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In the 32-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel provide inside information and opinions. Here’s what you need to know:
Can a pure sports streamer, like ESPN DTC, work on its own
Why ESPN DTC may be Disney’s next sports step, but not its final one
ESPN ruled the cable bundle, but now will compete with YouTube’s, Amazon’s and Netflix’s
What YouTube likely having its first exclusive NFL telecast means
Amazon is way ahead of the behemoth digital streamers
Why Rich Eisen is headed to ESPN after more than two decades away
John Ourand owes Marchand a steak
With ESPN potentially adding tens of millions for a ninth SEC league game, what is college football mirroring
Caitlin Clark has two TV comps … Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods
The big lesson from the Ryan Ruocco podcast
Pablo Torre’s unfair quote in the Jordon Hudson-Bill Belichick saga
MLBN’s Kevin Millar goes all in, and rightfully so
Papa Clicker Reviews on “In Legends and Soles (The Memoir of an American Original” by Sonny Vaccaro and Armen Keteyian and “Mornings with Madden (My Radio Life with an American Legend)” by Stan Bunger
What to make of the Big Ten/SEC reportedly favoring playoff expansion
What is Allie LaForce’s future
Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you
On Deck Thursday (or earlier): Ariel Helwani is The Main Event
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