After a week’s absence, Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I are back with an all-new action-packed podcast. And because I’ve had my nose to the grindstone, I did not realize that we’ve reached podcast number 150. We have good guests here and didn’t realize the milestone, but no matter, we’re back with a bang.
My boss from Awful Announcing, Matt Yoder, joined Keith and me for our “Third Man In” segment. Among the topics we discussed:
- ESPN layoffs.
- The ESPN Upfronts.
- ESPN’s announcement of the SEC Network launching in August 2014.
- ESPN’s signing of the US Open.
- Former tennis star Andy Roddick signing with Fox Sports 1 (and Matt and I lobbying for Australian Rules Football to move to Fox Sports 2).
- The passing of Ken Venturi.
Our guest was Ian Eagle of CBS/Turner Sports/YES/Tennis Channel/Dial Global Radio.
The topics discussed:
- Tennis Channel’s coverage of the French Open in which Ian will have a big role.
- Ian’s experience of calling the first season of the Nets in Brooklyn.
- What he expects for the upcoming season for the NFL on CBS.
- Why fellow Syracuse alum Dave Pasch wants him to develop a secret handshake for Newhouse School graduates.
- Ian’s view of social networking and if he’ll actively join Twitter.
As you can see, a lot of things discussed in this week’s podcast. Check it out here. You can always subscribe via iTunes doing a search for “Sports Media Journal.”
