NFL Broadcasting/Kaepernick Nike Roundtable. PLUS: Scott Hanson & Liam McHugh

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Episode 21 of the Sports Media Podcast features four guests. The first segment is a roundtable with Black Sports Online founder and editor Robert Littal and Newsday sports columnist and reporter Neil Best. In the podcast, the three of us discuss what CBS, Fox, ESPN, and NBC have in store for you this year when it comes to the NFL; the changes we are most curious about regarding the networks that air NFL games; how the networks will cover the intersection of social justice and football; our thoughts on how the Colin Kaepernick/Nike story has played out over the first few days; opportunism in the sports media and cable television regarding Kaepernick; the new ESPN Monday Night Football booth and much more. The next segment features Scott Hanson, the longtime host of of NFL RedZone, as well as co-host of NFL Network’s NFL Total Access along with Lindsay Rhodes. We discuss why people are interested in the NFL Red Zone; who he envisions is his audience; how many people watch; the changes to this year’s production; why people were so fascinated by him taking a bathroom break last year; Tom Brady being a fan of the show, and much more. The final guest, NBC’s McHugh, discusses his new hosting role on Football Night In America; whether versatility in sports broadcasting is something that can be monetized; his work hosting the NHL and the Olympics; his dream of doing something with international soccer; working in different parts of the country before landing at NBC, why we don’t hear much about him away from the camera; what he hopes to do in the future, and much 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	Hey, everybody. This is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer, as always, is Lou Pellegrino.
0:07.6	Three parts of this podcast this week, multiple guests, but I think you're going to enjoy it. First off, we have a roundtable discussion with Robert Lattel of Black Sports Online and Neil Best of Newsday.
0:18.2	We get into what we will be looking for from all the different networks this year who cover and broadcast the NFL, as well as a pretty deep discussion on the coverage so far of Colin Kaepernick's signing with Nike and subsequent commercial release.
0:34.8	After that is Scott Hansen, the host of the NFL Network's NFL Red Zone.
0:41.9	And we get into basically what Scott does, why people are interested in what he does,
0:47.0	and who he thinks is watching, and the most memorable feedback that he's gotten so far,
0:51.2	which would be Tom Brady coming up to him and telling him that he is a fan of
0:55.7	what he does. And then we end with Liam McHugh, who is one of the most versatile studio hosts going
1:00.5	today. He works at NBC. He's now part of football. Actually, it was before, but he's now the on-site
1:06.0	host of Football Night in America. I think a lot of people know Liam from his work, obviously, is the lead host of NBC's NHL coverage, as well as being at the Olympic Games over the last couple
1:15.3	years and Notre Dame. He's got a lot of, a lot of irons in the fire. And we talk about just
1:21.8	being versatile, which is what Liam, his calling card is and how it's really forged him a great
1:27.1	career. So multiple conversations,
1:29.3	multiple guests, Robert Lattel, Neil Best up first, then followed by Scott Hansen,
1:33.2	then followed by Liam McHugh, all coming up on the Sports Media podcast with Richard Deich.
1:38.8	All right, and as I said at the top, we bring in Robert LaTal, a frequent guest of this podcast from BSO, Black
1:46.6	Sports Online, and Neil Best, who has been on this podcast before, a reporter and columnist,
1:52.1	as I said at the top at Newsday. Rob and Neil, thank you very much for joining me today.
1:59.2	And let's just get going right away. The NFL season starts today
2:02.4	as I am taping this podcast on NBC tonight. It is not Thursday night football, but it is
2:09.9	Sunday night football presented on Thursday. And so, Neil, I want to start with you. And this is
2:15.5	very open-ended, but what are you most interested
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