Marchand Sports Media

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Fox’s $22 billion deal for Roku is a game changing acquisition for the future of live sports distribution. Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel dissect what it means.
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Plus, the duo hits on many subjects, including:
* Grading the post-TNT NBA TV deals after one season
* Going deep into how Mike Breen & ABC/ESPN did on the Finals
* The future rights roadmap for the NHL & MLB
* How has Zlatan & Fox’s World Cup coverage been so far
* Assessing ESPN’s plans for its No. 2 NFL team
* What to make of the White House UFC event
It is a 33-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
Names in the Pod: Howard Cosell, The Murdochs, Pat McAfee, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Tyler Murray, John Strong, Stu Holden, Lionel Messi, Marv Albert, Burke Magnus, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson, Victor Wembanyama, Mike Tirico, Ian Eagle, Stan Van Gundy, Taylor Rooks, Tim Legler, Richard Jefferson, Dylan Harper, De'Aaron Fox, Karl Anthony-Towns, Sean McDonough, Ray Ferraro, Emily Kaplan, Rod Brind'Amour, Brandon Bussi, Gary Bettman, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Alexi Lalas, Rebecca Lowe, Thierry Henry, Taylor Twellman, Dave Pasch, Bob Wischusen, Jason Kelce, Kurt Warner, Louis Riddick, Steve Levy, Joe Tessitore, Dana White, Donald Trump, Bo Nickal & Matt Hong. Cakes Are Baking: Oliver Kahn, Wade Boggs & Andy Pettitte.

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Andrew Marchand reported in The Athletic that ESPN and Pat McAfee are in negotiations for a $60-$65M per year extension.
Marchand & Puck’s John Ourand go deep into why it may be a smart move and why it may be crazy.
Plus, who will broadcast the World Cup in four years, YouTube’s sports future after being shut out of the NFL and President Trump vs. Stephen A.
It is all in the 36-minute podcast.
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The Rundown …
* Why would ESPN offer McAfee $60-65M per year now
* McAfee has some of the most powerful people in media repping him
* Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro started with a $100M per year proposal
* The value for ESPN of the major commissioners seemingly loving McAfee
* The issues for ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro and Burke Magnus
* What ESPN should really be known for
* What is actually selling ESPN Unlimited
* The reason why you go early if you are McAfee
* How the potential deal could impact other big negotiations
* Who is in the McAfee/Stephen A. tier at ESPN
* In 2030, who will be the broadcast home of the World Cup
* Why Apple may not be counted out of that one, though someone else is Marchand & Ourand’s favorite for the 2030 World Cup
* After failing to pick up more NFL games, what to make of YouTube’s sports future
* Christian Oestlien was The Main Event in Feb. and explained YouTube’s Realignment Vision
* The NFL can’t play bully ball with the big digital companies
* Why there will be no favors later if you give the NFL your milk money now
* Ourand was at Game 3 of The Finals with President Trump
* Larry David’s hand movements during the game
* Trump goes after Stephen A., what happens next

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ESPN currently has the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup night after night. It will have its first Super Bowl in February. Why the World Series could be next.
It is a 30-minute “Everybody Loves Sports Media” podcast with Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel"
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The Rundown ….
* Why ESPN could be eyeing the World Series next …
* How Ray Ferraro has excelled on the Stanley Cup
* Giving ESPN its due for the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup
* LIV Golf has gone from bad to worse
* Fox Sports’ bad luck on a good baseball idea
* Grading Mike Breen, Tim Legler and Richard Jefferson
* How much would you pay for a top ticket to an event
* Why “Inside The NBA” is paying off for ESPN in the Finals
* How Mark Messier has improved
* The chances of ESPN and TNT Sports of getting an early deal done with the NHL
* Why Linda Schulz’ ESPN team on the NHL is doing well
* How to rate the Russell Wilson and Kyle Long hires by CBS’ NFL Today
* The Kevin Burkhardt super power dissected
* Will this be Fox’s last World Cup
* Zlatan Ibrahimović will be a lightning rod
* Rich Eisen’s new SportsCenter lookback special
* Condolences and remembrances for Stacey King, Bryce Adair and Ned Jarrett
* Papa Clicker Book Reviews: Chuck Klosterman’s Football and Giri Nathan’s Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis
* Cakes Are Baking Game: Tedy Bruschi, Udonis Haslem & Christian McCaffery
* Remembering Uncle Allen
* Sign-up: Off the Record with Matt Hong on June 9th
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* On Deck: Marchand & Ourand

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Kevin Burkhardt has reached the pinnacle of sportscasting, having called two Super Bowls and hosted countless World Series, but what may separate him is what he does off the camera as much as on … in how he treats others.
Burkhardt discusses his big breaks from a small station in New Jersey to WFAN to SNY to FOX. He goes into detail about the thrill of working with Tom Brady, Greg Olsen, Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez.
Burkhardt is the guest on a 36-minute edition of “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
THE RUNDOWN …
* What was shaping Kevin Burkhardt as a kid
* Growing up in North Jersey, his whole family were New York fans, but not Kevin
* Burkhardt was a big MLB radio guy as his family did not have cable
* The influence of WFAN on Burkhardt
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* When Burkhardt entered the business, he wasn’t thinking Super Bowls & World Series
* His first job out of college, he had to worry that the signal wouldn’t work
* The old engineer who mentored Burkhardt
* Why Burkhardt enjoyed and valued the journey
* What was Burkhardt’s first break …. on The FAN & Mike & the Mad Dog
* Marchand says Burkhardt is the best sideline TV reporter ever
* The advice that SNY Mets’ producer, Gregg Picker, gave Burkhardt
* Gary Cohen, Ron Darling & Keith Hernandez’ important move for him
* Curt Gowdy Jr. took Burkhardt up on wanting to do more and made him versatile
* How Burkhardt got his Fox break and legendary director Bill Webb’s influence
* The story behind how Burkhardt was shocked in 2013 when Fox offered him a full NFL play-by-play job
* How he tries to relate to stars like Jeter, Ortiz & Rodriguez, which he is calling a game with on Saturday, June 6th, between the Yankees-Red Sox
* Why Burkhardt raves about Jeter
* Ortiz is a “giant teddy bear”
* How A-Rod really wanted to be good on TV
* Why Pete Rose was a little dicier than the current crew
* Burkhardt covered Olsen’s high school games, which helped their bond
* Olsen’s practice game was unbelievable
* What is the process in terms of getting to know Tom Brady up to speed at Fox
* Brady didn’t do something for TV that most other players do
* M-Fing the GOAT & Brady loving it
* How the relationship with Brady has grown from golf to dinners
* The reactions to Brady when they are out is like the Beatles
* The Brady-Burkhardt strategy to deal with Brady’s fame on the field
* The Micah Parsons & Trevon Diggs picture before a game with Brady
* What it meant to Burkhardt that Brady called him as good a teammate as he has ever had
* The fun they have on set with everyone together
Related Podcasts: Ian Eagle … Joe Buck .. Jim Nantz …Booger McFarland … Jason Benetti … Ryan Ruocco … Boomer Esiason ... Chris Russo … Chris Oliviero
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* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel

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With the NBA Finals pitting the Knicks vs. Wemby, Adam Silver can’t lose. Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel explain why, plus compare and grade top NBA and MLB broadcasting teams, while going in-depth on a variety of topics in the 36-minute sports media podcast.
— The Headlines: Adam Silver & The Finals, Grading the NBA on NBC, The ABC/ESPN NBA Finals top storyline, Marchand’s Mike Breen column & Ben Stiller & The Top 10 All-Time MLB feedback.
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— What’s Up/What’s Down Candidates: Silver, Alex Rodriguez, NHL on TNT Studio Show, Eric Collins
— The Questions: Where the duo goes in-depth
* Why do Marchand & Meterparel grade NBC’s overall coverage of the NBA the way they do from Mike Tirico to Reggie Miller to Jamal Crawford to nostalgia to Maria Taylor to Carmelo Anthony to Tracy McGrady to Vince Carter and introductions
* Assessing the ESPN booth of Breen, Tim Legler & Richard Jefferson post-Doris Burke on the eve of The Finals
* The Matchup: Tirico/Miller/Crawford vs. Breen/Legler/Jefferson: Who ya got
* Breaking down the Marchand and Ben Stiller tweets as Meterparel gives Marchand a nickname
* The feedback of Meterparel picking Keith Jackson for his Top MLB play-by-players, while Marchand left Bob Costas out of his and more
* What is misunderstood about Joe Buck and the level of scrutiny today
* Why Pete Radovich, last week’s Main Event, has such a good idiom for how soccer should be done and why Fox and Netflix will hopefully follow
* What TNT’s soccer coverage is getting right with its play-by-player Luke Wileman
* Everybody Loves Local: Grading the Boston Red Sox/NESN team of Dave O’Brien, Lou Merloni and reporter Jahmai Webster and does it beat YES’ booth
* Assessing Sports Illustrated laying off Michael Rosenberg, Greg Bishop & Stephanie Apstein
* Cakes are Baking Game (Play Along): Alexi Lalas, Derek Lowe & Morgan Freeman
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* On Deck: Kevin Burkhardt is the Main Event