The Sports Media Podcast

Marchand and Ourand unveil their Mount Rushmore of NFL Media, while discussing Apple's potential deal to call MLB games, Sinclair's agreement with the NBA, Sunday Night Baseball's new booths and The Athletic's deal with the New York Times. For "Who's up," "Who's down" and "Calls of the Week," LeBron James, Jen Lada, Ian Eagle and Chris Fowler are some of the names in the mix.For "The Big Get" segment, Marchand and Ourand are joined by former Pro Bowler and current No. 2 Fox game analyst Greg Olsen. Olsen discusses how close he came to starting his broadcast career four years ago after an audition for Monday Night Football and discussions about Fox's Thursday Night Football. He reveals the advice Tony Romo gave him before deciding to enter the booth and he talks about his connection to his Fox partner Kevin Burkhardt, which dates back to when Burkhardt called Olsen's games in high school.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Marchand broke the story of MLB Network cutting ties with Ken Rosenthal. In their first podcast of 2022, Marchand and John Ourand discuss the fallout from that move. Other topics include the NFL’s first-ever Week 18, Kirk Herbstreit’s comments on college football players opting out of bowl games, Rachel Nichols next moves and the debut of Premier League games on USA Network. This episode’s Calls Of The Week are dedicated John Madden. Ourand goes to the college football arena for his Who’s Up of the week, while Marchand uses college football for his Who’s Down. Marchand’s Who Up is well known to the pod, while Ourand’s Who’s Down hits on Nielsen’s troubles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the 2022 Preview Extravaganza, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand preview the people who are going to have the best and worst years in 2022, as part of their Who’s Up/Who’s Down segment. Topics include Amazon’s plans for Thursday Night Football, gambling companies’ push to create and pay for content and the future of the regional sports networks. Marchand and Ourand preview the rights deals that are coming in 2022 with Sunday, the Big Ten, MLS and Formula One. And they offer a preview of what viewers should expect at the Winter Olympics and World Cup. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the Year-in-Review Spectacular, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand pick their "Who's up" and "Who's down" for 2021. They analyze the biggest sports media topics of the year. The duo breaks down NFL TV deals, the Manningcast and the changing of the guard on Sunday Night Football. They look at the new power and money for the Pat Pat McAfees and Stephen A. Smiths of the world. Marchand and Ourand talk about the fallout from Maria Taylor/Rachel Nichols. They discuss the continuing fallout of cord-cutting for people like Sinclair's Chris Ripley and the proliferation of over-the-top, direct-to-consumer offerings. And they argue, once again, about Amazon sports. Plus, they award their Calls of the Year.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this week's podcast, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand tell you why Pat McAfee and Jimmy Pitaro are on the way up. They go deeper into McAfee's FanDuel deal, Amazon's budding studio show and what Pitaro and ESPN are up to spending-wise. They also dissect the Monday Night Football booth's future, the issues with MLS Cup's start and examine Ourand's Crystal Ball for the Big 10 rights and Al Michaels. Plus, they are joined by ABC/ESPN lead game analyst Jeff Van Gundy, who has advice for New York coaches in dealing with the media. Van Gundy details how he and Marv Albert didn't see eye-to-eye on Patrick Ewing and how Albert helped him get into broadcasting. Van Gundy identifies his favorite back pages and chimes in on Shaquille O'Neal saying Van Gundy looks like Marchand. It's all in the pod, as well regular features of "Who's up! Who's down!" and the "Calls of the Week."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Marchand and John Ourand are joined by former ESPN President Steve Bornstein, who opines on how he sees the media business changing. Marchand and Ourand discuss the Manningcast, Al Michaels and Darren Rovell, in addition to diving into coming media rights negotiations for the Big 10 and MLS, the state of sports radio, and Jake Tapper’s editorial excoriating the International Olympic Committee and the NBA. Ourand chooses Sinclair’s Chris Ripley as ‘up’ and NBC’s Gary Zenkel as ‘down,’ while Marchand goes with Tiki Barber (up) and Manningcast (down). ESPN’s Beth Mowins has Ourand’s Call of the Week; Marchand gives the nod to Detroit Lions radio announcer Dan Miller. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss the NFL's ratings dominance, the futures of Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels, the loss of ESPN subscribers, baseball struggles and Sean McManus' legacy at CBS. In an unprecedented development for the pod, NBC's Sports President Jon Miller received Ourand's "Who's up and down," while Marchand went with the chalk, picking the NFL and MLB for the awards. In their calls of the week, Ourand chose Dick Vitale, while Marchand picked the father-son story involving Randy and Thaddeus Moss.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andrew Marchand and John Ourand are joined by Men in Blazers co-host Roger Bennett. The three go over the finer points of Comcast/NBC's $2.76B deal with the Premier League and what it means for U.S. soccer. Bennett provides his usual comedic touch, while also talking about the emotions of going to see his parents this Thanksgiving for the first time in two years. The guys also discuss other news: NBC Sports' Thursday Night booth with Drew Brees taking the analyst role on the Thanksgiving broadcast, Al Michaels' potentially headed to Amazon, and a new dark horse in the NFL Sunday Ticket sweepstakes. They end the show with their "Calls of the Week," with Ourand staying close to home with a D.C. choice, and Marchand having Carolina on his mind. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the podcast, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss the top sports media issues of the week. Starting with their weekly picks of Who’s Up (Phil Mickelson and the Premier League) and Who’s Down (Tony Romo and Sinclair’s Chris Ripley), Marchand and Ourand break down the competition to sign Adrian Wojnarowski and Adam Schefter, go inside the RSN negotiations between Dish Network and Sinclair and look into the likelihood of Alex Rodriguez returning to ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball.” Other topics include Fox’s streaming strategy, ESPN’s decision to shut down ESPN Classic and TV production problems that are hurting Pac-12 games. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the podcast, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand’s “Big Get” is Shaquille O’Neal. The NBA Hall of Famer/TNT analyst/actor and all-around entertainer reveals the big movie role he once turned down, talks about why he first joined TNT and was asked what’s next in his career. Marchand and Ourand talk about “Who’s up?” (Pat McAfee and “Get Up”) and “Who’s down?” (Peter Chernin and the MNF crew). They go deeper into McAfee’s interview with Aaron Rodgers and also talk about the future of Steve Levy, Louis Riddick and Brian Griese. Plus, they wrap up the MLB season. They end the show by handing out their “Calls of the Week” for some local legends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.