Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.
Episodes
January 7, 2026 • 45 mins
Episode 579 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Media Watch editor and founder Jon Lewis and SBJ media reporter Austin Karp. In this podcast we go over all of the NFL Wild Card games from a media perspective; how Prime Video got such a great game with the Packers-Bears; why 30 millions viewers is the new floor for these games; ESPN landing Texans-Steelers; Tom Brady's role with the Raiders, Troy Aikman ...
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January 6, 2026 • 33 mins
Episode 578 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Courtney Thompson, an analyst for USA Network and a two-time U.S. Olympic volleyball player. Thompson will serve as the analyst for USA Network's League One Volleyball (LOVB) Game of the Week airing on Wednesdays nights from January through April. The first broadcast is Jan. 7 at 6:00 PM ET. In this podcast Thompson discusses how she approaches broadcasting volle...
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January 1, 2026 • 40 mins
Episode 577 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Patrick Antonetti, who has produced this podcast for many years. In this podcast, Antonetti discusses what his job is; how this podcast gets produced; the challenges and opportunities of doing a podcast that is interview-based; how to edit when a host has verbal tics; the different genres he has produced over the years; what makes a good guest for this podcast; w...
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December 29, 2025 • 42 mins
Episode 576 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Business Journal media writer Austin Karp and Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis. In this podcast, we offer our sports media predictions for 2026; why we think the World Cup will draw record numbers but not have a long-lasting impact on soccer in the United States; the short-term future of MLB on TV and streaming; viewership for the Milan-Cort...
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December 23, 2025 • 46 mins
Episode 575 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Miller, the President, Acquisitions & Partnership for NBC Sports. Miller previously served as President of Programming for NBC Sports and has been an executive at the company for multiple decades. In this podcast, Miller discusses what being the president of acquisitions and partnerships means for a major sports media content provider; why the bubble has yet ...
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December 22, 2025 • 6 mins
Here’s a first look from our upcoming podcast with Jon Miller, the President, Acquisitions & Partnerships for NBC Sports. The full podcast will be out on December 23. In this preview clip, Miller discusses how he was able to bring in Michael Jordan as a special contributor on NBC's NBA coverage and his longtime relationship with Jordan. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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December 20, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 574 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jimmy Traina, a writer for SI.com and the host of the SI Media with Jimmy Traina podcast. In this podcast we discuss Joe Buck and Troy Aikman establishing themselves as the best NFL broadcast team; Ian Eagle and JJ Watt's development, The Athletic's end of the year media awards; the Oscars moving to YouTube; Paul Finebaum revealing the game on politics; John Cen...
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December 19, 2025 • 6 mins
Here’s a short look from our upcoming podcast with Jimmy Traina, a writer for Sports Illustrated and the host of "SI Media with Jimmy Traina." In the podcast clip, Traina discusses how ESPN's Joe Buck no longer faces the same kind of online vitriol he once did and how he and Troy Aikman are the best broadcast in the NFL. The full interview will be out Dec. 20. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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December 17, 2025 • 37 mins
Episode 573 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch featuresHarvey Araton, who worked for 25 years as a columnist and enterprise reporter at the New York Times and is the author of a new novel for middle-grade readers, "The Goal of the Game.” In this podcast Araton discusses why he wanted to write a novel about a seventh grade soccer player; how you get into the voice of a seventh grader; the challenge of writing a book fo...
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December 15, 2025 • 49 mins
Episode 572 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Rick Cordella, the president of NBC Sports. In this podcast Cordella discusses his company’s remarkable upcoming set of events in February 2026, including the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games, the Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game; what it means business-wise to have all of these properties in such a relative short period; what the events should mean for Pea...
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December 13, 2025 • 34 mins
Episode 571 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Austin Karp, the sports media reporter for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast we discuss SBJ's "Influence 125" list, which looks at the most influential people in sports business over the last 25 years; how people were selected; how they determined which owners from each of the big sports should make the list; Bill Simmons being the only pure content creato...
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Here’s a short look from our upcoming podcast with Rick Cordella, the president of NBC Sports. In the podcast Cordella goes deep on his company’s remarkable upcoming set of events including the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games, the Super Bowl and NBA All-Star Game. In this preview clip, Cordella discusses Michael Jordan’s involvement as an NBA special contributor and how he feels about Notre Dame, a partner of NBC Sports, being l...
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December 8, 2025 • 50 mins
Episode 570 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Troy Aikman, the lead analyst for ESPN's coverage of Monday Night Football. In this podcast, Aikman discusses where his enjoyment level for the job stands after three decades in the booth; how he accesses ESPN's culture versus Fox's; how he defines honesty in sports broadcasting — and particularly as it relates to officiating calls; why he won't be in the job at ...
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Episode 569 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Austin Karp of the Sports Business Journal and Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in a $72 billion deal and what it means or might not mean for those sports properties; whether Netflix will go more all-in on sports; the future of TNT Sports as an entity; the interminable World Cup draw show; ...
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December 5, 2025 • 6 mins
Here's a short clip from our interview with ESPN's Troy Aikman. In this preview clip, Aikman discusses how he approaches being critical of NFL officials when the moment calls for it. The full interview will be out Dec. 8. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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December 4, 2025 • 64 mins
Episode 568 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Malika Andrews, the host of ESPN's NBA Countdown, NBA Today, WNBA Countdown and the NBA Draft, and Chiney Ogwumike, an ESPN studio analyst and host for the NBA, WNBA and women’s college basketball. In this podcast, Andrews and Ogwumike discuss why they both signed long term with ESPN; how they describe navigating ESPN as young, on-air talents; their relationship ...
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December 3, 2025 • 11 mins
Here's a short clip from our interview with ESPN's ESPN's Malika Andrews and Chiney Ogwumike. In this preview clip, the two broadcasters talk about how they see their agents and how young people in the business should think about talent agents. The full interview will be out Dec. 4. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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December 2, 2025 • 41 mins
Episode 567 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Teresa Resch, the president of the Toronto Tempo, which makes its WNBA debut in 2026. In this podcast Resch discusses the process of hiring Sandy Brondello as the franchise's first head coach; how the interviews with Brondello were conducted; the challenges of building a WNBA franchise; the number of employees the Tempo will need; the practice facility situation;...
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December 1, 2025 • 6 mins
Here's a short clip from our interview with Teresa Resch, president of the WNBA's Toronto Tempo. The team begins play in 2026. In this preview clip, Resch discusses where her expansion team as far as hiring and ticket sale approaches. The full interview will be out Dec. 2. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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November 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Episode 566 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss the Chiefs-Cowboys game airing on CBS on Thanksgiving Day and the prospect of the game breaking the current NFL regular season viewership single-game viewership record (42 million for Cowboys-Giants in 2022); whether the game can hit 50 million viewers if it's close in the final quart...
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