Asking Jaxson Dart questions about Trump; TNT Sports's coverage of the French Open and tennis talk
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Episode 625 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Wertheim, who does features and player interviews for TNT Sports's live coverage of the French Open and also works as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, a Tennis Channel analyst, and a Sports Illustrated Senior Enterprise Writer. In this podcast we discuss Jaxson Dart introducing President Donald Trump at a rally on behalf of Representative Mike Lawler which caused an eruption on social media and the greater sports media ecosystem; whether that act opens up Dart for journalistic inquiry about the decision; whether it is fair to ask teammates about it; why it's fair to make the same inquiries of all athletes who delve into podcasts, from LeBron to Steve Kerr; the French Open draws and why the women's tournament is more interesting this year; the access that tennis journalists get; what TNT Sports is doing differently with tennis; Andre Agassi as a broadcaster; Dana White and politics; Wertheim's work on "60 Minutes" and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Richard Deich. |
| 0:10.5 | My producer is James Jackson, one guest on this episode. |
| 0:15.3 | And it is a guest who is live from Paris, France, which is a first for this podcast. |
| 0:20.5 | John Wertheim is contributing with features and player interviews for TNT Sports's |
| 0:27.6 | live coverage from Paris across TNT, True TV, and HBO Max of the French Open. |
| 0:36.0 | They have an interesting lineup this year, |
| 0:37.6 | including many familiar broadcasters, |
| 0:39.4 | Chris Sever, John McEnroe, |
| 0:40.7 | Caroline Wozniacky, Chris Eubanks. |
| 0:43.2 | We'll get into that with John. |
| 0:45.1 | Away from tennis, of course. |
| 0:46.8 | John also works as a correspondent for 60 minutes. |
| 0:50.0 | He's a senior enterprise writer for Sports Illustrated. |
| 0:53.7 | He is a partner. |
| 0:55.9 | He might be a co-founder of this of the Served with Andy Roddick podcast. |
| 0:59.6 | I didn't even mention he works with the tennis channel full time. |
| 1:02.9 | And has written many bestselling books. |
| 1:06.3 | My former colleague for many years at Sports Illustrated, John, is that it? |
| 1:09.6 | Have I gotten everything? |
| 1:11.3 | As long as you say we used to be colleagues, the rest is just details. Good to be with you. |
| 1:16.1 | Good to be with you. Thank you. All right. So it's, as we're talking to you right now, |
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