Last Word On Sports Media Podcast

On the newest edition of our Monday-Friday "daily" on this podcast feed, Mike Gill returns with news, ratings and some quick takes on several sports media/broadcasting coverage:

Caitlin Clark’s season finale averaged 2.5 MILLION viewers—cable’s most-viewed WNBA game ever.

Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit blasting the refs on Thursday night football gets high marks from him

Where will former ESPN.com senior NBA writer Zach Lowe end up next? Mike has the odds!

Plus, props for Jason Benetti and his ‘beautiful call’ during Tigers’ improbable run to the post-season and the Oakland A's final home game coverage, as well.

It's all on the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

It's the Thursday edition of the "daily" on the podcast feed and host T.J. Rives returns, while keeping an eye on Hurricane Helene roaring just west of him in the Gulf of Mexico and towards the panhandle of Florida, then into Georgia Friday.

While staying safe, T.J. discusses and reports on:

Caitlin Clark and her amazing story with the WNBA's Indiana Fever and their surging audience and attendance has come to an end for this season, as they were eliminated from the playoffs by the Connecticut Sun Wednesday night. What will this do to the overall audience, including the Las Vegas Aces going for a 3 peat?

Also, there's breaking news about ESPN/ESPN.com doing away with another prominent media member from their staff. We have more.

And, it's a big night for Amazon Prime as the Dallas Cowboys (the #1 draw in T.V. Sports by far) will play at the New York Giants Thursday night. Will this game smash audience highs for their football package? Will Al Michaels be enthused (as he should) to call this matchup?

We go over it all on the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe to thiis feed for all the content on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.

It's the newest edtion of our Monday-Friday "daily" pod, Mike Gill is back with news involving NFL announcers and the Netflix Christmas Day broadcasts, the solid year that Sunday night baseball has put together for ESPN and what longtime Sportscenter anchor is now going to work part time with an NHL team?

Mike has more on how Fox Sports has reportedly denied Netflix's request to use their #1 team of Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady for one of their Christmas Day broadcasts coming up. What will the streamer that paid hundreds of millions for the two games end up doing for commentators?

Also, the ESPN/ABC Monday night doubleheader scored with audience, especially the Washington Commanders/Cincinnati Bengals game on ABC. 

And guess who was back in the New York Yankees radio booth, just in time for the upcoming post season and also to call another Aaron Judge home run? Why, it was John Sterling on Tuesday night. Mike has more and his take on whether the Yankees are doing the right or wrong thing for the other announcers and confused fans by having Sterling unretire at the very end of the season?

It's all part of the "LWOS Media Daily" on this podcast feed and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!!

Lots of football, both NFL and college, but some mix of the WNBA playoffs succeeding and some announcers doing it well are all part of the latest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast."

Host T.J. Rives returns with co-host Mike Gill to go over it all, including how did Tom Brady do on Fox Sports with his latest broadcast this past Sunday of Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys? The guys also talk whether the Monday night doubleheader for ESPN/ABC should become a permanent thing and which announce crew for the NFL does Mike really enjoy the best?

They also go over the college football numbers and how CBS won the week with the first ever USC vs. Michigan Big Ten regular season game in their afternoon slot. Is there SEC fatigue costing ESPN/ABC some audience? Although, it should rebound for Alabama and Georgia this coming Saturay? And, does the public care less now about "Coach Prime" and Colorado?

And, they also talk the WNBA playoffs going head to head with an NFL Sunday slate of acition and actually getting some audience (mostly due to Caitlin Clark playing). But, shouldn't they have been playing all of their games on Sunday night?

Finally, the guys sallute a couple of play by play guys who have been doing it well on the big time level with their calls last week.

Hear it all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" for this week and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify/Google, etc.! 

Off the weekend we're back with another edition of the "LWOS Media Daily," as T.J. Rives returns with takes and updates mainly off the football weekend. 

• What will the ratings be for the first ever Michigan-USC Big Ten battle on CBS Saturday afternoon?

• What about the fantastic "Hail Mary" finish to Colorado-Baylor in Boulder on Fox Sports Saturday night and which announcer should get a 'nod' for his call?

• How did Tom Brady do in his third consecutive Fox Sports broadcast with the Dallas Cowboys?

• And, what's the latest in the NBA basketball lawsuit with Warner Bros./Discovery over their contract dealings for next basketball season?

Hear it all on the "LWOS Media Daily" on Monday-Friday and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.

It's the newest edition of our "daily" as Mike Gill checks in on several sports media subjects making headlines from late in the week.

Mike talks more about "Woj," Adrian Wojnarowski, leaving his roles as an insider with ESPN for the their NBA coverage in a surprise move to "retire" from the basketball insider business, while on top of the heap. What does ESPN do now? 

Mike has more on what he thinks with insider Shams Charania becoming the new biggest info guy all by himself.

Plus, find out why Mike wants to salute Fox Sports' Joe Davis this week for his historic home run calls for the Dodgers' broadcast of Shohei Ohtani heroics in Miami. 

It's all on the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe for all the content on this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify/Google, etc.

It's the newest edition of our Monday-Friday "daily" on the podcast feed, where get you your sports media latest news and happenings mid-day, as part of the "Last Word on Sports Media" podcast feed.

T.J. Rives returns to talk:

The sudden retirement of prominent NBA information insider Adrian Wojnarowski (or "Woj"), as he has decided to take a basketball front office role at his alma mater St. Bonaventure University in New Jersey. Why would he give this up? T.J. weighs in on the balance of family/a life vs. crazy hours for employment. And, is "Woj" truly irreplaceable for whomever will try to fill in for ESPN's NBA coverage?

Next, it's Thursay night football and the Jets hosting the Patriots in the home opener for '24 for Aaron Rodgers. T.J. has more on what he's interested in hearing from Al Michaels on the play by play calls of the game for Amazon Prime.

And, finally, is Fox Sports personality Erin Andrews contemplating leaving the sideline and her roles with their NFL coverage at the end of this season? She revealed this week that she's in the final year of her deal. We have more on the story.

It's all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe to automatically get all our content through Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

Tons of NFL and College Football to discuss and much more as part of our newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!"

Host T.J. Rives and co-host Mike Gill return to give the info and their takes on the compelling sports media stories and news for the week.That includes:

DirecTV got it's renewal deal with Disney/ESPN/ABC. Why did it happen and did they really get any thing in the standoff? The guys give the update.

Did ESPN Monday Night Football go too overboard with their praising and promoting of former Eagles center Jason Kelce on Monday night. He's a Superbowl hero in Philly and returned as part of their pregame coverage but he was on, over and over and over, with everything they did. That includes him being in the booth for a bunch of the 3rd and 4th quater with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Mike and T.J. have thoughts.

Next, was Tom Brady better in the Fox Sports TV booth Sunday wiht Saints/Cowboys? Mike saw it and was a harsh critic last week of his debut. Did he think Brady did beter?

What college football scored the best audience last week? It's not surprising.

Plus, T.J. updates the scary story of ESPN./SEC Network host Peter Burns disclosing publicly that he nearly choked to death at a meal with colleagues last Friday night in Missouri. Hear more about that.

Hear it all on the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

It's a Tuesday edition of the "daily," as Mike Gill is back today with some thoughts on the ESPN Monday Night Football coverage and broadcast. Was it "overload" with Jason Kelce, the former Eagles lineman great, being given so much airtime before and during the game? MIke has thoughts.

He also hopped over to the ESPN2 "Manningcast" with Peyton and Eli talking about the game and interiviewing their guests like Bill Belichick and former Falcon, Matt Ryan. And, Mike also looks ahead to the upcoming weekend in the NFL that includes the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes back front and center.

It's all on the latest "Last Word on Sports Media Daily" and make sure that you are following/subscribing on Apple, Spreaker and Spotify, etc.

It's the Monday edition of the "LWOS Media Daily" as host T.J. Rives returns off the weekend to go over some topics of interest in sports media. They include:

DirecTV and Disney reached a deal Saturday morning to allow the streaming service to once again show their channels and programming. This was just in time for all the college football action on ESPN and ABC that was to have been pre-empted for the second straight week. Now, Monday night football, Dancing with the Stars and American Idol, etc. are all back on DirecTV.

Next, T.J. goes over the game broadcasts for College and NFL from this weekend and what he liked and didn't like as much. There's no disputing that there were plenty of blowouts in big games both days to deal with. This included Tom Brady's second game on Fox being a one sided whipping of the Cowboys this week against the Saints. 

But, the same was true for Fox's "Big Noon" game of Alabama at Wisconsin and CBS loing the rare opportunity to have Notre Dame on their network, as they destroyed Purdue in the new Big Ten slot of 3:30 East, etc.

And, T.J. concludes with wondering what's up with award winning broadaster Al Michaels and how he continues to have downplayed, lackluster calls of big moments and games for Amazon Prime at this stage of his career?

It's all part of the "LWOS Media Daily" show on this feed and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!