The Athletic's Colton Pouncy on covering one of the most interesting teams in professional sports — the Detroit Lions

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Episode 530 of the Sports Media Podcast features Colton Pouncy, the Detroit Lions reporter for The Athletic and the co-host of "Welcome to Detroit," a Lions podcast with Nick Baumgardner. In this podcast, Pouncy discussed his objectives for covering training camp; why Lions head coach Dan Campbell is such as great quote; where the Lions sit among NFC teams; what it would mean if Detroit ever won a Super Bowl; the media schedule for Lions media people; how much access an NFL beat reporter gets; advice for young people who want to cover the NFL 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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0:45.1	I'm your host, Richard Deich.
0:46.1	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:48.5	One guest on this episode, my colleague at the Athletic.
0:52.6	Colton Pouncey is the Detroit Lions reporter for that
0:56.6	publication. He's covered the Lions for four years. So he's one of the most interesting beats,
1:01.2	in my opinion, in the NFL right now, just given where the Lions are. If you're a college football
1:05.4	fan, the name may be familiar. He previously covered Michigan State football for a couple of years prior to his Lions work.
1:14.7	The Lions have started training camp this week.
1:17.8	So like our previous guest, Joe Buscalia, Colton is an excellent guy to have on this week.
1:22.5	I do want to mention that he and Nick Baumgartner have their own podcast.
1:27.4	Welcome to Detroit, which is a
1:29.6	alliance podcast that you can find wherever you get your podcast. And that is highly recommended
1:36.4	if you are a Lions fan. And with that, I bring Colton Pouncey. Welcome. Yeah, thanks for
1:41.6	having me. This is awesome. You got it, man. All right. So here's where I want to start.
1:45.2	Like, I'm just kind of fascinated by like many, many years ago, like 1923, Colton.
1:51.9	I was at two Buffalo Bills training camps, so over two summers locally.
1:57.9	And it was like really always fascinating to me.
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