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In the 43-minute sports media podcast, Ian Rapoport joins Andrew Marchand to discuss his future with NFL Network moving to ESPN and his contract being up in May. Plus, what Rapoport thinks about possibly teaming with Adam Schefter. And more.

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THE RUNDOWN …

* Rapoport on how he became a diehard Mets’ fan and 1986

* How many texts per day for Rapoport

* Rapoport went to Columbia and wanted to be a lawyer

* What interning on ESPN’s '“SportsCentury” was like

* A few gutsy moves that led him to football

* The tremendous story how he landed at the Boston Herald

* The unplanned way he ended up at NFL Network and then an insider

* How NFLN helped Rapoport with his lack of experience

* The stories Rapoport broke that he is most proud of

* The stories Rapoport wishes he had a do-over on

* The big scoop this year that friends were asking if he were hacked

* The Manscape suspension was funny, but really a great lesson

* How does Rapoport feel about the ESPN-NFL deal

* Marchand said that he was told that Rapoport’s contract is up in May, which Rapoport confirmed

* How Rapoport thinks he and Schefter could be like ‘The Avengers’

* His relationship with Schefter

* How far along is he in the process in talking with the Jimmy Pitaro and Burke Mangnus-types at ESPN

* What was it like working for Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football

* How did the Pat McAfee relationship happen

* What happened with the Jordan Schultz incident last year at Starbucks

* How Mike Florio had the story right away and how his good buddy, Mike Garafolo, was on the photo

* Have Rapoport and Schultz made up

* Why the insider game is important ….

* Rapoport on where the scoops come from

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