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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 analysis this series from a viewership perspective; where the NBA Finals are in the 2020s; LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry combined for a single playoff victory; the Oilers-Panthers series for the NHL; Connor McDavid in front of the U.S. audience; what a Game 7; WBD’s mix and match strategy; what rights they might want; Caitlin Clark and WNBA viewership; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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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 podcasts, video and social; what to expect from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Track and Field; what is realistic for Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and Sydney McLaughlin Leverone in Paris; races at the Olympics to pay attention; NBC's coverage of the Olympics, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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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 criteria in choosing the stories; why Wahl’s work was impactful; how LeBron James offered a blurb for the book; Wahl’s influences; whether any future place will attempt a business model featuring longform sports journalism, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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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 episodes publish every Tuesday.

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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 doing a home video for Federer’s friends and family; why Federer provided such intimate access; how Kapadia sees Federer in relation to his other doc subjects; getting access to Rafa Nadal, Novak Dojokovic and other top players; how to capture the elegance of Federer on the court and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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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 Pacers broadcasts as a sideline reporter and host. In this podcast, the guests discuss how challenging a year has this been for the Fever; how they view Clark’s year; how they have processed the national dialogue around Clark and the Fever; whether there is an expectation that their broadcasts should be pro-Fever; what happens if the Fever continue to struggle as far as attendance and viewership; the WNBA’s access for media; the upcoming players coming in from college in the future and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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