Roman Reigns and Andy Staples
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Episode 403 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features two interviews.
First up is WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. Reigns opens up about Vince McMahon's controversial retirement from the company, what McMahon's departure means for him personally, his new part-time schedule and a possible WrestleMania match against the Rock. Reigns also explains the differences in getting a pop from a promo and a move, discusses the challenges of fatherhood and shares his reaction to seeing his "Acknowledge Me" boxer briefs, sold on WWE.com, for the first time.
Following Reigns, Andy Staples, who covers college football for "The Athletic" joins the podcast to talk about the Big Ten's recent media deals with CBS and NBC, what it means for college football viewers and how it impacts the SEC. Staples also talks about whether USC and UCLA have impact across the country, the future of the Pac 12 Network, Urban Meyer's return to Fox's pregame show, the Netflix Manti Te'o documentary and more
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| 0:00.0 | Walter Isakson set out to write about a world-changing genius in Elon Musk and found a man addicted to chaos and conspiracy. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a fingertip feel for social emotional networks. |
| 0:13.4 | The book launched a thousand hot takes, |
| 0:15.3 | so I sat down with Isakson to try to get past the noise. |
| 0:18.0 | I like the fact that people who say I'm not as tough on Musk |
| 0:21.4 | as I should be are always using anecdotes for my book to show why we should be tough on Musk. |
| 0:27.0 | Join me, Evan Ratliff, for On Musk with Walter Isickson. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the Cole Case Podcast, zone 7. |
| 0:40.0 | Join us every Wednesday to hear cases like the Long Island serial killer. |
| 0:45.0 | You show like genuine interest and you can't fake it but these guys can see like right |
| 0:51.1 | through to your soul so you have to be like prepared. If you |
| 0:55.1 | don't know your stuff they're gonna just call you out. Listen to Zone 7 |
| 0:59.2 | with Cheryl McCollum on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of. |
| 1:12.0 | That's why we launched The Big Take. It's a daily |
| 1:15.0 | podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit to give |
| 1:20.4 | you some space to think. I'm Wes Kossova. Each weekday I dig into one important story |
| 1:27.0 | and talk about why it matters. Listen to the big take on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
| 1:35.0 | Welcome everyone to the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast. |
| 1:42.0 | I am your host Jimmy Trina, thank you for listening. |
| 1:45.4 | Great show this week. |
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