SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Every week on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, host Jimmy Traina sits down for an informal conversation with the biggest broadcasters, athletes, sports personalities, celebrities, and anybody else interested in sports or media. Plus, get a window into the storylines Jimmy is following closest in the weekly Traina Thoughts segment.
Episodes
Episode 583 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with ESPN President, Burke Magnus.
Magnus talks about fallout from the YouTubeTV-Disney carriage dispute, whether ESPN has a public relations problem and what the new deal with YouTubeTV means for cable companies.
Burke also shares his desire to get more episodes of "Inside the NBA" on ESPN in the future and how t...
Episode 582 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Prime Video's Al Michaels, a conversation with The Athletic's Richard Deitsch and the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment.
Michaels, who is currently working on a year-to-year basis with Amazon, reveals that he would like to return next season to continue his broadcasting career. Michaels also discusses Prime's strong schedule this se...
Episode 581 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with "Good Morning Football's" Kyle Brandt.
Brandt opens up the podcast venting about people sharing about their sports-viewing "set ups" and talks about what he goes through to watch games and explains why he likes his simple set up.
Then the interview transitions to sports media talk with Brandt explaining what it's like to i...
Episode 580 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is an all-Mailbag episode.
The show starts off with Jimmy explaining why the podcast was delayed this week and why there isn't a main guest. The "Traina Thoughts" segment featuring Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY follows the intro. Topics covered include the YouTubeTV-ESPN carriage dispute, the passing of NFL broadcaster Bob Trumpy, the Dodgers beating the Blue Jays in...
Episode 579 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis.
The host of "The Press Box" podcast weighs in on all the latest sports media news. Topics discussed include: ESPN's coverage of the Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups gambling scandals; "Inside the NBA's" debut on ESPN; NBC's use of Michael Jordan as a "special contribu...
Episode 578 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Fox's Greg Olsen.
The NFL analyst talks about what it's like to work with a different partner for a few weeks during the season, what he tries to do differently than other analysts and whether a full-time International schedule would appeal to him as a way to get a lead analyst job.
In addition, Olsen expla...
Episode 577 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo.
The radio Hall of Famer shares his opinions on Major League Baseball's new television deals, MLB's decision to carve up their games to as many broadcast services as possible and who he would want as NBC's lead MLB voice next season. Russo also weighs in on the implementatio...
Episode 576 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Ryan Ruocco.
Ruocco talks about calling the WNBA Finals, the constant off-the-court attention that the WNBA receives, controversies involving the refs and the commissioner, Caitlin Clark's impact, ratings and scheduling the Finals against NFL action.
In addition, Ruocco talks about calling less Yankees games, but more Nets games, b...
Episode 575 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Rapoport talks about the life of an insider and whether the offseason is just as busy as the season, while also describing what his day-to-day schedule is like.
In addition, Rapoport explains where we stand on the NFL going to an 18-game schedule and a full-time international schedule, talks about his feelings ...
Episode 574 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN and Amazon Prime's Kirk Herbstreit.
Herbstreit talks about what "College GameDay" has been like without Lee Corso, the popularity of the show's field-goal contest segment, Pat McAfee volunteering Herbstreit to donate money to the contest winners without clearing it with Herbstreit first, McAfee's viral div...
Episode 573 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features two interviews.
First up is ESPN's Mina Kimes, who talks about how she got her start at ESPN, transitioning into an NFL analyst, the stigma of being an NFL analyst who didn't play the game, what her typical Sunday is like, whether she'd like to be in the booth calling games one day.
Kimes also discusses auditioning for the...
Episode 572 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS's lead NFL play-by-play caller, Jim Nantz.
Nantz talks about his game assignments for the next few weeks and CBS's overall schedule for the 2025 season. In addition, he shares his expectations that CBS's Thanksgiving game between the Chiefs and Cowboys will shatter the record for the most-viewed regular-season game of all time.
Na...
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Episode 571 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with The Athletic's sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand about all the latest sports media news.
Topics discussed: Charles Barkley's recent comments that he still doesn't know what's going on with "Inside the NBA" on ESPN; Fox and ESPN's over-the-...
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Episode 570 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with legendary broadcaster, Brent Musburger.
Musburger talks about finally making the Hall of Fame after winning the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, his appearance on NBC at the Hall of Fame Game and his upcoming appearance on CBS's &...
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Episode 569 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is a mix of "Traina Thoughts" with WFAN and SNY TV's Sal Licata and a mailbag answering listener questions.
Topics discussed include the onslaught of sports docuseries, ESPN's new direct-to-consumer app and its best feature, preseason NFL magazines and the perils of Major League Bas...
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Episode 568 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with TNT's Mike Golic Jr, who will be an analyst for Big 12 college football games this season.
Golic Jr. talks about going into a full-time role as an analyst after working just four games last year, the changing television landscape in college football and trying to ke...
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Episode 567 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, Cody Rhodes.
The man known as the "American Nightmare" talks about his SummerSlam match against John Cena, how it felt winning the title for a second time, how banged up he was after the match, the positive reaction to the matc...
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Episode 566 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features two guests plus the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment.
First up is Puck's sports correspondent, John Ourand, who shares insight into the blockbuster ESPN-NFL Media deal. Ourand explains why each company wanted to make this deal, what it will mean for the presentatio...
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Episode 565 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Peter Schrager
Schrager goes in-depth about his decision to leave the NFL Network and "Good Morning Football" for ESPN, why he wasn't nervous about making the big career move and how he feels about his time on GMFB.
Schrager also reveals when h...
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Episode 564 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringers's Editor-At-Large, Bryan Curtis about all the latest sports media news.
Topics covered include the partnership between Fox Sports and Barstool sports, which company needs the other more, why Barstool's daily FS1 show is more intriguing than the "...
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