Sports Columnist Bob Kravitz on Ripping The Athletic + Traina Thoughts
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Episode 451 of "SI Media with Jimmy Traina," features an interview with longtime sports columnist Bob Kravitz.
Kravitz was laid off from The Athletic last month and recently wrote a scathing Substack article about his time at the company. Kravitz goes in-depth on his time at the Athletic telling him he had to generate a large amount of subscriptions while he was recovering from quadruple bypass surgery. He also talks about the reaction he got from his Substack article, the state of sports media, how social media changed the game and much more.
Following Kravitz, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, Jimmy and Sal discuss the myriad issues Sal is having with his new schedule, why each of them is pumped up for the NFL season and the Netflix series, "Quarterback." They also read Apple reviews listeners left for the month of July
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| 1:35.0 | Welcome everyone to SI Media with Jimmy Trana. Thank you so much for listening. We have an excellent show this week. We have Bob Kravitz, former writer from the Indianapolis Star and the Athletic. Bob was laid off from the Athletic last month and then last week wrote a scathing |
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