Every week on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, host Jimmy Traina sits down for an informal conversation with the biggest broadcasters, athletes, sports personalities, celebrities, and anybody else interested in sports or media. Plus, get a window into the storylines Jimmy is following closest in the weekly Traina Thoughts segment.
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It’s absolutely true, blondes really do have more fun! My name is Melissa Pfeister and as a full-time sports-aholic, mom of three maniacs under 7, wife, nutritionist, and a health & wellness coach, I can use a little something saucy on the side. Welcome to Side Piece, a place I come to get away from the 24/7 craziness of life. We typically ask a series of fun rapid-fire questions about things ranging from playing ball, food, fitness, music and more. Each episode is full of lots of laughs & g ...
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Join David Smale, author and sports journalist, as he sits down with fascinating guests that make up the world of sports. For more than 40 years, he has interviewed people in sports and helped to tell their stories. The show brings a fun and intimate look into those sports connections.
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Sixth Annual Year-End Extravaganza with Peter Schrager and Andrew Perloff
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1:41:43Episode 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.…
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Football GM, Exec & Legend SCOTT PIOLI!!!
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18:53Scott and I get into all his decades of dominating in the NFL, including helping to run 6 different teams, winning 3 Super Bowl championships with the Patriots alongside great friend Bill Bellichick. Scott is a superstar and champion with everything he does and boy is he doing even more awesomeness now! This episode is as incredible as Bill, you ca…
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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 w…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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, …
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Superstar Country Music Star CHASE RICE!!!
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31:38By MELISSA PFEISTER
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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" …
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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. M…
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Dodgers 2x World Champion JUSTIN WROBLESKI!!!
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31:51Yes we have a Dodgers 2x World Champion in the Side Piece house, baby!! You won’t even believe this rockstar is only 25 years old and just started with the Dodgers last year grabbing his first World Championship! Justin and I dive into how it has been playing with the greatest to be in MLB like Yamamoto and Shohei Otani. We of course chat the World…
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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 …
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Mailbag: YouTubeTV vs. ESPN; Drew Brees and more
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44:23Episode 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 NF…
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Bryan Curtis on the Latest Sports Media News
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1:21:12Episode 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 …
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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 analys…
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4 Time NBA Champion JOHN SALLEY - Part 2!
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THE JOHN SALLEY is in the Side Piece house, baby!! Yes it’s the same John Salley who is the first player in NBA history to win championships with three different teams! And by the way, John has won not 3 but 4 championships! Oh wait, there’s more… AND John is the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three different decades! John is an a…
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SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo + Traina Thoughts
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1:13:52Episode 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…
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ESPN's Ryan Ruocco + Traina Thoughts
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1:22:48Episode 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…
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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 schedul…
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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 H…
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Yes it’s true Brian Urlacher, NFL absolute legend and Hall of Famer, is in the Side Piece house, baby!! I’ve been lucky enough to know Brian over 10 years now and let me tell you, he just gets funnier and funnier! And what fun we had! Brian and I chat his incredible 13 years not only playing in the NFL but playing for only one team, da Bears! We di…
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ESPN's Mina Kimes and WWE's Seth Rollins
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1:50:37Episode 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 di…
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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 rec…
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Andrew Marchand on Charles Barkley NCAA Football Coverage & More
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1:16:59Presented 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…
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Brent Musburger on 'The NFL Today's' 50th Anniversary
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1:18:23Presented 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…
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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, pre…
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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…
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