Neil Everett and Stan Verrett
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Audacy
4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Episode 544 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Neil Everett and Stan Verrett, the former ESPN hosts who were longtime partners on SportsCenter. In this podcast, Everett and Verrett discuss the launching of thir new show, beginning Sept. 9, airing live on Twitch;  Verrett’s decision not to move to Bristol when ESPN ended the Los Angeles-based  SportsCenter; the title of the show and when it will air; why they decided to start on Twitch; how they will measure success; whether they can make money with this project; potential guests, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host, Richard Ditch. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:18.0 | Two guests on this episode, but two guests who have long been linked together. |
| 0:24.1 | And if you are a sports fan, certainly in the United States, they will be very, very familiar names. |
| 0:29.2 | Neil Everett and Stan Burrett were longtime ESPN hosts, best known for their work together on the ESPN Sports Center out of Los Angeles. Their combined total, |
| 0:39.7 | they can correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I believe I have this right in terms of working |
| 0:43.2 | at ESPN, I think is 48 years. So a ton of institutional knowledge there. Their work out of Los Angeles |
| 0:52.1 | made them among the longest running sports center duos ever. |
| 0:57.8 | They are here today to talk about their post-DSPN life. |
| 1:02.4 | And in particular, the launching of a new show for them, which begins September 9th. |
| 1:07.7 | It will air live on Twitch before being distributed across different platforms. I'll ask |
| 1:14.4 | them about YouTube and certainly podcast platforms like Apple and Spotify. And with that, I am pleased |
| 1:21.6 | to be joined by Neil Everett and Stan Verrett. Welcome. Hey, Richard. Great to be here. |
| 1:26.9 | Richard. Thank you for having us. Of course. All right. Stan, Richard. Great to be here. Richard, thank you for having us. |
| 1:28.8 | Of course. |
| 1:29.4 | All right. |
| 1:29.9 | Stan, I'm going to, before I get to your new venture, I want to start with you. |
| 1:34.9 | I've certainly asked this of Neil when he was on my podcast a couple of years ago. |
| 1:39.4 | And I want to just get your thoughts. |
| 1:41.2 | Like, how are you feeling right now just in terms of um everything that's |
| 1:45.3 | happened with your professional life post ESPN because even though as you said publicly that |
| 1:50.9 | um it was an amical parting of the ways and you feel like you went in some ways on your own terms |
| 1:56.5 | it's just a very unique experience to work somewhere for a long time and then not to work there. |
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