ESPN’s David Purdum on the intersection of gambling and the sports media and Mirin Fader on her new biography on Giannis Antetokounmpo

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Episode 155 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is ESPN staff writer David Purdum, the company’s premier gambling reporter. He is followed by Mirin Fader, a staff writer for The Ringer and the author of GIANNIS: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. In this podcast, Purdum discusses the opportunities for sports media staffers working in the sports gaming space; former ESPN-ers and others working in the space; the expectations on the handles on college football and pro football this season; the impact of Oklahoma and Texas moving to the SEC; preseason NFL betting; why sports betting is a long-term investment and a grind; why you should only risk 2-5% of your bankroll per wager; sign-up bonuses advantage; the ethics of using your reporting for betting; why futures are not a smart bet and a big house advantage; international soccer betting, and more. Fader discusses why she wanted to write a book on Giannis; how the book came to be; the process of interviewing more than 220 people for the book; her experience reporting in Greece; what it was like to watch the playoffs; the publicity for the book; how much time she got with Giannis; what we don’t know about the racism Giannis and his family faced; her reporting on Jason Kidd as a Bucks coach; how ones promotes a book during COVID; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Ditch and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.0	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:11.8	Two guests this week.
0:12.7	First up, David Purdy.
0:14.3	He is a ESPN staff writer with a focus on sports gambling.
0:19.0	I think he's the best of what he does in the country.
0:22.3	And in the podcast, we discuss sort of the gold rush at the moment for all sports media
0:26.7	people who are moving from traditional sports media jobs into the sports gaming space.
0:32.1	We're seeing a lot of those.
0:33.6	David has some interesting observations and thoughts on that, including sort of the, where it gets a little ethically challenged if you're a reporter who ultimately morphs into this space.
0:44.6	And can you be an insider and work for one of these companies?
0:49.4	Interesting stuff there.
0:50.6	We get into college football, pro football handles and sort of trends this season.
0:55.3	Why sports betting is a long-term investment in a grind as opposed to something quick.
1:00.4	Sign up bonuses and what's going on with them. And then we get into a couple things of just like
1:06.3	what in terms of how many people are betting on international soccer and table tennis and some other stuff.
1:13.1	So really enjoyed David Purdom.
1:14.7	He's followed by Mirren Fader.
1:16.2	She's a staff writer at the Ringer, but has a new book, which has gotten incredible reviews out.
1:22.3	Janus, The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP, obviously the story of Janus and his incredible, I mean, just incredible
1:30.6	upbringing and rise from where he was in Greece and everything he faced, including
1:36.9	racism, to obviously landing in the States and becoming one of the, you know, the bright
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