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Episode 425 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with "Good Morning Football" host, Jason McCourty. McCourty discusses his first year on the NFL Network show, how he's adjusted to doing a show that starts at 7 am, what it was like to replace Nate Burleson, whether it's tough for him as a former player to criticized current...

Episode 424 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Super Bowl champion and current podcast host, Chris Long. The man behind the "Green Light Podcast," talks NFL playoffs. Why do the Chiefs fly under the radar? Is something off with the Bills Should the Bengals be angry with the NFL? Long also shares some insight into how much t...

Episode 423 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with ESPN's Troy Aikman. The "Monday Night Football" analyst gives his perspective on what it was like to be in the stadium and on the air during Damar Hamlin's terrifying medical incident and shares his thoughts on how Joe Buck and his ESPN colleagues handled coverage of Ha...

Episode 422 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with reporter and author, Jim Miller. Miller, who once wrote a book about ESPN, discusses how the network handled its coverage of the tragic Damar Hamlin injury during the Bills-Bengals "Monday Night Football" game, why ESPN deserves nothing but praise, why certain personalities wer...

Episode 421 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina is the third-annual roundtable year-in-review edition with Peter Schrager from "Good Morning Football" and Andrew Perloff from CBS Radio's "Maggie and Perloff" show. Among the many topics covered during the show: Who were the media figures who stood out in 2022 and had outstanding years? What w...

Episode 420 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina looks back at the year in sports media with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis. Traina and Curtis highlight the biggest stories of 2022, the most memorable moments and the sports media people who had big years. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Charles Barkley, Al Michaels, Pat McAfee, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Brian Windhor...

Episode 419 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features three segments. The show begins with a conversation with Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim about long-time colleague, Grant Wahl, who tragically passed away at 49 while covering the World Cup. Wertheim talks about Wahl's love of soccer, his rise at SI and the kind of person Grant was. Following We...

Episode 418 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation about all the latest sports media news with The Athletic's Richard Deitsch. Among the topics covered by Traina and Deitsch: Fox Sports getting panned for its World Cup coverage; Jon Heyman botching the Aaron Judge signing and reporters' obsession with being first; Adam Schefter doin...

Episode 417 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with the voice of "Sunday Night Football" on NBC, Mike Tirico. Tirico, who took over the role from Al Michels this year, talks about how closely he pays attention to NBC's flex scheduling options, what goes into flexing a game and the logistics of flexing. Tirico also shares how...

Episode 416 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with Kevin Burkhardt from Fox Sports. Burkhardt talks about getting Fox's lead NFL play-by-play job after Joe Buck left for ESPN. Burkhardt revealed how he found out Buck was leaving and talks about the difference between being on the A crew and B crew. Burkhardt also discusses his part...

Episode 415 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with ESPN's Joe Buck. Buck talks about how his first year calling "Monday Night Football" is going, the differences between working for Fox Sports and ESPN and the differences between calling games on Sunday afternoon and Monday night. Other topics covered with Buck: Did he miss c...

Episode 414 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with The Ringer's Kevin Clark. Clark weighs in on the Colts hiring Jeff Saturday as interim head coach and whether the angry reaction from across the board was over the top. Clark also shares his thoughts on Amazon Prime's "Thursday Night Football" telecast, the problem with...

Episode 413 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with CBS' Jim Nantz. It was recently announced that Nantz will step down as the lead voice of the NCAA Tournament after this year and Ian Eagle will take over that spot. Nantz reveals what went into his decision, what the Tournament means to him, how he feels about Eagle getting the No. 1...

Episode 412 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" reporter, John Ourand. Ourand and Traina discuss the latest sports media news including Amazon's declining ratings for "Thursday Night Football" and what's behind the lower numbers in recent weeks. Other topics covered include Jim Nantz s...

Episode 411 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with longtime radio host, Chris Russo. The man known as "Mad Dog" talks about his upcoming introduction into the Radio Hall of Fame and what it means to him, the career renaissance he has enjoyed over the past year thanks to his weekly appearances on "First Take," some of th...

Episode 410 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with radio legend Dan Le Batard. Le Batard talks about his time at ESPN, why he had to leave the company, the ups and downs he had there over the years and the generous move ESPN made when he left. Le Batard also discusses going out on his own, why he partnered with DraftKings, having such...

Episode 409 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with journalist, Ariel Helwani. The longtime MMA reporter, who also covers professional wrestling and boxing, explained how he's carved out a successful sports media career after leaving ESPN, the challenges he faced covering MMA while working at Fox and ESPN, why he ended up leaving ES...

Episode 408 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation about the latest sports media news with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis. Topics discussed include coverage of Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka's suspension, the uproar caused by ESPN going to a split-screen of Aaron Judge at-bats during the Clemson-Wake Forest game, reaction to the Brett Fa...

Episode 407 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with the NFL Network's RIch Eisen. Eisen, whose daily show recently headed to Roku, talks about recently re-signing for four years with the NFL Network, what his NFL Sunday schedule is like, what he would change about the NFL and what he currently loves in the NFL. Eisen also shares his o...

Episode 406 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation about the latest sports media news with "New York Post" columnist and reporter, Andrew Marchand. Topics discussed include Amazon Prime's challenges as it begins its first season exclusively airing "Thursday Night Football," the backstory on Pat McAfee joining ESPN's...

Episode 405 of the “SI Media Podcast”features a conversation with play-by-play legend, Al Michaels. The new voice of “Thursday Night  Football” on Amazon prime talks about working with Kirk Herbstreit, what the challenges are for Amazon Prime getting into the NFL business, why it wouldn’t make sense for Amazon to reinvent the wheel and the Thursday night schedule. Michaels also shares his thoughts...

Episode 404 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with longtime fantasy football guru, Matthew Berry. Berry talks about what led to him recently leaving ESPN after 15 years and why he ultimately decided to join NBC Sports. Berry also discusses fantasy football's enormous popularity, how legalized sports betting has impacted fantasy footb...

Episode 403 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews. First up is WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. Reigns opens up about Vince McMahon's controversial retirement from the company, what McMahon's departure means for him personally, his new part-time schedule and a possible WrestleMania match against the Rock. Reigns also explains...

Episode 402 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with Tim Burke, also known on Twitter as @Bubbaprog, one of the former Deadspin reporters who broke the 2013 Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax story that is the subject of a new Netflix two-part series. Burke gives details on how Deadspin got the tip about Te'o and how long they worked on th...

Episode 401 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews. First up is ESPN's Linda Cohn, who just signed a new deal with the network. Cohn shares stories about anchoring "SportsCenter" for the past 30 years, talks about how some anchors were unhappy about the network introducing the "Bottom Line" during "SportsCenter and h...