Tashan Reed and Evan Drellich of The Athletic

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Episode 279 of the Sports Media Podcast features Tashan Reed, a staff writer for The Athletic covering the Las Vegas Raiders and the host of the upcoming podcast series from The Athletic, “Between The Lines.” He is followed by Evan Drellich, a senior writer who covers the business of baseball for The Athletic and is the author of a new book, “Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess.” In this podcast, Reed discusses his narrative podcast about what it means to be Black in the NFL and explains how race impacts each level of the league’s organization chart; why this was a topic he wanted to immerse himself in; the processing of reporting and the interview subjects for the piece; whether the NFL has any incentive to change on race, and more. Drellich discusses why the story of Astros cheating scandal is important; Mike Fiers as a whistleblower and his impact on the reporting; whether baseball is truly interested in policing this; MLB condoning Jim Crane and why so many have been protective of him; the Wall Street–ization and McKinseyization of front offices and of player personnel decision-making; if the ends justify the means in sports; the smart book-buying public, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, 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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0:00.0	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad.
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0:41.1	Hey everybody. This is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer's Patrick Antonetti. Two guests this week, both from The Athletic. First up to Sean Reed. He is a
0:46.9	staff writer for the athletic who covers the Las Vegas Raiders. He's here to talk about his new
0:52.1	podcast series from The Athletic between the lines.
0:57.9	It is a podcast on what it means to be black in the NFL and how race impacts each level of the league's organizational charts.
1:08.7	And Tashan and I go deep into how that podcast game to be, the people he spoke to
1:14.1	in terms of his reporting, and why it is an important subject. He's followed by another
1:22.3	colleague of the athletic, Evan Drellich. He is a senior writer who covers the business of baseball,
1:33.7	and he's the author of a new book, Winning Fixes Everything, How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports's Biggest Mess.
1:44.8	Evendrelic discusses his book, which centers around the Astros cheating scandal and how that came to be, the whistleblowers that were used for the reporting of the book,
1:47.4	Major League Baseball condoning Jim Crane,
1:49.1	why they've been so protective of them,
1:50.9	and then sort of the Wall Streetization,
1:52.6	the McKinseyization of front offices and player personnel decision making.
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