Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery

Episode 546 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with CBS' Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery.

The duo discuss their longtime partnership, going back to work New Jersey Nets game together in the early '90s, Eagle shares his impression of Raftery and the pair reminisce about funny stories over the years.

Raftery also shares a shocking admission about his famous catchphrases, talks about viral line from this year's Tournament and discusses whether he's ever thought about retirement.

Eagle talks about the prep work for doing the Tournament, what it's like to do four games in a day during the first round and the amount of broadcast partners he's had over the years.

In addition, Eagle shares his thoughts on getting a new NFL partner this season in J.J. Watt.

Following Eagle and Raftery, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week's topics include streaming issues for MLB.TV and Major League Baseball's horrible response to the issues, Jimmy's own streaming issues, the Torpedo bats story, NFL changes for the 2025 season, Joe Buck, Peter Schrager and more.

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