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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
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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

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CBS Sports VP of Production/Sr. Creative Pete Radovich, Jr. has won 45 Sports Emmys. He has been behind CBS/Paramount+’s excellent Champions League coverage and has some of the greatest creative pieces in the fabled network’s history. Radovich is the guest on a 35-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
The Rundown …
* How Radovich’s job works from the opening teases of Super Bowls to Champions League
* How do you cut through in a second screen world
* Why Radovich & his team have leaned in to the human interest angles
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* The CBS 2018 John Malkovich classic before the AFC Championship game
* How do he get Malkovich to do it
* The reaction it received globally even eight years later
* Winning not only Sports Emmys, but also Cannes Lions
* The Army-Navy tease with editor Anthony Cortese that same year was also special
* Why the Army-Navy teases are so important
* How Radovich grew up with professional soccer
* The reason behind the Champions League approach toward hardcore fans
* Telling Peter Schmeichel & Jamie Carragher that if you would do a segment in Europe than do it here
* How he sat down with Sean McManus and David Berson about the approach
* How Radovich’s “Inside The NFL” producing led to the Champions studio team
* Why host Kate Scott was Radovich’s first hire
* The behind-the-scenes story of how CBS/Paramount ended up with the team of Scott, Carragher, Thierry Henry and Michah Richards
* Radovich produced a four-part history of “Inside The NBA” that really allowed him to get inside the mind of its producer Tim Kiely
* How producers Ben Strauber and Jeff Gerttula worked to put together the chemistry on the studio show, but it is like trying to predict a blind date
* Radovich is always flying internationally for work
* How Radovich broke into the business with no connections as his parents were immigrants from Croatia, but he had friend named Zak Ivkovic
* Lisa Lax and NBC gave him his intern first break
* How showing up on days he wasn’t assigned sprung his break into a job
* Radovich has never had a resume
* Radovich’s parents emigrated from Croatia and his love for the country
* Croatia is half the population of New Jersey, which makes the Croatia’s World Cup success even more amazing
* Who is the best Croatian athlete in history … and how Radovich is friends with this person
Some Related Podcasts: Fred Gaudelli …Drew Esocoff …Pete Macheska …Ian Eagle … Jim Nantz
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Who is the greatest MLB play-by-player of all-time? Who is in the Top 10 from TV and radio?
Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel rank their all-time Major League Play-by-Players. Each host used their own criteria to come up with their Top 10.
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At No. 10, Meterparel had a shocker, at least to Marchand, while Marchand wrestled with his No. 1 choice until the last moment. Marchand also had one surprise legend that didn’t make his Top 10.
Play-by-players moved up and down the big boards and many great ones were left on the bubble.
The envelope please on the 38-minute all-time sports media podcast.
Some of the names considered: Sean McDonough, Bob Murphy, Joe Davis, Bob Costas, Skip Caray, Marty Brennaman, Jack Buck, Joe Buck, Bob Uecker, Gary Cohen, Al Michaels, Boog Sciambi, Jon Miller, Keith Jackson, Howie Rose, Dan Shulman; Harry Kalas, Ted Robinson, Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Jason Benetti, Michael Kay, Harry Caray, Ernie Harwell, Brian Anderson & Duane Kuiper.
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* On Deck: CBS’ Pete Radovich