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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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Episode 403 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN and NBC basketball analyst, host and reporter LaChina Robinson and author and Awful Announcing columnist Lyndsey D'Arcangelo. In this podcast, Robinson and D'Arcangelo the media coverage of Caitlin Clark; why the conversation has veered into the spaces it has; what they have seen as far as access this year with the WNBA; Toronto and the Bay Area’s WNBA expansion teams; LaChina’s Olympic assignment in Paris; who they would pick to build a WNBA franchise, and more.You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman, the directors of “I’m Just Here for the Riot,” a documentary film about the 2011 riot that occurred in Vancouver following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup between the Canucks and Bruins. The film, an ESPN 30 for 30 presentation, premieres June 4 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+. In this podcast, the filmmakers discuss why they wanted to explore this subject more than a decade later; how they procured the on-the-ground footage; interviewing the rioters; people taking footage for posterity and vanity; the motivation for the riots; how ESPN become involved in the project; the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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