Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Episode 416 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Chris Legentil, the executive vice president of talent relations & head of communications at WWE. In this podcast, Legentil discusses what someone does in both the talent office and for WWE Communications; navigating the daily pro wrestling press and the broader sports and entertainment media that might cover WWE intermitten...

Episode 415 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Boston Globe media writer Chad Finn and Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, we analyze the Paris Olympics coverage so far; what we make of the big viewership; our thoughts on the opening ceremony coverage; our thoughts on Peacock and the coverage of basketball, and more. You can...

Episode 414 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jack Felling, a vice president and coordinating producer of original content for NBC Sports who has oversight for the features that you will see during the Paris Olympics, and Rob Hyland, the producer of NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage, an assignment he began with the Tokyo Olympics and continued with the Winter Olympics in Be...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal and CNBC Sports Business reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast, we discuss the Paris Olympics and whether we think it will rate viewership-wise; the celebrity push during the Games; whether Peacock can gain subscribers from it; the upcoming Olympic cycle and...

Episode 413 of the Sports Media Podcast features Michael Nathanson, the co-founder and senior managing director of research firm MoffettNathanson. In this podcast, Nathanson, one of the top analysts in the country when it comes to the media sector, discusses the NBA media rights deal and how it effects each of the players, Disney/ESPN, Amazon, NBC Universal and WBD; why he does not think the Olymp...

Episode 412 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Diana Russini, a senior NFL insider for The Athletic and the co-host, along with former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel, of “Scoop City,” a new twice-weekly podcast on the NFL. In this podcast, Russini discusses the development process of starting a new NFL podcast; the challenges of entering a very crowded podcast space featuring...

Episode 411 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Carli Lloyd, a studio analyst for Fox Sports's soccer coverage. Lloyd is a two-time FIFA Player of the Year Award winner, a two-time World Cup winner, and finished one of the most remarkable careers in global soccer with 316 caps. In this podcast, Lloyd discusses the transition from playing to broadcasting; her biggest challenge...

Episode 410 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a sports media conversation with Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Karp and Deitsch discuss the viewership numbers for the Copa America and 2024 Euros; what it means for global soccer heading forward; the WNBA's viewership in 2024 and what to expect for the rest of the season;...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kenny Mayne, the longtime sports television personality as well as writer and director. In this podcast, Mayne discusses his latest project, a documentary short film called "Wiffle Ball," which is part of the Seattle Film Festival and features an exploration of Mayne and Ken Griffey having a throwing contest in 1989; why he mad...

Episode 409 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a conversation with Sarah Spain, whose new podcast, “Good Game With Sarah Spain,” is part of the partnership between iHeartMedia and Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment. That partnership will bring to market the upcoming Women’s Sports Audio Network, a free, ad-supported slate of podcasts.  Good Game with Sarah Spain  is the inaugu...

Episode 408 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features an extended conversation with Burke Magnus, the president of content at ESPN who has oversight of ESPN’s live events, studio shows, newsgathering, original content/ESPN Films, the Talent Office, as well as audio, digital, and social media. In this podcast, Magnus discusses the state of NBA media rights; changes to ESPN’s to NBA...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal and Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we dissect the five-game Celtics-Mavericks NBA Finals which averaged 11.31 million viewers on ABC, down 3% in viewership from a five-game Nuggets-Heat series last year; how to analys...

Episode 407 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Chris Chavez, the founder and CEO of CITIUS MAG, whose content mission is to make it easier (and more fun) to be a track and field fan. In this podcast, Chavez discusses the challenges and opportunities of covering track and field; the access for reporters today; how many people are working at CITIUS MAG; what is working between...

Episode 406 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Mark Mravic and Alexander Wolff, the co-editors of "World Class: Purpose, Passion, and the Pursuit of Greatness On and Off the Field: Grant Wahl" It is a collection of Wahl’s most powerful and memorable stories, spanning his entire career in journalism. In this podcast, Mravic and Wolff discuss how this book come together; the c...

WNBA and Audacy are proud to publish the premiere WNBA podcast - Queens of the Court.  Hosted by hoops legend Sheryl Swoopes and women's sports journalist Jordan Ligons Robinson - the weekly show combines news and information, stats, as well as in-depth interview segments with some of the most notable names in and around the WNBA, and deep dives on the history of the game and its pro teams. New ep...

Episode 405 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia , the co-directors of “Federer: Twelve Final Days,”  which follows Roger Federer through the final 12 days of his professional career. The documentary will stream on Prime Video beginning June 20.   In this podcast, Kapadia and Sabia discuss how the project came to be; Sabia starting out the project as...

Episode 404 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Debbie Antonelli, an analyst on the WNBA’s Indiana Fever broadcasts and a 2024 Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Antonelli has worked for many media outlets including CBS and ESPN. She is joined by Pat Boylan, the play-by-play voice of Fever. He’s also calls Indiana Pacers games and works with on...

Episode 403 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN and NBC basketball analyst, host and reporter LaChina Robinson and author and Awful Announcing columnist Lyndsey D'Arcangelo. In this podcast, Robinson and D'Arcangelo the media coverage of Caitlin Clark; why the conversation has veered into the spaces it has; what they have seen as far as access this year with the WNBA; To...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman, the directors of “I’m Just Here for the Riot,” a documentary film about the 2011 riot that occurred in Vancouver following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup between the Canucks and Bruins. The film, an ESPN 30 for 30 presentation, premieres June 4 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+. In this podc...

From 'The PBP: Voices of Baseball' ( subscribe here ): This week's episode offers a different perspective on baseball play-by-play. Richard Deitsch of The Athletic joins Matt Spiegel to weigh in on what makes baseball broadcasting great and unique, as well as which styles of voices resonate with fans the most.

Episode 402 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features CNBC Sports Business reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast, Sherman discusses the latest on the NBA media rights; where Warner Bros. Discovery stands regarding matching Amazon and NBC Universal; how the NBA is thinking; whether there is risk for the NBA to have significant inventory on streaming; the prospects of a fourth packa...

Episode 401 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed and Toronto Star NBA columnist and reporter Doug Smith. In this podcast we discuss Toronto being granted an expansion franchise with the WNBA; our impressions of the franchise’s initial press conference; whether the WNBA can succeed in Toronto and how that can be done; Shireen breaking...

Episode 400 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN Monday Night Football lead broadcaster Joe Buck. In this podcast we discuss the Monday Night Football schedule including the opening game between the Jets and Niners; how to navigate things Aaron Rodgers says away from football; the expectations placed on Tom Brady as a broadcaster; calling baseball again as a one-off; how...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck. Both are Motorsports reporters for The Athletic and the co-hosts of The Teardown podcast. In this podcast, Gluck and Bianchi discuss the confrontation between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch,  following the NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway; the events that led u...

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal   and   Ben Fischer, who covers the NFL and all other pro football news for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Karp and Fischer discuss the NFL’s schedule and which media partners did well; the importance of the 4:25 p.m. ET window; the Monday Night Foo...