Jim Trotter and Steve Wyche of NFL Media and authors Kavitha Davidson (who also works at The Athletic) Jessica Luther

Episode 112 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features four guests. First up is Steve Wyche and Jim Trotter. Both are reporters for NFL Media, where they frequently appear on the NFL Network. They are co-hosting a new podcast, "Huddle and Flow."

They are followed by Kavitha Davidson of The Athletic and author and writer Jessica Luther. They are the co-authors of  “Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan.”

In this podcast, Wyche and Trotter discuss their new podcast, Huddle and Flow and what they plan to bring to listeners; why Washington coach Ron Rivera was on the first pod; what they expect from NFL players this far as activism on the field in either the pregame and postgame and what they expect the public reaction to be; Tom Brady moving to Tampa Bay; is this the best group of quarterbacks in history; surprise NFL teams in 2020 from both guests, and more.

Davidson and Luther discuss why they wrote the book; your conscience vs. your fandom; the relationship between sports, society and doping; feeling like an outsider because of your gender and race in the sports media; whether true diversity can be achieved in the sports media; owning your own content in the space; marginalized people in the sports media and more.

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