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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.

MLB Network analyst and former MLB-er Kevin Kiermaier on breaking into broadcasting

30 mins; March 31, 2026

Sports Media Roundtable: Netflix and NBC debut their baseball coverage

48 mins; March 28, 2026

Another World Series? The 2026 Toronto Blue Jays Season Preview

44 mins; March 26, 2026

Examining the growing business of women's sports podcasts

33 mins; March 25, 2026

First Look: Why have women's sports podcasts exploded over the last two years?

8 mins; March 24, 2026

Sports Media Roundtable: The incredible WBC viewership numbers and Barry Bonds joins Netflix

49 mins; March 21, 2026

Four reporters discuss camping out overnight to get a major sports story

49 mins; March 20, 2026

Women's college basketball is red hot — and can anyone stop UConn from winning?

33 mins; March 18, 2026

Welcome to March Madness: The guests are CBS's Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas

39 mins; March 16, 2026

Is Pat McAfee the face of ESPN, the World Baseball Classic blows up and other media topics

53 mins; March 14, 2026

She took the famous photo of Jack Hughes after the U.S. won hockey gold in Milan

35 mins; March 13, 2026

TSN's Kenzie Lalonde on what it was like calling Olympic hockey in Milan and the growth of the PWHL

36 mins; March 11, 2026

First Look: Will the thrilling U.S.-Canada women's gold medal hockey game lead to more interest in the PWHL?

7 mins; March 10, 2026

Sports Media Roundtable: CBS's longterm NFL desires and Jason Benetti joins NBC Sports

44 mins; March 07, 2026

Which media players are going to win on sports rights? The guest is Julia Alexander of Puck

48 mins; March 06, 2026

First Look: Can Netflix land the next men's World Cup?

7 mins; March 05, 2026

How NBC is approaching coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

41 mins; March 03, 2026

What does Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery mean for sports — and can the NHL and PWHL use the Olympics as a springboard

42 mins; February 28, 2026

Were the Milan-Cortina Olympics successful for you as a viewer — and what does the U.S. men's team hockey team winning gold mean for 2030?

37 mins; February 24, 2026

Our thoughts on the coverage of the Winter Olympics — and people on social media lose their minds about women’s sports

45 mins; February 21, 2026

The filmmakers behind Netflix's terrific new documentary on the 1980 United States men's hockey team

29 mins; February 19, 2026

ESPN's year-long Super Bowl plans, the NBA All-Star Game and the Olympics

53 mins; February 14, 2026

Kenan Kamwana Holley, the director of "Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association"

41 mins; February 13, 2026

First Look: A new doc shows the Julius Erving you never saw — when he was like Michael Jordan every night

7 mins; February 12, 2026

SI’s Jimmy Traina on NBC’s Super Bowl coverage and why he won’t watch the Olympics

52 mins; February 09, 2026

The end of the Washington Post sports section coincides with one of the great sports months in history

38 mins; February 07, 2026

An in-depth look at NBC's Milan-Cortina Olympics coverage

52 mins; February 05, 2026

Calling the men’s Olympic hockey tournament at the Milan-Cortina Games

32 mins; February 04, 2026

First Look: How political will the Olympic hockey tournament get?

7 mins; February 03, 2026

The Washington Post may cut its sports section amid massive layoffs

36 mins; January 29, 2026

Neil Best, longtime sports media writer for Newsday

52 mins; January 27, 2026

The NFC and AFC Championship Games — and Tom Brady's improvement as a broadcaster

38 mins; January 24, 2026

Fox lead NFL producer Richie Zyontz and lead director Rich Russo

47 mins; January 23, 2026

First Look: How Tom Brady improved in his second year as an NFL broadcaster

8 mins; January 22, 2026

CAA Sports Media agent Matt Olson, who represents Laura Rutledge, Dan Orlovsky, Elle Duncan and Pablo Torre, among many other sports media people

66 hours 30 mins; January 20, 2026

NBC Sports figure skating and Opening ceremony broadcaster Terry Gannon

35 mins; January 19, 2026

The NFL Divisional Games from a Sports Media Perspective. Plus, the Jaguars now-famous press conference

54 mins; January 14, 2026

The NFL Wild Card Games from a Sports Media Perspective

45 mins; January 07, 2026

Why women's volleyball is a booming as a media property

33 mins; January 06, 2026

What's it like to be a sports podcast producer?

40 mins; January 01, 2026

Sports Media Predictions for 2026

42 mins; December 29, 2025

What's it like to negotiate billion-dollar sports deals?

46 mins; December 23, 2025

First Look: How NBC landed Michael Jordan as a special contributor for its NBA coverage

6 mins; December 22, 2025

Shooting the breeze with Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated and the SI Media Podcast

55 mins; December 20, 2025

First Look: SI's Jimmy Traina on why Joe Buck no longer gets as much hate as he once did

6 mins; December 19, 2025

Harvey Araton on how to write a sports book for children

37 mins; December 17, 2025

NBC Sports president Rick Cordella

49 mins; December 15, 2025

The 125 Most Influential People In Sports Business

34 mins; December 13, 2025

First Look: NBC Sports president Rick Cordella on Michael Jordan’s involvement with NBC Sports — and where NBC Sports stands on Notre Dame missing out on the CFB playoffs

6 mins; December 12, 2025

ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Troy Aikman

50 mins; December 08, 2025

Netflix gets WBD — what's it mean for sports? — and ESPN and Fox Sports play games with college football press releases

32 mins; December 06, 2025

First Look: Troy Aikman on honesty in NFL broadcasting

6 mins; December 05, 2025

ESPN's Malika Andrews and Chiney Ogwumike

64 hours 43 mins; December 04, 2025

First Look: ESPN's Malika Andrews and Chiney Ogwumike on the role of agents for sports broadcasters

11 mins; December 03, 2025

Teresa Resch, president of the Toronto Tempo, on building a WNBA franchise

41 mins; December 02, 2025

First Look: How do you build a new pro sports franchise?

6 mins; December 01, 2025

Will the Chiefs-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving be the most-watched regular season game ever?

27 mins; November 25, 2025

Major League Baseball's new media deals — and here comes Netflix

32 mins; November 21, 2025

SBJ's Ben Fischer on the NFL's biggest business stories — and whether we could ever see a 20-game regular season

38 mins; November 19, 2025

First Look: SBJ's Ben Fischer on who could replace Roger Goodell as the next NFL Commissioner

6 mins; November 18, 2025

The emergence of Robbie Hummel as a leading basketball voice

42 mins; November 14, 2025

CNBC's Alex Sherman on the YouTube TV-ESPN/Disney dispute

33 mins; November 11, 2025

Best-selling sports writer Jeff Pearlman on why he wrote a book on Tupac Shakur

36 mins; November 10, 2025

What will the massive World Series viewership numbers mean for MLB heading forward? Plus, do the teams leading the AFC draw your interest?

37 mins; November 07, 2025

First Look: How do you sell a sports book in 2025?

5 mins; November 06, 2025

Introducing Free Range with Von Miller

2 mins; November 05, 2025

Bonus Podcast: The Blue Jays lose in heartbreaking fashion. What's next?

43 mins; November 04, 2025

ESPN college football and NFL analyst Booger McFarland

35 mins; November 03, 2025

FIrst Look: ESPN's Booger McFarland on the most money he won during a plane flight card game

4 mins; October 31, 2025

Bonus Podcast: The Blue Jays are F-ing One Game Away From Winning The World Series

42 mins; October 30, 2025

How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the N.F.L. Into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut

34 mins; October 29, 2025

Sirius XM’s Dani Wexelman and Jenny Cavnar on hosting a national World Series pregame show

46 mins; October 28, 2025

First Look: How do NFL owners look at sports gambling?

5 mins; October 27, 2025

The Athletic's Mike Vorkunov on the business of basketball in 2025 and beyond

53 mins; October 23, 2025

First Look: How will the Kawhi Leonard-L.A. Clippers-Aspiration story play out?

6 mins; October 22, 2025

Bonus Podcast: The Toronto Blue Jays F-ing Did It!

44 mins; October 21, 2025

Here comes ESPN, Prime Video, NBC (and Michael Jordan) into your NBA homes

53 mins; October 20, 2025

Who Killed the Montreal Expos?

30 mins; October 17, 2025

Julia Alexander of Puck might be the best media analyst working today

55 mins; October 16, 2025

First Look: Where are sports fans going today for social media?

7 mins; October 15, 2025

Bonus Podcast: Why the Blue Jays are the biggest story in Canada right now

39 mins; October 10, 2025

Emergency Podcast: Can the Toronto Blue Jays conquer America?

30 mins; October 07, 2025

How Amazon Prime Video thinks about sports

52 mins; October 07, 2025

First Look: How Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash ended up at Prime Video

4 mins; October 06, 2025

The ESPN of Western sports

44 mins; October 03, 2025

Sports media roundtable with SBJ's Austin Karp and SMW's Jon Lewis

50 mins; October 01, 2025

Netflix dives into MLB and Annie Costabile on the state of the WNBA

60 hours 59 mins; September 29, 2025

A sports media convo with SI's Jimmy Traina

61 hours 30 mins; September 25, 2025

ESPN president of content Burke Magnus

70 hours 7 mins; September 24, 2025

First Look, Part 2: How ESPN views Stephen A. Smith's foray into political talk

7 mins; September 23, 2025

First Look: How ESPN will use Inside The NBA

6 mins; September 22, 2025

The impact of John Madden and Pat Summerall on today's NFL broadcasting

33 mins; September 18, 2025

First Look: How Vin Scully nearly became John Madden’s NFL partner

6 mins; September 17, 2025

Are sports viewership metrics on the up and up — and is anyone indispensable in the sports media?

39 mins; September 16, 2025

Fox Sports's Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo, the lead producer and director for the Kevin Burkhardt-Tom Brady broadcast team

51 mins; September 12, 2025

Neil Everett and Stan Verrett

43 mins; September 10, 2025

First Look: Neil Everett and Stan Verrett

6 mins; September 09, 2025

The NFL Red Zone channel now has ads. Will you care about this by mid-season? Plus, college football's soaring viewership

53 mins; September 08, 2025

CBS Sports NFL analyst Bill Cowher

40 mins; September 05, 2025

First Look: CBS Sports NFL analyst Bill Cowher

6 mins; September 04, 2025

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