ESPN's Kevin Clark + Traina Thoughts
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Episode 513 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Kevin Clark.
Clark talks about his transition into TV now that he's at ESPN, his interviewing philosophy for his Omaha Productions show, "This is Football," and whether we will ever see someone who isn't a former player as an NFL or College Football game analyst.
Clark also discusses Tom Brady's debut game as Fox's lead NFL analyst, why Bill Belichick has already been a hit as a media figure, why he thinks we won't see less of "Hard Knocks," getting critiqued by his dad, his love of Pearl James and more.
Following Clark, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. In this week's segment, Jimmy and Sal discuss Week 1 in the NFL, cringe Cris Collinsworth, the new "Sopranos" documentary currently airing on Max, the upcoming Vince McMahon documentary on Netflix, a Facebook kerfuffle and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everyone to S-I Media with Jimmy Traynor. Thank you so much for listening. We have an excellent episode for you. This week, Kevin Clark from ESPN, the host of This is Football with Omaha Productions. One of the best minds out there on the NFL. Get into Kevin transitioning sort of into a TV role, the art of interviewing. |
| 0:23.3 | A lot of NFL topics, Tom Brady's debut. Bill Belichick is a media person. What's going on with |
| 0:29.3 | hard knocks after the giant debacle in week one. A lot of topics with Kevin about sports media |
| 0:36.8 | and then the NFL. |
| 0:38.5 | Following Kevin, my weekly train of thought segment with my buddy Sal Likata. |
| 0:42.9 | We get into some week one thoughts on the NFL, do a full break. |
| 0:46.9 | A lot of people have tweeted me asking if I was going to discuss the Sopranos documentary that aired last weekend. |
| 0:53.0 | We discussed that heavily and also react to the trailer |
| 0:56.0 | for the Vince McMahon documentary coming up on Netflix. So all that in Traynor thoughts with Sal. |
| 1:01.3 | Before we get to it, quick reminder. If you've missed any recent episodes of SI Media with Jimmy |
| 1:05.3 | Trana, go into the archives. We've had some great guests, great podcasts over the last several |
| 1:10.2 | weeks. Scott Van Pelt from ESPN was on |
| 1:12.7 | the last week. Brian Curtis from the ringer two weeks ago, Kirk Herb Street from ESPN and Amazon, |
| 1:19.3 | and Chris Mad Dogg Russo, all recent guests on SI Media with Jimmy Traynor. So give those a listen, |
| 1:24.4 | subscribe to the podcast. That's the most important thing. Subscribe if you're not a subscriber, rate and review on Apple. |
| 1:30.0 | And we'll read those on an upcoming episode. |
| 1:32.9 | All right, let's get to it. |
| 1:34.5 | Kevin Clark, followed by Traynor Thoughts. |
| 1:37.8 | All right here, right now. |
| 1:41.5 | On SI Media with Jimmy Trana. |
| 1:44.1 | All right, joining me now. |
| 1:46.2 | Always a fun conversation when he joins the podcast. |
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