GMFB's Jason McCourty + Traina Thoughts
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 92 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Episode 425 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with "Good Morning Football" host, Jason McCourty.
McCourty discusses his first year on the NFL Network show, how he's adjusted to doing a show that starts at 7 am, what it was like to replace Nate Burleson, whether it's tough for him as a former player to criticized current players and which of his GMFB co-hosts is the crankiest in the morning.
The 13-year NFL veteran also talks about Bill Belichick's rules for Patriots players regarding the media, Tom Brady going viral for his expletive-filled answer about his future, the difference between people on the East Coast and Midwest, the NFL playoffs and much more.
Following McCourty, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, Jimmy and Sal discuss Scott Rolen getting into the Hall of Fame, Shannon Sharpe getting into a ruckus at an NBA game, the NFL Conference Games, the Rocky movies, movie soundtracks and more
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Walter Isakson set out to write about a world-changing genius in Elon Musk and found a man addicted to chaos and conspiracy. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a fingertip feel for social emotional networks. |
| 0:13.4 | The book launched a thousand hot takes, |
| 0:15.3 | so I sat down with Isakson to try to get past the noise. |
| 0:18.0 | I like the fact that people who say I'm not as tough on Musk |
| 0:21.4 | as I should be are always using anecdotes for my book to show why we should be tough on Musk. |
| 0:27.0 | Join me, Evan Ratliff, for On Musk with Walter Isickson. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.0 | The Celebrity Memoir holds up a mirror to society. |
| 0:39.0 | That's why we started our podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | Celebrity Book Club with Stephen and Lily, where we read Celebrity Memoirs, |
| 0:45.6 | Total Guilty Pleasures, and then synthesize probing cultural analyses from the text, |
| 0:50.1 | from Jessica Simpson to historical figures like Helen Keller. |
| 0:53.3 | Isn't that a delicious mix of high brow and low? |
| 0:56.2 | It certainly is. |
| 0:57.4 | Listen to Celebrity Book Club with Stephen and Lily on the I Heart Radio Appel Podcasts, |
| 1:00.9 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, I'm Chelsea Perretti. |
| 1:05.0 | Do you feel chronic existential dread but love talking about delicious snacks? |
| 1:09.0 | Call me, my podcast is relaunching. |
| 1:11.0 | Do you fear wild dangerous animals to the point where you're constantly watching attack videos |
| 1:16.0 | and reading articles about wild animal attack survivors or those who succumb to attack? |
| 1:20.6 | Call in. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sports Illustrated, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Sports Illustrated and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.