Basketball Hall of Famers and WNBA on USA Sports analysts Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw.
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Episode 623 of the Sports Media Podcast features Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw. The two are working as analysts for the WNBA on USA Network this season, with Tamika as a game analyst and Chamique in the studio. This is USA Sports's inaugural season of covering the WNBA, and they will air more than 50 games this season, including the WNBA Finals. Barring a sweep, the champion will be decided on USA Network in 2026. In this podcast we discuss how they ended up getting their jobs; the discussion around being an advocate for the WNBA versus doing journalism or being critical of the league; which WNBA teams look good early; Holdsclaw publicly discussing her mental health struggles and her being one of first prominent athletes of her era to discuss that prominently; Catchings on UConn star Sarah Strong and what kind of pro she will make; where they see the Tennessee women's basketball program right now, 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. |
| 0:10.2 | My producer is Jake Galley. |
| 0:12.2 | Two guests on this episode. |
| 0:13.7 | If you're a fan of women's basketball, these are very, very familiar names. |
| 0:19.6 | Tamika Catchings and Shemiqua holdsclaw. |
| 0:22.7 | Tamika is a game analyst for the WMBA on USA Network. |
| 0:28.2 | Shemiqua is a studio analyst for the WMBA on USA Network. |
| 0:34.6 | They're obviously two of the greatest women's basketball players in history of that |
| 0:37.9 | sport, famously played together at the University of Tennessee under Pat Summit. This is USA |
| 0:43.4 | Sports's inaugural season of covering the NBA, of coming, I'm sorry, the WMBA. They will air more |
| 0:49.3 | than 50 games a season, including the WNBA Finals, and this is worth noting, barring a sweep, |
| 0:57.3 | the WNBA champion this year will be decided on USA Network. |
| 1:01.3 | So first year, they have landed a really, really good schedule. |
| 1:06.7 | And with that, I bring in Tamika Catchings and Shemika Holskalo. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome. |
| 1:11.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:13.4 | All right. I'm going to start with, and by the way, we have, these guys are not in the same city. |
| 1:18.1 | So we have people all over the country doing this podcast, which is very, very exciting. |
| 1:22.3 | All right, Shemiko, I'm going to start with you. |
| 1:24.4 | How did you end up getting this job? |
| 1:31.7 | Well, they reached out to my agent, Drew, |
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