SI Media With Jimmy Traina

Episode 614 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with ABC/ESPN’s lead NBA play-by-play voice, Mike Breen.

The voice of the Knicks talks about what it was like to call the closing seconds of New York’s title win in Game 5, where this NBA Finals ranks in his career as a broadcaster and where the OG Anunoby tip-in and 29-point comeback in Game 4 ranks in terms of games he’s called.

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Episode 613 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with ESPN’s Kevin Clark.

The host of “This Is Football” explains why he doesn’t have World Cup fever, why he’s outraged by Brenda Sorsby’s two-game suspension, and why it’s just not right for the Bears to play in Indiana instead of Chicago.

In addition, Clark talks about the state of the sports media business and th...

Episode 612 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with “Sports Business Journal” sports media reporter Austin Karp.

Karp talks about the NBA and ABC being set up for big ratings with the Spurs and Knicks in the Finals, the trio of Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler calling their first NBA Finals together and the “Inside the NBA” crew of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Ken...

Episode 611 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” is a Mailbag edition of the podcast.

The show starts with Jimmy and Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show” discussing the Knicks’ playoff run, potential NBA Finals matchups and the betting odds for the NBA Finals. Next up is a conversation about Netflix’s new Martin Short documentary and the passing of Rob Base.

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Episode 610 of ‘SI Media With Jimmy Traina’ features an interview with ‘Inside the NBA’s’ Charles Barkley.

Barkley defends ‘Inside the NBA’s’ first season on ESPN, calls out the NBA for its playoff scheduling, reacts to his recent dust-up with Draymond Green, and expresses his excitement for ‘Inside the NBA’ to work the NBA Finals for the first time ever.

In addition, Barkle...

Episode 609 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with NFL Vice President of Broadcast Planning, Mike North.

North discusses all things 2026 NFL schedule. Topics include whether Sunday afternoons are getting hurt by adding so many standalone games, when the schedule actually gets finalized and when teams get the schedule, how flex scheduling will work for the 2026 season and why the NFL added a game on Th...

Episode 608 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features segments with Richard Deitsch of “Sports Business Journal” and Mike Vaccaro of the “New York Post.”

The podcast kicks off with Jimmy and Deitsch discussing the latest sports media news. Topics include ratings for the NFL draft, NBA playoffs and Kentucky Derby, the status of “Inside the NBA,” CBS having interest in Russell Wilson, whe...

Episode 607 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features a conversation with “Good Morning Football’s” Kyle Brandt.

Brandt talks about working again with Peter Schrager at the NFL draft, what it’s been like since ESPN took over NFL Network, and fooling people into thinking he had a fight with WWE superstar Seth Rollins on set.

In addition, Brandt talks about why he’s in favor of studio shows bein...

Episode 606 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis about the latest sports media news.

Curtis talks about the latest developments in the Dianna Russini–Mike Vrabel story, Prime Video’s “technical difficulties” vs. NBC’s scorebug mistake during early first-round NBA playoff games, and ESPN’s massive promotion of WWE.

In addition, Curtis...

Episode 605 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features a conversation with ESPN NBA Insider, Shams Charania.

Charania talks about getting his career started at such a young age, getting hired by Adrian Wojnerowski at 21 and how he feels about the day-to-day grind of being an insider and breaking the Anthony Davis-Luka Doncic trade Charania also weighs in on the recent narratives about how insiders do the...

Episode 604 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features a conversation with WWE Undisputed Champion, Cody Rhodes.

Rhodes talks about his upcoming WrestleMania 42 match against Randy Orton and all of the controversy surrounding it thanks to the insertion of Pat McAfee by TKO into the storyline. Rhodes expresses his shock that McAfee made the WrestleMania billboard while also discussing whether the negative reaction to the st...

Episode 603 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with SiriusXM and “New York Post” host, Adam Schein.

Schein talks about balancing his daily schedule of doing radio from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and then a live YouTube Show for the Post from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. In addition, Schein shares insight into his new role as CBS’ studio anchor for NFL highlights and how that job works. Other topics discussed with S...

Episode 602 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with The Athletic’s sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand about all of the latest sports media news.

Topics discussed include: Netflix’s awful broadcast of the Yankees-Giants game on Opening Night; what Netflix gets out of a deal with Major League Baseball; NBC’s return to airing MLB games; Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill&r...

Episode 601 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the new voice of Major League Baseball on NBC, Jason Benetti.

Benetti talks about a highly unusual entry on his Wikipedia page, getting a last-minute call to fill in for Brian Anderson on the NCAA Tournament last week and his extremely busy schedule these days.

In addition, Benetti talks about what he hopes Sunday Night Baseball on NBC will be, his philosophy on u...

Episode 600 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Mets broadcasters Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling.

The SNY trio talk about their popularity, working together for 20 years and their chemistry in the booth.

Cohen, Darling and Hernandez also discuss how they feel about getting shut out of calling postseason games when national broadcasts take over, being filmed during big moments for social media clips...

Episode 599 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with NBC college basketball broadcaster, John Fanta.

Fanta talks about wanting to be a versatile broadcaster who does it all, why he left Fox for NBC, using social media to help build his career, hearing from big names in sports media about his work, the difference between calling a college basketball game and NBA game and his work on NBC’s college football co...

Episode 598 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Richard Deitsch from “Sports Business Journal” and CBC on all the latest sports media news.

Among the topics discussed: NBC naming Jason Benetti as its play-by-play voice for “Sunday Night Baseball” while passing on hiring a full-time lead analyst in order to use local broadcasters each week; CBS’s decision to us...

Episode 597 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CNBC media and sports reporter, Alex Sherman.

Sherman talks about the big deal with Paramount buying Warner Brothers Discovery and how that will affect sports fans. Will TNT events air on CBS? Will this cause streaming prices to increase? Will this affect CBS Sports Network?

Sherman also talks about the NFL's impending major impact...

Episode 596 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Puck sports media reporter, John Ourand.

Ourand explains what’s going on with the NFL television rights deals, which will take place later this year. Is there any chance CBS or Fox could lose their Sunday packages? How much more of the pie will streaming services get? Will the NFL diminish Sunday Ticket? Are we doing to see more playoff games on streaming...