. Magnus talks about all the aspects of the shocking deal that will see TNT continue to produce "Inside the NBA" while it airs on ESPN beginning next season. How did the deal come about? Will ESPN have any editorial control over the show? On which nights will we see "Inside the...

Episode 522 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS's lead NFL broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo. Nantz and Romo talk about their partnership over the past eight years, why Romo thinks they are having their best season ever together and what Romo has tried to do differently in the booth this season. Nantz and Romo also preview the huge Chiefs-Bills game...

Episode 521 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo with WFAN's Sal Licata joining the this episode as co-host. The radio Hall of Famer gives us the full story behind the MLB Network cancelling his daily show, "Hight Heat," his reaction to the cancelation and what his future is with the MLB Network. Russo also sh...

Episode 520 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Joe Buck. The voice of "Monday Night Football" talks about why Major League Baseball calls have become such a big thing with fans, the issues that national broadcasters have to deal with when calling MLB playoff games and why he won't call baseball for ESPN. Buck also discusses the best play to...

Episode 519 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS' James Brown. The longtime "NFL Today" host talks about life before broadcasting when he attended Harvard University and tried out for the Atlanta Hawks and what happened when he didn't make the team. Brown then goes into his broadcasting career and discusses his decision to leave Fox's pregame...