After a week hiatus, the Sports Media Weekly podcast is back and with a vengeance. It’s 44 minutes long and we have two guests! Normally our first guest is our “Third Man In,” but Keith could not join John Daly and I, so it’s only a two man interview, but Keith was in for our regular guest segment with the always lovely Rennae Stubbs.
Our news segment between Keith and I began with some personal housekeeping, the news announced by Matt Yoder, editor of Awful Announcing, that I’ll be joining the sports media site as a contributor. As mentioned in my earlier post, Fang’s Bites will still be my main priority, but I’ll be contributing various posts to the site that does a great job in covering the sports media.
We then moved to the Big East Conference and its return to ESPN after the Alleged Worldwide Leader matched an offer from NBC Sports Network.
Keith and I talked about the unique situation of the Los Angeles Dodgers having three separate channels in three different languages when it moves to Time Warner Cable next year.
And then we talked about my post on whether Fox Sports can find the right role for Erin Andrews.
John Daly of the great Daly Planet NASCAR TV site was the first guest. He and I talked about the coverage of the Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide race on Saturday covered by ESPN2 and the crash that marred the finish and led the network to extend its sign-off time. And John and I discussed the ratings and the subsequent coverage of the Daytona 500 on Fox. John opined on how Fox fared and what his site’s readers were saying about the network.
Rennae Stubbs of Tennis Channel, ESPN2, NBC Olympics and 7 Network in Australia was our second guest. Keith and I talked with Rennae about how she got an early start in broadcasting and how it’s led to her career in the both after her illustrious doubles playing career. We asked Rennae about her dynamic with this year’s Aussie Open runner up Li Na and why the players show more of their personalities in the Australian Open as opposed to the other Grand Slam tournaments.
We also discussed the number of networks Rennae works for and how she got the gig for the London Olympics for NBC. I ran out of time, otherwise I would have her about the Academy Awards and last Saturday’s UFC 157 event between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche. If there’s a Twitter feed you should follow, it’s Rennae’s. She tweets about everything including tennis.
Overall, a fun podcast and you can find it on iTunes under Sports Media Journal or listen right away, right here.
