SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo + Traina Thoughts
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Episode 577 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo.
The radio Hall of Famer shares his opinions on Major League Baseball's new television deals, MLB's decision to carve up their games to as many broadcast services as possible and who he would want as NBC's lead MLB voice next season. Russo also weighs in on the implementation of the ABS Challenge System for 2026.
Other topics discussed with Russo include Molly Qerim's departure from "First Take," why he isn't as excited for the Bruce Springsteen biopic as he was for the Bob Dylan bio pic, interviewing Scottie Scheffler's father at the Ryder Cup and much more.
Following Russo, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, Jimmy provides an important update on ESPN's new app, both guys discuss dream interviews and they reminisce about an old-school 1980's WWE angle.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to SI Media with Jimmy Trainer. |
| 0:05.9 | Thank you, thank you. |
| 0:06.9 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:08.7 | I don't need to sell this episode too hard. |
| 0:13.1 | Simply put, we have the mad dog, Chris Rousseau, on the show today. |
| 0:17.2 | And I can go through all the topics, but you just have to listen because it's all over the place when dogs on. |
| 0:22.6 | He did talk a little bit about Molly Kiram, leaving first take in ESPN, getting to a lot of things with baseball and their television future. |
| 0:30.6 | Why the Bruce Springsteen fanatic is not as excited for the Bruce movie as he was for the Bob Dylan movie. |
| 0:37.1 | A lot of stuff. We're all over the place with the doggie. And you will enjoy that thoroughly. And then, of course, Salakata and Trayna thoughts follow. Before we get to it, let me just tell you two things. One, you need to subscribe slash follow. S.I.M. With Jimmy Trana, wherever you are listening to this podcast. If you're already not a subscriber, |
| 0:59.5 | please hit that subscribe or follow button. It is very important. And if you missed any recent episodes, |
| 1:04.3 | you can go on the archives and check them out. Recent guests on this podcast this past month include Ryan Ruko from ESPN, Ian Rapport from the NFL Network, Kirk Herb Street, |
| 1:10.2 | Mina Kime, Seth Rollins, Jim Nance. So make sure, if you missed any of those, |
| 1:14.8 | you give them a listen. Make sure you subscribe to SI Media with Jimmy Trana. |
| 1:18.5 | And if you want an email read on the show, feel free to send one of those in and also |
| 1:23.4 | leave a review on Apple. All right, let's get to it. Christopher Mad Dog Russo from Sirius XM, followed by Salakata all right here, right now. |
| 1:34.2 | On SI Media with Jimmy Traynor. |
| 1:37.6 | All right, joining me now. |
| 1:39.9 | It's been a year since he's been on. |
| 1:41.9 | We had to fix that. |
| 1:43.5 | We have the doggy with us, Christopher Mad Dogg. |
| 1:46.1 | Rousseau from Sirius XM first take, Vice Sports. |
| 1:49.1 | He's all over the place. |
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