Roundtable: LeBron James exposes the attention economy

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 491 of the Sports Media Podcast features a roundtable discussion with Donnovan Bennett of Sportsnet (Canada), Chad Finn of The Boston Globe and Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss how networks will cover upcoming international events such as the Olympics, the World Cup and soccer matchups given the changing United States relationship with former allies; J.J. Watt joining Ian Eagle on CBS's No. 2 NFL team; Charles Davis taking over for Gary Danielson in 2026 and Danielson's announcement to retire from college football broadcasting; ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball final year; LeBron James' interview with Pat McAfee; Stephen A Smith's response to that interview; ESPN no longer pretending the E is not their most important letter; Smith legacy's and the legacy of attention getting in sports 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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0:57.5	Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host, Richard Deich. My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
1:16.2	This is a sports media roundtable, and I have three great guests. John Lewis is the founder and editor of sports media watch.
1:22.7	He's certainly been on this podcast many times before. Chad Finn is the fine sports media columnist for the Boston Globe,
1:29.4	as well as in general columnist there. Donovan Bennett, who has been a guest on this podcast before,
1:34.2	first time though he's part of a roundtable. He is a great host and podcaster for Sportsnet
1:39.3	in Canada. Also hosts the Going Deep with Donovan Bennett podcast.
1:45.2	Highly recommend that.
1:49.6	There's a lot of stuff that's sort of happening or has happened in sports media.
2:03.1	And we discuss, we certainly discuss LeBron's interview with Pat McAfee, Stephen A. Smith's response to that and the whole attention economy and what it means for you as a consumer and how athletes are reacting.
2:12.7	Get into the news in the NFL regarding JJ Watt becoming the number two NFL analyst along with Iron Eagle.
2:13.6	That'll start this year.
2:18.7	Charles Davis will take over for Gary Danielson on college football for CBS in 2026. Gary Danielson will retire. Then Charles Davis will be part of a number three or number
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