Episode 591 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt. Van Pelt talks about whether he will be moving into ESPN’s 5 p.m. slot that used to be occupied by “Around the Horn,” the pros and cons of that time slot and how close his former partner, Ryen Russillo, came to returning to ESPN and joining him for a new show. In addition, Van Pelt talks about the controversy involving Jacksonville reporter, Lynn Jones, complementing Liam Coen during a press conferenc...
Jan 22, 2026•1 hr 20 min
Episode 590 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with NBC’s Mike Tirico. Tirico discusses what it’s like to call a dud playoff game (Chargers-Patriots) and being given the most anticipated divisional-round game in Rams-Chargers. Tirico also takes listeners through his epic call at the end of the Ravens-Steelers Week 18 game and the reaction to his performance. In addition, the longtime play-by-play caller talks about calling his first Super Bowl this February, what his Super B...
Jan 15, 2026•1 hr 12 min
Episode 589 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN host/reporter, Laura Rutledge. Rutledge talks about her crazy busy schedule during the football season, which includes hosting "NFL Live," "SEC Nation" and doing sideline reporting for "Monday Night Football" and how she balances it all. In addition, Rutledge talks about going viral a couple of times for video catching sprinting across the field after doing a halftime interview to get to the "SEC Nation" set to host th...
Jan 08, 2026•1 hr 16 min
Episode 588 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is the Sixth Annual Year-End Extravaganza with Peter Schrager and Andrew Perloff. In this episode, we each name our Sports Media Person of the Year for 2025, we talk about our favorite sports moments of the past year and riff on the top sports media stories. Just a few of the topics discussed include J.J. Watt's strong first season in the NFL booth, the Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson saga, the effect Caitlin Clark's absence had on the WNBA, ESPN buying t...
Dec 31, 2025•1 hr 42 min
Episode 587 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" begins with a brief "Traina Thoughts" segment with weekly contributor, Sal Licata, before ending with a long mailbag segment. Topics discussed during "Traina Thoughts" include some Christmas shopping stories, Sal's night at Alex Rodriguez's Christmas party, Sal getting lots of coverage for his interview with Stugotz and more. In the mailbag segment we tackle questions regarding the futures of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt at CBS; who co...
Dec 24, 2025•50 min
Episode 587 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the voice of "Monday Night Football," Joe Buck. Buck talks about ESPN's end-of-season schedule, which will include two playoff games, how he handles "storylines" while calling a game and how everyone at Disney is preparing for ABC/ESPN airing next year's Super Bowl. In addition, Buck also sheds light on the Troy Aikman-Caleb Williams dust up from earlier in the season, talks about being named the Ford C. Frick Award winner by...
Dec 18, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Episode 586 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE superstar, The Miz. The Miz, who has a long and storied history with John Cena, talks about Cena's final match, his retirement and whether he will really disappear from the WWE as he has claimed. Miz also reveals what we might not know about Cena away from the ring and pulls back the curtain on the famous storyline where Miz and his wife, Maryse, spoofed Cena and his then-girlfriend, Nikki Bella. In addition, The Miz also...
Dec 12, 2025•45 min
Episode 585 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the CBS NFL broadcast team of Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt. Watt talks about what it's been like going from the studio to the booth, what has been the most difficult thing about calling games and what it's been like calling so many Steelers games featuring his brother, T.J. Eagle and Watt each reveal what has surprised them the most about the other, while Eagle also shares his thoughts on breaking in a new partner and how that has...
Dec 09, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Episode 584 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with "College GameDay" host, Rece Davis. Davis reminisces about being at ESPN for 30 years, his early days on ESPN2 and his time as a "SportsCenter" anchor. In addition, Davis, who has now been the host of "GameDay" for 10 years, talks about what it was like to replace Chris Fowler, his favorite Lee Corso memory, whether he cares about "GameDay" ratings, why he stayed at ESPN instead of leaving for Fox, whether he thinks he can ch...
Dec 04, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Episode 583 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with ESPN President, Burke Magnus. Magnus talks about fallout from the YouTubeTV-Disney carriage dispute, whether ESPN has a public relations problem and what the new deal with YouTubeTV means for cable companies. Burke also shares his desire to get more episodes of "Inside the NBA" on ESPN in the future and how the partnership with Turner Sports for "Inside the NBA" is going, Other topics discussed include the possibility of Scot...
Nov 26, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Episode 582 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Prime Video's Al Michaels, a conversation with The Athletic's Richard Deitsch and the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. Michaels, who is currently working on a year-to-year basis with Amazon, reveals that he would like to return next season to continue his broadcasting career. Michaels also discusses Prime's strong schedule this season, the work ethic of his partner, Kirk Herbstreit, having the NFL instruct him to offer an on...
Nov 20, 2025•1 hr 56 min
Episode 581 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with "Good Morning Football's" Kyle Brandt. Brandt opens up the podcast venting about people sharing about their sports-viewing "set ups" and talks about what he goes through to watch games and explains why he likes his simple set up. Then the interview transitions to sports media talk with Brandt explaining what it's like to interview the top quarterbacks from around the NFL each week, revealing how he feels about seeing his fo...
Nov 13, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Episode 580 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is an all-Mailbag episode. The show starts off with Jimmy explaining why the podcast was delayed this week and why there isn't a main guest. The "Traina Thoughts" segment featuring Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY follows the intro. Topics covered include the YouTubeTV-ESPN carriage dispute, the passing of NFL broadcaster Bob Trumpy, the Dodgers beating the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the World Series, Sal's interview with actress Sydney Sweeney and more. Follo...
Nov 07, 2025•44 min
Episode 579 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis. The host of "The Press Box" podcast weighs in on all the latest sports media news. Topics discussed include: ESPN's coverage of the Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups gambling scandals; "Inside the NBA's" debut on ESPN; NBC's use of Michael Jordan as a "special contributor"; Joe Davis's performance calling the World Series, Stephen A. Smith continuing to go after LeBron James; ESPN's massive win wi...
Oct 30, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Episode 578 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Fox's Greg Olsen. The NFL analyst talks about what it's like to work with a different partner for a few weeks during the season, what he tries to do differently than other analysts and whether a full-time International schedule would appeal to him as a way to get a lead analyst job. In addition, Olsen explains why he doesn't want the Tush Push banned, why he thinks we're going to see fewer and few field-goal attempts in the...
Oct 23, 2025•1 hr 25 min
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 T...
Oct 14, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Episode 576 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Ryan Ruocco. Ruocco talks about calling the WNBA Finals, the constant off-the-court attention that the WNBA receives, controversies involving the refs and the commissioner, Caitlin Clark's impact, ratings and scheduling the Finals against NFL action. In addition, Ruocco talks about calling less Yankees games, but more Nets games, being in the mix for the Yankees radio job after John Sterling retired, what he loves ab...
Oct 09, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Episode 575 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Rapoport talks about the life of an insider and whether the offseason is just as busy as the season, while also describing what his day-to-day schedule is like. In addition, Rapoport explains where we stand on the NFL going to an 18-game schedule and a full-time international schedule, talks about his feelings regarding ESPN buying the NFL Network and the possibility of being colleagues with ...
Oct 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Episode 574 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN and Amazon Prime's Kirk Herbstreit. Herbstreit talks about what "College GameDay" has been like without Lee Corso, the popularity of the show's field-goal contest segment, Pat McAfee volunteering Herbstreit to donate money to the contest winners without clearing it with Herbstreit first, McAfee's viral dive in a speedo on a recent "GameDay" episode and what Nick Saban brings to "GameDay." In addition, Herbstreit breaks...
Sep 25, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Episode 573 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features two interviews. First up is ESPN's Mina Kimes, who talks about how she got her start at ESPN, transitioning into an NFL analyst, the stigma of being an NFL analyst who didn't play the game, what her typical Sunday is like, whether she'd like to be in the booth calling games one day. Kimes also discusses auditioning for the "ManningCast," the worst thing about social media becoming a cesspool, working with Dan Orlovsky and much more. Following ...
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr 51 min
Episode 572 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CBS's lead NFL play-by-play caller, Jim Nantz. Nantz talks about his game assignments for the next few weeks and CBS's overall schedule for the 2025 season. In addition, he shares his expectations that CBS's Thanksgiving game between the Chiefs and Cowboys will shatter the record for the most-viewed regular-season game of all time. Nantz also discusses his 40th anniversary at CBS, how he got his start at the network and the...
Sep 11, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 571 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with The Athletic's sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand about all the latest sports media news. Topics discussed: Charles Barkley's recent comments that he still doesn't know what's going on with "Inside the NBA" on ESPN; Fox and ESPN's over-the-top college football coverage in Week 1; Lee Corso's perfect ending; Why ESPN dropped Doris Burke and added...
Sep 04, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 570 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with legendary broadcaster, Brent Musburger. Musburger talks about finally making the Hall of Fame after winning the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, his appearance on NBC at the Hall of Fame Game and his upcoming appearance on CBS's "The NFL Today" in Week 3, where the show will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a throwback edition. In addition,...
Aug 28, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 569 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is a mix of "Traina Thoughts" with WFAN and SNY TV's Sal Licata and a mailbag answering listener questions. Topics discussed include the onslaught of sports docuseries, ESPN's new direct-to-consumer app and its best feature, preseason NFL magazines and the perils of Major League Baseball betting. In the mailbag segment, Jimmy and Sal tackle questions about the possibility of ...
Aug 21, 2025•40 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 568 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with TNT's Mike Golic Jr, who will be an analyst for Big 12 college football games this season. Golic Jr. talks about going into a full-time role as an analyst after working just four games last year, the changing television landscape in college football and trying to keep up with which teams are in which conference. In addition, Golic reveals the best...
Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 567 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, Cody Rhodes. The man known as the "American Nightmare" talks about his SummerSlam match against John Cena, how it felt winning the title for a second time, how banged up he was after the match, the positive reaction to the match, a special moment he had with Cena and whether a heel turn for him at SummerSlam was ...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 566 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features two guests plus the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. First up is Puck's sports correspondent, John Ourand, who shares insight into the blockbuster ESPN-NFL Media deal. Ourand explains why each company wanted to make this deal, what it will mean for the presentation of NFL "RedZone" and the NFL Network and how ESPN's upcoming direct-to-consumer $29.99 app is the foca...
Aug 07, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 565 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's Peter Schrager Schrager goes in-depth about his decision to leave the NFL Network and "Good Morning Football" for ESPN, why he wasn't nervous about making the big career move and how he feels about his time on GMFB. Schrager also reveals when his role will be at ESPN once the NFL season begins, whether we'll see him during "Monday Night Foo...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 40 min
Presented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/simedia Episode 564 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with The Ringers's Editor-At-Large, Bryan Curtis about all the latest sports media news. Topics covered include the partnership between Fox Sports and Barstool sports, which company needs the other more, why Barstool's daily FS1 show is more intriguing than the "Big Noon Kickoff" deal, the battle between "Big Noon Kickoff" and "College GameDay," Barsto...
Jul 24, 2025•58 min
Episode 563 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with the host of the NFL Red Zone, Scott Hanson Hanson talks about his recent contract negotiations with the NFL and how he thought he was done with Red Zone before eventually signing a new four-year contract that will give him 20 years as the host. Hanson also discusses the Red Zone's wild popularity and things fans have done to show their love for Hanson, including naming their dogs, "Ocotbox" and putting references to Red Zon...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 23 min
