Jon Wertheim, on the upcoming "Surviving Ohio State" documentary, and broadcast tennis coverage in the United States

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Episode 518 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Wertheim, a longtime Sports Illustrated writer and editor, 60 Minutes correspondent, and Tennis Channel and Turner Sports tennis commentator. Wertheim is a producer on the upcoming HBO documentary "Surviving Ohio State" which delves into the Ohio State sex abuse scandal and the victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, employed by the university from 1978-1998. The documentary debuts June 17. In this podcast, Wertheim discusses how the Ohio State documentary came to be; what it's like to interview survivors of sexual assault; the question of male athletes being worth less than female athletes who are survivors of abuse; whether Ohio State has taken accountability and responsibility; Jim Jordan and this story; where the Alcaraz-Sinner final rates all-time; Turner Sports's coverage of the French Open; the future of Tennis Channel, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, 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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1:09.5	Welcome to the Sports Media podcast. I'm your host, Richard Dyche. My producer Patrick Antonetti. One guest on this episode, but a long-time colleague of mine. And if you have read sports in the United States or watched 60 minutes, this will be a very familiar gentleman. John Wertheim is a long time Sports Illustrated writer and editor, 60 Minutes correspondent, tennis channel commentator,
1:33.0	recently a Turner Sports commentator for the French Open, is the author of 11 books,
1:38.1	and he's executive produced various television and film projects, speaking of which he's here
1:43.3	today on behalf of the upcoming
1:45.2	HBO documentary, Surviving Ohio State, which delves into the Ohio State sex abuse scandal
1:51.5	and the victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, who was employed by that university from 1978 to
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