Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Episode 546 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss how sports viewership has been impacted by Nielsen’s use of Big Data and Panel measurement; whether you still make apples to apples comparisons with sport viewership; YouTube revising its viewership for Chiefs-Chargers;  our experiences watching Red Zone; whether ads...

Episode 545 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox Sports NFL producer Richie Zyontz and Fox Sports NFL director Rich Russo. They are the lead production staffers on Fox’s top NFL team. Last February Zyontz produced his eighth Super Bowl as a lead producer while Russo’s directed his sixth as a lead director. In this podcast, the two discuss Fox’s Chiefs-Eagles broadcast, the 11th rematch of a Su...

Episode 544 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Neil Everett and Stan Verrett, the former ESPN hosts who were longtime partners on SportsCenter. In this podcast, Everett and Verrett discuss the launching of thir new show, beginning Sept. 9, airing live on Twitch;  Verrett’s decision not to move to Bristol when ESPN ended the Los Angeles-based  SportsCenter; the title of the s...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Neil Everett and Stan Verrett, the former ESPN hosts who were longtime partners on SportsCenter. The full interview will be available on Tuesday. In this clip, Verrett explains what his new show and collaboration with Everett will feature.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Episode 543 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two guests for a sports media roundtable: Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch and Austin Karp, sports media reporter for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, the trio discuss the NFL Red Zone channel featuring commercials and the fallout from that decision; ESPN getting unfairly blamed for the NFL’s call; wh...

Episode 542 of the Sports Media Podcast features Bill Cowher, a studio analyst for The NFL Today on CBS. In this podcast, Cowher discusses being in his 19th year as an analyst for the CBS’s NFL studio show following a Hall of Fame career as a Pittsburgh Steelers coach; whether he feels he is getting better at his job each year; what the on-air cast changes for The NFL Today means for 2025; the NFL...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with CBS NFL analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Cowher. The full interview will be available tomorrow. In this clip, Cowher discusses the steps he takes to improve as a broadcaster and the kind of feedback he appreciates in his current position. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Episode 541 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Rob Hyland, the coordinating producer of Sunday Night Football and Drew Esocoff, the director of Sunday Night Football. NBC's NFL coverage begins on Sept 4 with the Cowboys at Eagles followed by the Bills-Ravens on Sept. 7. In this podcast, Hyland and Esocoff discuss what will be unique about Sunday Night Football this season; t...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Rob Hyland, the coordinating producer of Sunday Night Football, and Drew Esocoff, the director of Sunday Night Football. In this clip, Hyland and Esocoff provide insight on what Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson are like in production meetings, and whether the new virtual measurement technology can get better for...

Episode 540 of the Sports Media Podcast features Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal who recently became the lead media reporter for SBJ. Karp joined SBJ in 2006 and has held a number of positions at the publication. He is followed by Larry Keith, the author of a new autobiography, "Touch 'Em All: My Life And Career At $ports Illustrated." In this podcast, Karp discuss what the media reporting...

Episode 539 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Michael Nathanson, a Founding Partner & Senior Research Analyst at MoffetNathanson and Robert Fishman, a senior research analyst at Michael Nathanson. Their firm is a leading independent equity research publisher focusing on the most important companies across the Technology, Media and Telecom landscape. In this podcast, Fis...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Michael Nathanson and Robert Fishman of MoffettNathanson, one of the leading independent equity research publishers focusing on the most important companies across the Technology, Media and Telecom landscape. In this clip, Fishman and Nathanson address how pro leagues should think about business with YouTube. You can subscribe to this podcast on...

Episode 538 of the Sports Media Podcast features renowned ESPN soccer commentator Ian Darke, who is the lead broadcaster for ESPN's coverage of the 2025-26 LaLiga season. In this podcast, Darke discusses his current U.S. broadcast schedule; calling LaLiga games; what he can do freelance-wise in the UK; why Barcelona's Lamine Yamal is currently the face of global football; his thoughts on Wrexham's...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with play by play voice Ian Darke. The full interview will be available on Friday. In this clip, Darke discusses the emerging greatness of Barcelona teenage star Lamine Yamal and what it is like calling his games in person. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Episode 537 of the Sports Media Podcast features David Law, Catherine Whitaker, and Matt Roberts, the co-hosts of the popular "The Tennis Podcast." The podcast was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best podcasts all time. In this podcast, we discuss the growth of The Tennis Podcast over the last five years; how influential the podcast is within the tennis community; being supported...

Episode 536 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox Sports play by play announcer and Chicago Bulls broadcaster Adam Amin. In this podcast, Amin discussed attending the annual Fox NFL preseason seminar and what's it like interacting with all of Fox Sports' on-air talent; being assigned Cam Ward debut for Fox; his thoughts on Stacey Dales serving as a color analyst on preseason Bears games; his pl...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with play by play voice Adam Amin. The full interview will be available on Friday. In this clip, Amin discusses attending the annual Fox NFL preseason seminar and what it is like interacting with all of Fox Sports' on-air NFL talent. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Episode 535 of the Sports Media Podcast features Carson Kessler, an investigative reporter for The Athletic and a former investigative fellow at the New York Times. In this podcast, Kessler discusses her reporting on the escalating stalking problem in sports and how it particularly has escalated for prominent female athletes; The Athletic identifying at least 52 stalking cases involving athletes,...

Episode 534 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss Disney/ESPN acquiring the NFL Network and substantial rights to RedZone, along with other content assets, in exchange for the NFL getting a 10 percent ownership stake in ESPN; how we see the deal; the game inventory ESPN receives; what it means for ESPN's coverage o...

Episode 533 of the Sports Media Podcast features Katie Bender Wynn, a  narrative documentarian whose latest is  "Taurasi," a three-part docu-series on basketball icon Diana Taurasi. It will premiere on Prime Video on August 7 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. In this podcast, Bender Wynn discusses why Taurasi is a subject worthy of documentary exploration; how the project came...

Episode 532 of the Sports Media Podcast features Michael McCann, a legal analyst and senior sports legal reporter for Sportico and the Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life at the University of New Hampshire. In this podcast, McCann discusses how to write about sports legal issues for a layperson audience; why the next five years will be a...

Episode 531 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss a gunman allegedly targeting the headquarters of the NFL when he burst into an office tower in Midtown Manhattan and killed four people, including a police office; CNBC's reporting of the NFL closing in on a deal to take a minority stake of up to 10% in ESPN; what a...

Episode 530a of the Sports Media Podcast features Colton Pouncy, the Detroit Lions reporter for The Athletic and the co-host of "Welcome to Detroit," a Lions podcast with Nick Baumgardner. In this podcast, Pouncy discussed his objectives for covering training camp; why Lions head coach Dan Campbell is such as great quote; where the Lions sit among NFC teams; what it would mean if Detroit ever won...

Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with The Athletic's Lions reporter Colton Pouncy. The full interview will be available on Monday. In this clip, Pouncy discusses his interactions with Lions head coach Dan Campbell and why he might be the NFL's best coaching quote. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Episode 530 of the Sports Media Podcast features John Pollock, a reporter and writer at POST Wrestling and the co-host of the Pollock and Thurston podcast. In this podcast we discuss the death of Hulk Hogan; Hogan's impact on the wrestling business and American sporting culture; Hogan's making the front of the April 29, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated when the magazine was a publicity monster; wh...