Examining ESPN's NBA Coverage and The Future of Women's Sports Coverage

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Episode 65 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Washington Post sports and media writer Ben Strauss. In this podcast, Strauss and Deitsch discusses the changes at ESPN’s NBA Countdown; the history of changes at Countdown; why Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor were chosen to help; the future of Michelle Beadle; the proliferation of wresting on Wednesday nights at USA Network and Turner Sports; the resignation of Deadspin editor of chief Megan Greenwell; the future of that site under G/O Media, the site’s parent company; the launch of the ACC Network and whether it has interest beyond ACC country; the coverage of women’s sports this summer; whether the increased WNBA’s coverage this summer will continue beyond this year; 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	Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen.
0:05.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:09.0	My producer, as always, is Terrence Malagon.
0:12.0	Our guest this week is a returning one.
0:14.0	It is Ben Strauss. He is a sports and media reporter for the Washington Post.
0:19.0	If you read the Washington Post and are a sports media fan or
0:25.0	someone interested in the sports media, you are certainly familiar with Ben Strauss's work. He has
0:29.8	been doing some really interesting things for the Washington Post. And he joins us today on the
0:35.0	sports media podcast. Welcome back, Ben. Hey, thanks for having me, Richard. So, Ben, listen, I know you work for the August Washington Post.
0:42.5	Democracy dies in darkness, saving the universe, and I'm a paid subscriber, so thank you for that.
0:48.0	Thank you for those dollars. You're welcome. Did you happen to see the news break today, Ben,
0:52.2	when it comes to wrestling, that USA Network
0:55.4	will be airing NXT at the same time as Turner will be airing AEW? And that is sort of a,
1:04.4	brings or harkens back the days of the Monday Night Wars between Turner and the WWE with the WCW and WWW.
1:14.6	I don't know if you are a wrestling fan, Ben, but this in the wrestling world today is huge news,
1:19.3	which combines with huge news in the sports media.
1:23.5	This is going to be a really interesting story.
1:25.7	I saw the news, and I don't know if I have any formed take on it.
1:31.9	Of course you don't.
1:32.6	You work for the Washington Post.
1:33.6	You're dealing with so much more interesting and important information.
1:37.6	So you let the scrubs like me deal with this.
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