Richard Deitsch and Mike Vaccaro

SI Media With Jimmy Traina

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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Episode 608 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features segments with Richard Deitsch of “Sports Business Journal” and Mike Vaccaro of the “New York Post.”

The podcast kicks off with Jimmy and Deitsch discussing the latest sports media news. Topics include ratings for the NFL draft, NBA playoffs and Kentucky Derby, the status of “Inside the NBA,” CBS having interest in Russell Wilson, whether ESPN should have interest in Steve Kerr, the future of Dianna Russini and much more.

Following Deitsch, Vaccaro joins the podcast to discuss the legendary career of John Sterling. The columnist details his relationship with Sterling while explaining what made Sterling unique and analyzing Sterling’s massive popularity among Yankees fans.

Following Vaccaro, Sal Licata, from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s topics include Jimmy’s review of Netflix’s Hulk Hogan documentary, the Kentucky Derby, the Knicks’ playoff run, Sal’s issue with Mother’s Day, Ben Stiller choosing the Met Gala over the Sixers-Knicks playoff game and more.

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1:05.2	show this week so i'm going to keep it short here at the top we have richard dynch to kick things off about all of the latest sports media news that's going on. Then we have Mike Baccaro from The New York Post to talk about the career of John Sterling, passed away earlier this week. And then, of course, Traynor thoughts with Sal Licata. So three segments. So I'll make this quick. Make sure you are a subscriber to SI Media with Jimmy Trana.
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1:37.4	We had Kyle Brand from the NFL Network on last week.
1:39.9	He was tremendous as always.
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