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The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.

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    • 4.8 • 165 Ratings

The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.

    They produce the NFL Draft: ESPN's Seth Markman and Charlie Yook of NFL Network

    They produce the NFL Draft: ESPN's Seth Markman and Charlie Yook of NFL Network

    Episode 393 of Sports Media Podcast features Charlie Yook, NFL Network executive producer and the longtime point person for the network's NFL Draft coverage, and ESPN vice president executive production Seth Markman, who oversees all college football and NFL studio shows, including the NFL Draft. In this podcast, Markman and Yook discuss the growth of the NFL Draft; how the behind-the-scenes work for each production; why this NFL Draft is set up for big viewership; criticism of every pick being great; Detroit as a character in the broadcast; no longer seeing each other as competitors; Bill Belichik and Nick Saban appearing on ESPN platforms; the idea of a four-day Draft or the first rundown being split up over two nights, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 50 min
    Did Ben Johnson get screwed at the 1988 Summer Olympics?

    Did Ben Johnson get screwed at the 1988 Summer Olympics?

    Episode 392 of the Sports Media Podcast features Mary Ormsby, the author of "World's Fastest Man*: The Incredible Life Of Ben Johnson." Ormsby worked at the Toronto Star for three decades where she was one of Canada's most acclaimed sports investigative reporters. In this podcast, Ormsby discusses her reporting on Ben Johnson and his race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; how she approached re-reporting a story from more than 30 years ago; why there are many people who believe Johnson did not get due process in Seoul; how to market a book about an event that happened 36 years ago; what Ben Johnson is doing today; Johnson working with Diego Maradona in the early 1990s; Ormsby playing college volleyball at Ohio State in the early 1980s and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 30 min
    How do you promote a book about D3 basketball? The guest is Chicago sports talk host Danny Parkins

    How do you promote a book about D3 basketball? The guest is Chicago sports talk host Danny Parkins

    Episode 391 of Sports Media Podcast features Danny Parkins, the author of "Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA" and the co-host of The Score 670 (Chicago) afternoon show with Matt Spiegel. In this podcast, we discuss the origin of the book (he co-wrote it with Ben Kaplan); the many former D3 players serving as head coach in the NBA including Tom Thibodeau and Frank Vogel; Jeff and Stan Van Gundy's amazing D3 roots; how to promote a book such as this; the future of local sports-talk radio in a city such as Chicago; competing against national sports radio shows; how Chicago is different from other passionate sports markets and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 42 min
    Andrew Marchand of The Athletic

    Andrew Marchand of The Athletic

    Episode 390 of Sports Media Podcast features Andrew Marchand, a senior sports media columnist for The Athletic. In this podcast, we discuss Tom Brady’s comments about considering a comeback and what that means for Fox Sports if anything; if Brady owning a team is conflict of interest as a broadcaster; the NBA media rights and how Marchand sees them shaking out; how Caitlin Clark will impact the WNBA’s business and viewership; what happens now for women’s college basketball; MLB’s Sunday morning baseball on Peacock; whether the Olympics in Paris can be a viewership hit; the paradox of being on X as a sports media person; and more. John Ourand at Puck, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Mini-pod: The NCAA Tournament viewership numbers and the Caitlin Clark Effect

    Mini-pod: The NCAA Tournament viewership numbers and the Caitlin Clark Effect

    This episode of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss viewership for the women’s and men’s tournament; the incredible numbers put up by the South Carolina-Iowa final; what Iowa's Caitlin Clark meant in terms of overall viewership; whether the women’s viewership numbers will carry over to next year; the impact of the men’s Final Four being on cable; what can change the trajectory of men’s viewership; ABC’s terrible programming decisions and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and more.

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    • 31 min
    James Andrew Miller on ESPN

    James Andrew Miller on ESPN

    Episode 389 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN, Saturday Night Live, and HBO. In this podcast, Miller discusses ESPN’s Norby Williamson, who had his hand in almost all parts of ESPN’s content and business areas, from programming, production and news during his nearly four decades at ESPN, no longer be working at the company; what it means and why it happened; whether this is related to Pat McAfee’s comments on Williamson; long-term changes for ESPN’s business, Jimmy Pitaro’s shot at running Disney, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and more.

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    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
165 Ratings

165 Ratings

Ingram.dave ,

Love Richard’s interviews!

Love Richard’s interviews and especially the recent one with Peter King. That he was able to get King so quickly after his retirement shows how much credibility he has in the sports media world. I also loved King’s work and was very sad to see him go. But hearing them reminisce about their time together at SI was fascinating!

Whitby T ,

Richard is EXHAUSTED! 🙃

I became aware of Mr Richard’s work as an avid listener of Bob Mccowan’s radio program on the Fan 590 in the mid 90s. Give or take a year or two. Content is king and Richard’s work has always been king 👑! I’m not interested in sports 🏀 media from a technical standpoint, but from a business side I enjoy the content from a learning perspective. I also enjoy watching women’s sports from a competitor side regarding their passion, fight, and aggression while playing a game. Whether it’s been on radio, SI, or this awesome podcast the guests, the voices, and their shared stories as always been TOP notch. 👏👏👏

Dool3111 ,

Great show

Interesting look at the business of sports off the field and behind the cameras.Very compelling.

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