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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.

    The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis

    The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis

    Episode 399 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Bryan Curtis, the Editor at Large at The Ringer and the co-host of the Press Box Podcast with David Shoemaker. In this podcast we discuss the NBA rights and what a future featuring ESPN, Amazon and NBC might look like; Charles Barkley as a free agent; the best place for Barkley; why ESPN can't figure out its NBA pre and postgame show; Netflix potentially acquiring the NFL and what that would mean for Netflix; the upcoming WNBA season as a media play; whether the NBA would benefit from more or less media rights partners; whether journalism can make money; if words still have profit; becoming a lifestyle brand for survival and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 49 min
    Kevin Egan on hosting MLS 360 and transitioning from calling WWE matches

    Kevin Egan on hosting MLS 360 and transitioning from calling WWE matches

    Episode 398 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kevin Egan, the lead host for MLS 360, the weekly whip-around show on MLS Season Pass. In this podcast, Egan discusses the premise of MLS Season Pass; how a whip-around show for soccer works; his on-air colleagues Sacha Kljestan, Kaylyn Kyle, and Bradley Wright-Phillips; the transition from calling MLS matches to hosting; the challenge of maintaining a career in the US as a soccer broadcaster; what Leo Messi has meant to MLS; working for WWE for three years; the challenges of calling pro wrestling; why he left WWE; advice from John Cena; how welcoming Becky Lynch, Edge and others were to him and more.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 49 min
    What will covering the WNBA be like in the era of Caitlin Clark? The guests are The Athletic’s Sabreena Merchant and Ben Pickman

    What will covering the WNBA be like in the era of Caitlin Clark? The guests are The Athletic’s Sabreena Merchant and Ben Pickman

    Episode 397 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two writers from The Athletic who cover women’s basketball — Sabreena Merchant and Ben Pickman. They are also panelists on The Athletic’s Women’s Basketball Show podcast. In this podcast, Merchant and Pickman discuss what they are seeing as far as local and national WNBA media coverage in 2024; what the preseason has been like covering; the upcoming WNBA national schedule; how they anticipate Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, Kamilla Cardoso, Angel Reese and other rookies will do in Year One; the dominance of the Las Vegas Aces; the people in WNBA media are doing under-promoted good work, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 45 min
    Mini-pod: NBA and NHL postseason viewership

    Mini-pod: NBA and NHL postseason viewership

    This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss viewership for the NBA playoffs and NHL playoffs; why the Knicks might not be as great a viewership draw as you might think; whether people will tune in specifically to see Anthony Edwards; the Bruins as a viewership draw; what the NHL would like to see for the finals; the F-1 Miami rating; the last NBA media rights package up for grabs between NBC or WBD and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and more.

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    • 19 min
    How do you write a children’s sports book? The guest is Sportsnet (Canada) host Evanka Osmak

    How do you write a children’s sports book? The guest is Sportsnet (Canada) host Evanka Osmak

    Episode 396 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sportsnet (Canada) anchor Evanka Osmak, the author of a new children’s book, “Ali Hoops!." The book encourages girls and boys to be involved in sports in any role regardless of skill level. In this podcast Osmak discusses the challenges of writing a children’s sports book; how to come up with characters and a story; the challenge of selling a children’s sports book; the fate of the sports television highlight show in 2024; how SportsCenter-like shows can stay relevant and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 36 min
    How do you produce the Kentucky Derby as a television show?

    How do you produce the Kentucky Derby as a television show?

    Episode 395 of Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Lindsay Schanzer, NBC Sports’ senior producer of horse racing and its college football studio coverage. Schanzer will also co-produce the gymnastics coverage of the Paris Olympics. In this podcast, Schanzer discusses navigating appealing to the hard core horse racing fan and the far bigger audience of casual fans who watch one horse race per year; producing a sports event with an audience that is 50 percent female; how much attention gets placed on the morning-line Kentucky Derby favorite Fierceness; the biggest challenges before the show and then show day; a feature on the underdog story of Larry Demeritte, trainer of West Saratoga, among the Derby’s biggest long shots; the best cameras for the race; the challenges and opportunities of producing gymnastics for the Paris Olympics; the prospect of Simone Biles competing and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

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    • 32 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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