SI Media With Jimmy Traina

Episode 518 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is an All-Traina Thoughts, All-Mailbag edition. WFAN's Sal Licata joins Jimmy to answer listener-submitted questions on a wide array of topics. Among the questions and topics: How will Tom Brady be affected as a broadcaster by the new restrictions put on him once he became a part-owner of the Raiders? Are Joe Buck and Troy Aikman ESPN's b...

Episode 517 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Paul Finebaum. Finebaum talks about what it's like to cover SEC football and deal with those fans, what goes into doing a daily four-hour radio show solo, his interviewing philosophy and his all-time favorite job. Finebaum also discusses how the expanded playoff affects college football's regular se...

Episode 516 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features two guests. First up is The Athletic's Andrew Marchand on all the latest sports media news. Topics covered include ESPN looking at Shams Charania, Jeff Passan and Chris Haynes as possible replacements for Adrian Wojnarowski as its top NBA insider; What ESPN will do about their top NBA booth featuring Mike Breen and Doris Burke after...

Episode 515 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's top MLB insider, Jeff Passan. Passan discusses the recent retirement of Adrian Wojnaroswki and what the life of an insider is like. Does he bring his phone into the shower? Does he break stories from the toilet? Where was the oddest place he's broken news? Passan also talks about Major League Baseball&#...

Episode 514 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS' lead college football play-by-play man, Brad Nessler. Nessler talks about CBS losing the SEC and landing the Big Ten, replacing the legendary Verne Lundquist and the one college football stadium he has never called a game in. Nessler also shares stories about the various analysts he's worked with through...

Episode 513 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Kevin Clark. Clark talks about his transition into TV now that he's at ESPN, his interviewing philosophy for his Omaha Productions show, "This is Football," and whether we will ever see someone who isn't a former player as an NFL or College Football game analyst. Clark also discusses Tom Bra...

Episode 512 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. Van Pelt, who just began his 10th year hosting his solo version of "SportsCenter" and hosts ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown," talks about the addition of Jason Kelce to Monday Night Countdown, how he helped recruit Kelce to the show and what he expects from the future Hall...

Episode 511 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringer's Editor-At-Large, Bryan Curtis. Topics covered include how we will judge Tom Brady's debut as Fox's lead NFL analyst in Week 1; who is the more intriguing media figure: Bill Belichick or Nick Saban; ESPN going with Mike Greenberg over Laura Rutledge as host of "NFL Sunday Countdown"; th...

Episode 510 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN "College GameDay" panelist and "Thursday Night Football" analyst, Kirk Herbstreit. Herbstreit discusses getting used to the grind of doing college football on Saturday and the NFL on Thursdays, what his in-season schedule is like and if he sees himself continuing with both gigs. Other topics cover...

Episode 509 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Radio Hall of Famer, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo. Russo talks about signing a new three-year contract extension with SiriusXM, the challenges of doing a daily radio show during the summer and staying relevant after so many years in the business. Other topics discussed with Russo include his thoughts on whether Steph...

Episode 508 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is an all-Traina Thoughts edition with Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York.. Among the topics discussed on the podcast: The shocking news that Charles Barkley will not retire or join ESPN, NBC or Amazon and remain with TNT after the network loses the NBA; the debut of the new NFL kickoff rule; the news that Ben Affleck and Matt Damo...

Episode 507 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Puck's John Ourand. Ourand discusses the latest news regarding the NBA refusing Warner Brothers Discovery's matching offer for Amazon's television package and WBD subsequently filing a lawsuit against the NBA. Will this ever go to trial? Why did the NBA want to move on from WBD after a 30-plus year relations...

Episode 506 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE superstar, CM Punk. Punk previews his SummerSlam match against Drew McIntrye with Seth Rollins as special guest referee and reveals which individual he thinks is the biggest dipsh-t. Punk also discusses why the WWE is so different under Triple H and reveals that he wouldn't have returned to the company if Vince...

Episode 505 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Fox NFL analyst, Greg Olsen. Olsen shares his reaction to going viral thanks to a photo from Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo's wedding, explains why he looked the way he looked in that photo and shares his thoughts on wedding etiquette. Olsen also talks about going into this NFL season as Fox's No. 2 anal...

Episode 504 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with NBC play-by-play man, Noah Eagle. Eagle talks about calling the men's and women's Team USA at the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, his extensive resume at just 27 years old, getting into the broadcasting business and the sport he hasn't yet called that he would like to call, what it was like to call an N...

Episode 503 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" NFL reporter, Ben Fischer. Fischer covered the antitrust trial in which a jury ordered the NFL to pay $4.7 billion for violating antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. How much will Sunday Ticket customers get and when? Wha...

Episode 502 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Jason McCourty, who won't be part of the "Good Morning Football" cast with the show moving from New York to Los Angeles. McCourty explains why he won't be staying with the show, how shocked he was by the NFL Network's decision to move the show, what he'll miss most about being on GMFB, the end of...

Episode 501 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Pablo Torre, who hosts the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast for Meadowlark Media. Torre explains how the idea for his unique podcast came about, how he picks his topics, what his goal is with the podcast, what it's like to work for Dan Le Batard and how he was able to let ESPN keep him on a part-time basis wh...

Episode 500 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Fox Sports' Derek Jeter, followed by a conversation with The Athletic's Richard Deitsch. Jeter explains why he went from saying he'd never go into broadcasting to joining Fox's MLB studio show, what he's learned about broadcasting and why he has no desire to be in the booth to call a game. Jeter also...

Episode 499 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features interviews with Tom Brady and Jim Miller. Brady kicks off the podcast with a discussion about his transition from the field to the booth for Fox. The future Hall of Famer explains why he wanted to become a broadcaster, what he thinks his strength will be in the booth, what he thinks his weakness will be, how he will judge his performance...

Episode 498 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a interview with Andrew Marchand. The Athletic senior writer shares information and gives updates on the biggest news in sports media. Topics covered include the latest developments with the NBA's future TV deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon and where things stand with Warner Brothers Discover/TNT. Marchand also reveals what he thinks N...

Episode 497 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Charles Barkley. The "Inside the NBA" host discusses the possibility of TNT losing the NBA in the current television rights negotiations, his frustration with the lack of communication from Warner Brothers Discovery about the negotiations, whether the show could continue on another network, reaction from fans...

Episode 496 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with TNT lead NBA play-by-play man, Kevin Harlan. Harlan talks about calling the Mavericks-Timberwolves Western Conference Finals, the transition from being in a two-man booth to a three-man booth for the postseason and why a three-man booth is more difficult for the NBA than college basketball. Harlan also shares his thou...

Episode 495 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Mike North, NFL VP of Broadcast Planning, who has a major role in putting together the season schedule. North talks about the challenges in putting together the 2024 schedule, why the league decided to play on Christmas Day, which takes place on a Wednesday, how the Christmas games affected the rest of the schedule, who...

Episode 494 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Katie Nolan. Nolan, who is a lifelong Patriots fans, breaks down all aspects of the "Tom Brady Roast" on Netflix. Who were the best roasters, who were the worst roasters, what made her cringe, what was wrong with Ben Affleck, why was Bill Belichick so enjoyable, why was Kim Kardashian there, why was it so long...