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Every Thursday, “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand” is where Marchand interviews the biggest names in sports media.
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Andrew Marchand and John Ourand take listeners inside the Monday Night booth situation, where Joe Buck is in, Troy Aikman appears out, Greg Olsen is on-deck, the Mannings are potential candidates and Tony Romo could want in.
It’s a 29-minute “Marchand & Ourand” edition of “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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Highlights …
* Why is Aikman likely out?
* Who are the candidates to replace Aikman?
* What is going on with CBS, Prime Video & NBC’s booths?
* What is Netflix’s sports plan post-Bela Bajaria?
* Does YouTube get an NFL game next season?
* What does David Berson do with CBS & TNT?
On Deck by Thursday: “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media”
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Peter King ranked his Top 100 most significant people in NFL history. From Pete Rozelle to John Madden to Chris Berman, King and Andrew Marchand debated King’s list.
Marchand took exception to a couple of media figures being above Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Dan Marino on different parts of the list.
King, author of The Game, is the guest on a 43-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN
* Why commissioner Pete Rozelle was the most important media person in the NFL history
* The reason King has John Madden at No. 7 before Tom Brady at No. 8
* Tremendous reasons as to why Steve Sabol made Vince Lombardi a bigger legend
* Why King has Roone Arledge a spot before Peyton Manning
* Terry Bradshaw and an amazing story of a game he was in the booth
* Chris Berman, ESPN and NFL PrimeTime’s place in the history of the game
* Sports Illustrated was bigger than ESPN in the early ‘90s, according to King
* Deion Sanders’ and Michael Irvin’s approval of SI
* Marchand says Rupert Murdoch should be higher than David Hill
* King says that Hill modernized how the game looked on TV for Fox
* Marchand told King Dan Marino should be higher on the list
* Why Brent Musburger, Frank Gifford and Al Michaels made the Top 100
* Mark Mulvoy and Paul Zimmerman’s inclusions in the list and how SI had a role in the NFL surpassing MLB
* King loved the Phil Mushnick podcast
* Phylliss George and Mina Kimes and women trailblazers
* King loved Marchand’s Mel Kiper Jr. idea
* Related Pods: Ken Rodgers … Howard Katz … Fred Gaudelli…Drew Esocoff …Pete Macheska …Pete Radovich Jr… Hans Schroeder … Peter King
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Stephen A. Smith and Pat McAfee are part of a long time issue for ESPN — overexposure. Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel discuss what ESPN needs to do to fix the problem.
Plus, Justin Verlander’s potential next MLB TV move, Al Michaels’ struggles, Joe Davis’ bad breaks & Bomani Jones’ bond.
It is a 38-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN …
* The underlying Stephen A./ESPN issue
* Dan Patrick’s beautiful tribute
* Jeff Francoeur shines
* MLB’s facing potential ratings brushback
* Al Michaels’ issues
* Stephen. A’s first, second and third take crunch
* Mike Breen’s LeBron apology
* McAfee overload
* ESPN’s Super Bowl altcast mania
* Mike Ditka’s TV career remembered
* Justin Verlander’s could be MLB’s next big TV analyst
* Joe Davis’ bad break
* Addressing the Davis bias charges
* The media aspect of the MLB’s shorter regular season proposal
* DAZN’s local game means business
* Best aspect of the Bomani Jones interview
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
* On Deck Thursday morning: Peter King is The Main Event
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In a 43-minute sports media podcast, Bomani Jones explains the three reasons why ex-ESPN stars constantly criticize ESPN.
He details how ESPN owns your audience compared to you owning it. He describes “incompetence” over malice during big time media changes. He gives his take on not looking “sour” and why he only let ESPN break his heart once.
Jones details why “The Right Time with Bomani Jones” audience is loyal and he is loyal to it. Plus, the YouTube-ization of podcasts.
That and a lot more on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN
* Jones explains the reason for his new studio digs and getting out of the house
* Jones’ desire to hold on to his longtime listeners
* How the audience wants to help hosts it likes
* Why does Jones think his audience is loyal
* When you go to ESPN its their audience, not yours, which created a crossroads for Jones
* What Jones may have neglected and what he has tried to do since leaving ESPN
* Dan Patrick, Bill Simmons, Dan Le Batard, Jemele Hill, Trey Wingo, Ryan Clark and Linda Cohn …. they talk about ESPN a lot
* The three reasons that Jones thinks ex-ESPNers diss ESPN
* Why Jones was never going to let ESPN break his heart again
* ESPN matters
* When “Around The Horn” ended, Jones understood it
* How there were two people who mistreated him at ESPN, but Jones understood
* When the “GM” changes so does your role — which partly explains “High Noon” with Jones and Pablo Torre
* John Skipper resignation impacted Eric Rydholm and others and so on
* Why “incompetence” is a factor
* Who are the people who had it in for Jones at ESPN
* Jones tells a story that he never told before about ESPN Radio
* Jones stayed at ESPN over FS1 for less money
* ESPN’s “irresponsible” role in the college football protection act
* The podcast game is getting someone to play it, not to listen to it
* The Joe Rogan podcast example of how big it is, not how good it is
* How to stick out today
* The underrated aspect of Pat McAfee’s show
* What is next for Jones in his career
* Why he wants to do something difficult
* More Pods: Bomani Jones and how the “stick to sports” crowd won
* Bomani and sports media’s gamble on its future
* On Deck by Tues.: Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media
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The dynamics behind Tony Romo’s demise at CBS. While J.J. Watt has the inside track on the Super Bowl seat, what needs to happen in CBS’ booth now. The road map for Sean McVay to Amazon. And the reasons behind Dave Portnoy and Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” break-up — plus, the tweet.
Those topics and more on a 46-minute sports media podcast with Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media. .
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POD RUNDOWN …
* How Tony Romo’s $180M deal shocked and changed the sports media business
* Why Jason Kelce did well with Dave Pasch & Kurt Warner on their first NFL broadcast Sunday
* How Ian Eagle makes the games sounds bigger
* What the Portland Trail Blazers should have done with Braiden Bell
* Foxtoberfest means John Smoltz is center stage
* Romo’s OWI was the excuse for CBS to get rid of him, but it wasn’t the reason
* How CBS tried to get Romo to work harder
* How the Bob Costas-types study the craft
* Why J.J. Watt has the inside track to call CBS’ Super Bowl
* How are Watt and Jim Nantz doing
* What Watt needs to work on
* If not Watt, who for CBS
* What Watt is getting right about his approach to the job
* How the Sean McVay to Amazon story could play out
* Understanding how Amazon and Jay Marine think long-term with the Kirk Herbstreit and McVay situation
* Debating how Herbstreit has done
* What Al Michaels brought to Thursday Night Football on Day 1
* How Herbstreit does a Smoltz-like thing
* Will Michaels retire
* Fox took a swing with Dave Portnoy and Big Noon Kickoff
* Why it ended
* Behind-the-scenes on Portnoy’s tweet about Marchand’s story
* Ultimately, Fox Sports’ top executives, Eric Shanks & Brad Zager, had to decide if it was worth it
* The Ithaca College big names in broadcasting
* Mike Tomlin, Minecraft and assessing his NBC progress
* Why Maria Taylor deserves credit
* What Netflix’s Rebecca Lowe Women’s World Cup hire shows
* Going deeper on Bell and the Blazers’ situation
* Assessing if Bell’s tweets as a 15-year-old should’ve been a story in the first place
* On Deck: Bomani Jones is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand
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Connor Schell has been one of the most important sports media executives of his generation. In a 46-minute podcast, the former ESPN head of content details the twists and turns of his rise to the top. His road took him from not knowing sports could be a job to Harvard to being the head of ESPN’s content. He explains the choices that led to an Oscar, his best and worst decisions, Bill Simmons’ important influence and why he left ESPN.
It led him to starting his own company, Words+Pictures, which has its new multi-part documentary, “Saban,” out Oct. 8th.
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POD RUNDOWN ….
* How do you get Nick Saban to agree to a documentary
* Why Saban is intimidating to meet in a good way
* How now Fox’s Tom Rinaldi was a factor in the ESPN documentary
* How Schell went from Harvard to ESPN
* The stumbles led him into a career that he didn’t know existed
* He started “serendipity” at ESPN The Magazine with John Skipper
and John Walsh
* “I just didn’t think they were real jobs”
* The big break at ESPN after going to Columbia graduate school
* Mark Shapiro diversifying the type of programming ESPN put on, which benefitted Schell
* How Bill Simmons understood documentaries
* The money decision Skipper made
* What was the turning point of the 30-for-30s
* The best 30-for-30s are …
* Why Simmons gets a lot of credit for the “O.J. Simpson: Made in America”
* The decision that Skipper made about Schell’s future that led to big opportunities
* What was Schell’s vision in 2015 and the beginning thoughts about a streaming world
* The decision that Schell made that he was most proud of was …
* A big change in ESPN’s presentation
* If Schell could have one do-over, what would it be …
* The Monday Night Football experience issue
* Why did Schell choose to leave ESPN
* The constraints of being the chief content officer at ESPN
* The gift Jimmy Pitaro gave Schell as he left
* How he is still close with Pitaro, Burke Magnus and ESPN
* Happiness and creating his own company, Words+Pictures
* The pressure to deliver for platforms
* Why he has no regrets
* His opinion on AI and sports
* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media
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The classic matchup of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning has moved to TV. Why Brady has gotten the better of Manning early in the season.
Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel also go deep — who’s up and who’s down — into how NFL broadcasters have done, including Brady, Kevin Burkhardt, J.J. Watt, Ross Tucker, Ian Eagle, Jim Nantz, Chris Myers, Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, Greg Olsen, Drew Brees, Mike Tomlin, Alex Smith, Trent Green, Kurt Warner and Adam Archuleta.
Plus, info and analysis on MLB media lockout news, NBC’s MLB playoff plans, Chris Simms’ apology, Brad Nessler, Charles Davis, Noah Eagle, Pat McAfee, Devin Gardner and Dusty Baker
It is a 34-minute edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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POD RUNDOWN …
* Manningcast ratings dilemma
* Why CBS’ Ross Tucker works
* Fox’s Tom Brady’s “meatball sub” rise
* The ESPN Texas-Tennesee audio issues didn’t have to do with the Secret Service
* Fox’s Chris Myers’ problems on play-by-play
* What Fox’s Kevin Burkhardt does for Brady
* The analysts who struggle with the feel for the game
* What Fox’s Drew Brees needs to find
* Alex Smith makes the ESPN Sunday show go
* What Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt missed at end of Ravens-Cowboys
* Nantz’s final call
* Mike Tomlin comes up big
* Why the No. 60 will be so important in the MLB lockout
* What to make of the NBC/Peacock MLB lineup
* The local analysts setup are good or bad
* Should NBC’s Chris Simms have apologized for his Dante Moore comments
* Comparing CBS’ Brad Nessler and Fox’s Connor Onion
* ESPN’s Pat McAfee kicking ringer
* One to watch: Fox’s Devin Gardner
* Papa Clicker book review: Dusty Baker
* Cakes are Baking (Marchand enters 19-57)
* On Deck Thursday: Connor Schell is The Main Event
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Joe Buck’s new $108M extension, David Berson’s forthcoming CBS/TNT Sports kingdom, Pat McAfee is ESPN’s center of attention and Brian Rolapp has innovative plans — they are all part of a 36-minute power player edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
Plus, what is next for Troy Aikman/ESPN and the potential NFL TV analyst carousel, J.J. Watt and Jim Nantz check-up, Doc Rivers returns to TV and much more.
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* Why PGA Tour CEO’s Brian Rolapp’s plan makes sense
* Buck and Troy Aikman have restored the marquee of MNF
* Remembering Chris Spatoloa
* Tom Brady needs to pay for better WiFi
* What was up with Gus Johnson
* ESPN’s plan, at this moment, with Aikman is …
* If it doesn’t workout with Aikman, what could be next
* With the Manningcast ratings not great, how about …
* Evaluating Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt after two weeks
* McAfee is the center of everything at ESPN
* Rece Davis is almost non-existent on GameDay
* CBS Sports president David Berson’s power
* CBS/TNT’s portfolio rivals ESPN’s
* Rolapp and the “haves and have nots”
* Rolapp’s moves makes TV sense
* Doc Rivers stabbed ESPN in the back, now he’s back on NBC
* Evaluating Matthew Berry’s Roku move
* How is Peter Schrager’s show doing
* Alexa math
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
* Ourand blooper
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CEO Brian Rolapp has transformed the PGA Tour over his first year in charge. He tells us how all sports leagues should be diversifying their revenue to be less reliant on media rights.
Plus, why there will be “haves” and “have nots” in the $30 billion media rights pie. And much more.
It is a 42-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.” The podcast was taped as part of the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” event series.
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POD RUNDOWN …
* Rolapp explains how the PGA Tour weekend viewership beats NBA first round playoff games
* How the NFL went from around $7 billion in revenue when he joined in 2003 to $20+ billion when he left
* Why the LIV “crisis” made it the right time for Rolapp to leave the NFL for the PGA
* The major sports history behind his thinking
* Why competitive parity, scarcity and simplicity are so important for sports
* Rolapp explains how the new approach achieves the goals
* How Pete Rozelle figured out the TV model to leapfrog other sports
* Why Rolapp thinks major sports leagues should diversify away from being so dependent on media rights
* Why the Cowboys have done it right, even if they haven’t won
* What the NFL did to expand this idea with Skydance Sports
* Why media is still most important
* The Rolapp pitch for the PGA Tour to networks and platforms
* Why the players are aligned with a mandate for change
* How Tiger Woods, Theo Epstein and others were part of the process
* Rolapp explains how the drama of the season will work
* How meritocracy was central to what the PGA Tour is creating
* It is is what players want
* The luck for how Rolapp ended up at the NFL
* Why Rolapp nearly quit after six months at the NFL
* An amazing Paul Tagliabue, Pat Bowlen, Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones and Steve Bornstein story
* How his amazing answer to Tagliabue and company changed his career
* The NFL, the media and $30B pie that will be split between the “haves and the have nots”
* Will the traditional players be part of the NFL in the mid- to late- 2030s
* Rolapp says sports packages will have to change to fit the new models that streamers, etc. want
* Why the PGA Tour is focusing on the summer
* How AI will impact sports in a good way
On Deck: By Thursday, Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media
Related Podcasts: Howard Katz, Mark Shapiro I and Mark Shapiro II, Jay Marine, Rick Cordella, Hans Schroeder, Christian Oestlien, Laura Rutledge, Mike Soltys, Chris LaPlaca, Booger McFarland, Greg Hughes, Adam Schefter, Peter King, Fred Gaudelli, Drew Esocoff, Traug Keller, Peter Schrager, Jay Glazer, Ian Rappoport, Kevin Clark, Joe Buck, Ian Eagle, Jim Nantz, Adam Schein, Cam Heyward, Eli Manning, Jason McCourty, Damien Woody
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Founder Craig Karmazin has built a sports media business over three decades and he believes sports are about to “explode” because of AI. He spends half of his day on AI and offers his passionate views on the future of media.
In the late 1990s, Karmazin started his then radio-focused company with a couple of high school friends and now Good Karma Sports has 500 employees, works with ESPN, top professional teams, leagues and stations across the country. Karmazin, the son of Mel, is also a minority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. .
It is an illuminating 48-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
POD RUNDOWN …
* Why Karmazin chose to do his first interview ever about his company
* How Good Karma Sports creates and monetizes across all platforms
* His dad, Mel, loved making money from sports, while Craig loves sports
* How he and his high school friends started the company in the late 1990s
* The first idea to put sports radio on the FM dial
* Karmazin would have bet against radio surviving
* How the Good Karma relationship with ESPN has grown
* Why a lot of Good Karma’s partnerships are secret
* How teams used to make so much from people who didn’t watch their games
* How the Milwaukee Bucks and others are solving the RSN problem
* The DNA of the company is focus, not scale
* How Giannis trade helped make an 80-game schedule on over-the-air possible
* The Bucks will be the top rated show in the market 80 nights, Karmazin said
* How the direct-to-consumer product works for the Bucks
* Can the money replace the lost regional sports networks
* Why audio is bigger than ever
* ESPN Radio lineup is an example of the content strategy
* What is going on with ESPN New York and understanding its business
* Where Michael Kay, “DiPietro & Rothenberg“ do well
* How “Don, Hahn & Rosenberg” are now leading into Knicks games
* Kay still badly wants to beat WFAN
* Assessing ESPN New York at 25
* Karmazin spends half his time on AI
* What it takes to make a good team
* How AI is changing his business for the better
* Why AI does not narrow the gap between businesses
* Why AI is going to lead to job growth at his company
* Karmazin says a marketing consultant only is using 28 percent on sales … AI can change that percentage
* Karmazin clearly explains how it will work better
* How AI is going to take the impressions for podcasts down to almost zero
* Why this will create scarcity
* Trust is going to be more important in all of our lives
* Why AI hosts will have a success based on personalities
* AI is about to make sports explode
* What is like to have Mel as a father
* The lessons he learned from his father
* A great Howard Stern story about his dad
* Dish Network and giving out his father’s home phone number
* His dad fighting the government
* Having Mike Francesa reassure him about the Knicks as a kid
* How his dad thinks everyone of Craig’s ideas are bad
* How Craig became a minority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
* A tremendous analogy about his ownership share
* How his company is like LeBron’s
Related Podcasts: Michael Kay, Chris Oliviero, Traug Keller, Amanda Gifford, Chris (Mad Dog) Russo, Boomer Esiason, Adam Schein
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