In the 32-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go inside Adam Schefter-Ian Rapoport’s meet-up at the NFL Owners Meetings. Marchand & Meterparel tell you the favorites for ESPN’s NFL No. 2 booth vacancy. And the Mike Tomlin Sweepstakes and who is in and who is out. Plus, the NBA’s big national broadcast problem with its missing stars.
The Topics …
The Schefter succession talk is ….
Adam Silver vs. Rob Manfred comparison
Where do Ian Eagle, Grant Hill and Bill Raftery rank in all-time college hoops TV history
Why are the “Chainsmokers” doing a concert between Final Four games
On a Fox MLB booth: One up, One down
Yahoo’s Tom Haberstroh’s tremendous article about how the terrible number of stars playing on ABC/ ESPN, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video
Don’t teach people not to care, which the NBA is in danger of doing
Who are the favorites to be in ESPN’s No. 2 NFL booth
A name ESPN is considering after some felt it wronged him
More on Schefter, Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo
The Tomlin Sweepstakes: Who is in the lead and who is likely out
The big money ask …
Reacting to Netflix’s Elle Duncan’s comments about the platform being criticized for its MLB coverage
What ESPN’s Super Bowl coverage should learn from Netflix’s Opening Day
Analyzing the Men’s and Women’s Final Four coverage
Amazon Prime Video will have The Masters this week for the first time
Do we care about the new “Hard Knocks” …
If John Ourand had a Chris Berman nickname, what would it be ….
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On Deck: John Ourand is The Main Event
