Ian Eagle on his Taylor Swift in-game reference and other topics. Plus, SI’s Jimmy Traina on the WWE and NBCUniversal media rights partnership

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Episode 336 of the Sports Media Podcast features Ian Eagle, the CBS Sports/WBD/YES Network and Westwood One Sports broadcaster, and Sports Illustrated podcaster and writer Jimmy. Traina. In this podcast Eagle discusses dropping a Taylor Swift reference during the Chiefs-Jaguars game and the explosion of coverage that followed; why things go viral; how doing a Thursday Night radio broadcast helps his TV work; adjusting to so many different partners; his Nets schedule; how he feels when he reads that his son Noah, also a sports broadcaster, is a product of nepotism; his upcoming Final Four NCAA assignment; how he views Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson being replaced by Doris Burke and Doc Rivers; calling college football and more. Traina discusses Friday Night SmackDown coming back to USA Network beginning October 2024; WWE producing four primetime specials per year that will air on NBC; Fox being out of the WWE business; the financial terms of the deal; storylines involving The Rock and Roman Reigns and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, 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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0:53.2	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. Two guests this week. A lot of fun with both Iron Eagle. Man, does it take a long time to give his resume. He is a CBS Sports NFL and college basketball broadcaster, of course. Also works for Warner Bros. Discovery when it comes to the NBA, the Yes Network when it comes to the NBA, Westwood One Sports when it comes to the NFL on radio.
1:18.4	And we had a great conversation on a number of topics.
1:21.2	Of course, it led with him dropping Taylor Swift into the Chiefs Jaguars game a couple weeks ago.
1:26.4	That went viral, and he'll give you the entire background of that.
1:30.3	Ion's always a great guest.
1:32.0	Always really thoughtful.
1:33.8	Then Jimmy Tran, my old sports illustrated colleague comes on,
1:36.6	and we discuss Friday night's Macdown coming back to the USA Network,
1:40.5	the TKO deal with NBC Universal.
1:45.5	And what that means,
1:46.8	WWE is going to have four prime time specials per year on NBC.
1:50.5	Fox now being out of the WWE business is interesting.
1:53.9	And then a little bit on the financial terms of the deal as reported by CNBC and others.
1:58.2	So I and Eagle and then Jimmy Trnor coming up on the sports media podcast.
2:05.3	All right. I mean, honestly, it would take like an hour to give the entire list of jobs that this
2:12.5	broadcaster has. That said, I will do my best. Ion Eagle called NFL play-by-play for CBS since 1998.
2:20.2	You now know him on the team with Charles Davis calling significant games every week for them.
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