In the 52-minute podcast, Colin Cowherd is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand. Cowherd details his journey from being alone as a kid, his obsession with sports and his unbelievable stories of how he transitioned from obscurity to ESPN, Fox and his own company, The Volume.

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Rundown …

* If Colin Cowherd were 22 and entering sports, what would he do to break into the business

* The advice he gives to young broadcasters, using Dan Le Batard and Dave Portnoy as examples

* Lonely & out-of-money, Cowherd felt he was “willful”

* The interesting details of what was shaping Cowherd growing up

* Great story about Larry King and talking to himself

* The generational sports talk advantage of growing up before the internet

* How Cowherd started as a Triple-A play-by-player

* Cowherd transitioned into local sports TV

* The incredible story of how Rick Scott, a radio consultant, changed Cowherd’s career

* The amazing tale about how Cowherd ended up interviewing with ESPN

* Why Cowherd bought a New Yorker for his interview with John Walsh

* How John Walsh became a big supporter of Cowherd’s

* When Cowherd got the ESPN job, Marchand interviewed Cowherd for the New York Post and Marchand’s first question was: Who the heck are you?

* What it was like for Cowherd to get lost in New York for the first time

* Who tried out before Michelle Beadle became his co-host on “SportsNation”

* The ESPN2 football show he loved

* Why he loves working for Fox Sports and iHeart

* How Nick Khan and Cowherd’s wife, Ann, thought Colin should leave ESPN for Fox Sports

* Why it is better today for people like Cowherd than it was three decades ago

* What Cowherd does when he gets up before the show

* How Bob Costas calling him to scold him was a big thrill

* Why Cowherd’s goes against Marchand’s megalomaniac’s theory

* Cowherd says his life is boring

* Why Cowherd started The Volume

* How The Volume fits Cowherd’s personality

* Why Cowherd becomes stressed out about The Volume compared to his show

* Does Cowherd want to sell The Volume

* How Cowherd likes ‘Bussin’ with the Boys’

* How he would build a sports gambling vertical around Scott Van Pelt

* Cowherd would love to build verticals with Nate Bargatze or John Mulaney or Joe Fortenbaugh

* Cowherd’s tremendous Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo story

Some Related Sports Media Podcasts

* Chris (Mad Dog) Russo

* Michael Kay

* Chris Oliviero

* Adam Schein

* Adam Schefter

* Bomani Jones

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In the 36-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel talked about what worked and what didn’t with NBC, Prime Video, ESPN & the NBA. Who covered the NBA scandal well and who didn’t? The duo details why NFL MNF doubleheaders may not be over. Plus, much more, including the World Series, college football and World Cup/MLS.

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The Rundown …

* The NBA, Amazon, NBC and ESPN had to be thrilled with the first week

* Mike Tirico succeeding Bob Costas & Al Michaels continues to be an all-time move

* MLBN’s Dan Plesac’s World Series clairvoyance

* Fox, please correctly tell us when the World Series starts

* Reviewing Mark Schlereth as a game analyst

* How did Prime Video’s Cassidy Hubbarth do with her interview of Adam Silver

* Grading the coverage of the NBA’s sports gambling and poker scandal

* The Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan hires were were so important for Prime

* The technology of the Amazon Prime Video studio is impressive

* NBC produced Prime Video’s sports events up until NBA

* Amazon’s studio showed a little more potential than NBC’s

* The ingredient Jamal Crawford needs for next level

* The initial impressions of Tim Legler joining Mike Breen & Richard Jefferson on ESPN’s No. 1 game team

* When the gambling scandal hit, ESPN was flat-footed

* What ESPN could have done differently even with current resources

* SiriusXM’s Frank Isola and Brian Scalabrine shined

* Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo was out to lunch on his NBA scandal take

* Good job by ESPN’s Alex Smith lighting up Woody Johnson

* Terry Bradshaw’s funny “pig dealer” anecdote

* Why ESPN-NFL Media deal may not start until 2027

* The result could be that the ESPN MNF doubleheaders may not be over

* Could the Patriots-Bills be flexed to Monday Night in December

* How bad were the Steelers’ uniform against the Packers on Sunday night

* What Fox Sports does really well on the World Series

* Why Derek Jeter was such a good hire for Fox in October

* Kevin Burkhardt is a tremendous host

* The reaction to the Pete Macheska pod

* Fox’s World Cup schedule shows the power of broadcast

* MLS numbers on Apple & beyond don’t tell a great story

* Will the ESPN-YouTube brouhaha be settled

* Meteparel still loving the 21st anniversary of the Red Sox curse breaker

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In the 40-minute podcast, legendary Fox Sports’ World Series producer Pete Macheska discusses his 22-year run on the Fall Classic. Macheska — who is retiring from MLB, but not the NFL — tells tremendous stories about John Madden, Tim McCarver, Joe Buck and more, while explaining what it takes to produce at the highest level.

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The Rundown ….

* Working under John Madden with Lance Barrow, Mike Arnold, Michael Frank, Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo

* How broadcast assistants did everything back when he started at CBS, including booking the right hotel room for Madden

* Madden tested Macheska with a crazy Sean Landeta punting question

* How Ed Goren brought Macheska over from CBS to Fox

* Macheska’s modest answer about becoming a legendary producer

* How he loved being a runner, starting at ABC, making $35 a day

* How Macheska got his first big break …

* How David Hill came up with the idea for Macheska to do both MLB and NFL

* Why he was “crazy” not to take top MLB producer job

* Macheska explains what the job of producing entails

* Macheska does his Tim McCarver impersonation and what conversations were like with him

* How a producer’s job is to know what not to do

* How in 2015, Macheska had to make a decision on life and death during the World Series and how he communicated with the Royals’ Mike Swanson about it

* Remembering the Red Sox 2003 comeback against the Yankees

* The McCarver-Jim Leyland confrontation

* Why patience is important as a producer

* How a Bryce Harper postseason moment worked so well

* What was Macheska’s reaction when Joe Buck left Fox for ESPN

* What is Kevin Burkhardt like to work with

* How it takes a whole team to put a broadcast together, not just the booth or a producer

* How producing the World Series different than June … or is it

* Why success starts with Macheska’s Fox Sports bosses

* Why Macheska is giving up MLB, but not the NFL, after this October

* Why he thinks Fox will be just fine on MLB after him

* The Joe Buck scouting report on the Macheska Main Event

Some Related Sports Media Podcasts

* How a Hall of Fame producer changed sports … Fred Gaudelli

* Joe Buck and the Craft of Sportscasting

* Ian Eagle tells funny stories … oh yeah!

* The future of sports radio with the most powerful executive in the business … Chris Oliviero

* How an ESPN Original navigated the Worldwide Leader in Attention … Chris LaPlaca

* How Woj became a Hall of Famer

* Jim Nantz is The Main Event

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In the 40-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go deep into the new era of NBA television. Plus, MLB postseason, Bob Myers leaves ESPN, Apple-F1 unite and, of course, NFL and college football analysis.

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The Rundown:

* What is the biggest takeaway as NBC/Peacock & Amazon Prime Video begin their NBA coverage — insults are out, uplifting is in

* How Amazon Prime Video & NBC/Peacock may be the anti-”Inside the NBA”

* The NBC/Peacock wrinkle that will standout in how games are presented

* Robbie Hummel could be the heir apparent to Bill Raftery on the Final Four

* Brian Anderson, Ron Darling & Jeff Francoeur shine

* The MLB-Strauss helmet ads have to go

* Fox’s Jets-Panthers game sounded like it was under water

* The NBA national TV schedule sounds more complicated than it is

* When the MLB new TV deals with ESPN, Netflix and NBC may be announced

* How the NBC/Peacock NBA Tuesdays marry digital dollars and broadcast reach

* NBC’s big year overall

* Why the Amazon and NBC/Peacock NBA games should be good

* Is “Inside the NBA” the best sports studio show ever

* Marchand & Meterparel discuss “The Magic Hour”

* Comparing Amazon’s studio choices to NBC’s

* How much does the league office like “Inside the NBA”

* NBC’s Tracy McGrady may try to become a star

* Tim Legler was a great pod guest, but is not a big name

* Will Carmelo Anthony be too mellow

* Why Bob Myers had to leave ESPN

* TNT’s Bruce Pearl led college hoops show choices were inspired

* Adam Lefkoe can be a good host, but can be a little too cool for school

* The Alex Mortensen coaching story is tremendous

* Is Sean McDonough the best college football play-by-player

* Some McDonough calls to review

* How are the new NFL booths doing, including Ian Eagle-J.J. Watt, Andrew Catalon, Jason McCourty & Charles Davis and how has Adam Amin done with Greg Olsen

* Why Olsen’s urgency works

* Why the Apple-F1 deal feels like déjà vu

* The FanDuel Network-Norby Williams-Omaha Productions-Peyton Manning-Jamie Horowitz connection

* Peyton loves the voice text

* Should people text to talk, as Marchand generally believes

* Cakes are baking

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In the 40-minute podcast, new ABC/ESPN NBA Finals’ game analyst Tim Legler explains how he went from a solid NBA career to a quarter century at ESPN and now the top TV job in the sport. Legler goes into how it will work with Mike Breen and Richard Jefferson, while discussing his relationship with the person he is replacing, Doris Burke, and the process.

More details below …

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* How did Legler receive the news that he was being promoted to the No. 1 ABC/ESPN team to call The Finals

* Legler played for the Washington Bullets before they became the Wizards

* ESPN EVP Tim Corrigan called him with the news

* How ESPN EVP Mike McQuade and Scott Van Pelt were big fans of Legler’s

* Legler won the three-point shootout in 1996 and then blew his knee out, which basically ended his career

* Legler went back to school at Wharton after his 10-year playing career

* Ric Bucher happened to call him to see if he would want to tryout at ESPN and longtime ESPNer Barry Sacks brought Legler in

* As a player, Legler did hits with Tony Kornheiser and others

* Could Legler have been Steve Kerr if Legler played with the Bulls

* What the Mavericks’ leadership said to Legler that changed his life

* What playing in France was like for Legler

* Legler tells a tremendous story about his French coach who didn’t speak French

* What ESPN told Legler when it basically only doing studio shows and not games

* How he got the opportunity to call more games

* How Legler handled replacing Doris Burke on the Finals’ crew

* What is his relationship with Burke

* What Legler has tried to maintain throughout his career that helped him reach the Finals

* How will ESPN handle the amount of games that Breen, Jefferson and Legler will work

* How well he knows Breen and Jefferson

* After Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson were let go, in part, because they wanted to return to coaching and Doc Rivers and JJ Redick left ESPN’s top crew for top coaching, does Legler want to coach

* How interested was Legler at one point in coaching

* Legler dreamed of doing the Finals

* What is Legler’s perception of being in the top booth without being a star

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In the 37-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel examine if Netflix is bluffing on its long-term NFL plans. The duo praises Pat McAfee, Adam Amin & Alex Faust, among others, while criticizing Kirk Herbstreit and ESPN’s travel plans. And they go deep into NBC, Amazon, Apple & Spectrum presentations. Plus, much more.

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Rundown of topics …

* Does Marchand buy that Netflix is not into a full season of NFL

* The sport that Marchand says to watch with Netflix

* What the big traditional NFL players and Amazon want

* How Fox’s Adam Amin moved up a notch

* ESPN’s Pat McAfee shows his value with College GameDay

* The issue with Kirk Herbstreit, GameDay and flying all over the country

* The Tigers radio booth’s big mistake

* Dissecting Netflix’s co-CEO’s Greg Peters’ NFL comments at a Bloomberg event

* Netflix wants to be “disciplined” with the NFL —- good luck with that

* The early NFL Sunday schedules are pretty thin because of all the exclusive windows

* Bob Papa & Carl Banks on the Giants radio & Bob Wischusen & Anthony Becht receive some kudos

* Listener question about Rich Eisen on play-by-play …

* Evaluating Kurt Warner on the NFL game broadcasts

* The Fox baseball analysts analyzed: A.J. Pierzynski vs. John Smoltz

* What did Marchand & Meterparel think of TNT Sports’ Alex Faust in for Bob Costas on MLB playoffs

* Marchand was on tour at NBC, Amazon, Spectrum & Apple events

* How Marchand has to conduct a mental inventory what he said about everyone at the events

* Tracy McGrady stood out at NBC

* Grant Hill is very impressive in person

* Apple & Spectrum gave Marchand a demonstration of Apple immersive experience that they will have on some Lakers’ games this season

* The Spectrum event that featured its CEO Chris Winfrey, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro and AMC’s CEO Kristin Dolan

* How Spectrum is trying to be the solution to the discovery issue

* The Amazon/NBA dinner and John Ourand sitting next to Wizard great John Wall

* The “Inside the NBA” schedule is released and the new joke it will have

* The ridiculous complaining about travel among sports personality

* What to make of Woj’s new YouTube show for St. Bonaventure

* Papa Clicker big “Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut” by Ken Belson —- How many clickers out of 5?

* Cakes are baking ….

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In the 44-minute Marchand & Ourand, The Monthly, reunion, Andrew Marchand & Puck’s John Ourand reunite to discuss how the NFL potentially may slice up another TV package, MLB’s strong hand in one area, Netflix’s audacity, Amazon’s lead and a bullish ESPN outlook. More details below.

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Rundown of topics:

* How the NFL could take more from Fox and CBS to create another package without adding an 18th game

* Ourand says the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” with Jay Marine event was great, but asks how it is off-the-record when there is a podcast

* The NFL seemingly front-loaded the schedule to start a strong ratings narrative … not that it needs it

* NFL has scarcity, but YouTube’s so so ratings might have been partly because fans may not want Friday opening week games

* Baseball’s big argument against football that MLB should scream

* MLB local ratings story is intriguing

* Red Sox president Sam Kennedy saying that Boston would be on-board with national digital package and explaining the “Big 6'“

* How Amazon’s League Pass with the NBA kind of works in the platform’s favor long-term

* Ourand doesn’t know how to reference days of the week even four years after he and Marchand started doing pods

* Why Ourand says a digital local world will be so much more fan friendly

* MLB’s attempt to entice Netflix

* We list all the platforms you need to watch the Yankees next year

* The Marchand Plan for MLB’s long-term packages

* Why live sports streaming is a bit of myth right now, but probably not long-term

* Does YouTube drive people to events

* Amazon is the leaders of the digital players

* All the ratings on streaming would be higher on broadcast

* Streaming makes it harder to bring in the casual fans

* MrBeast vs. the Manningcast

* Good guy Ourand trusts that the NFL was happy with YouTube numbers

* Ourand’s incredible USC/Notre Dame Netflix story

* What was Notre Dame’s AD Pete Bevacqua’s role in the rogue USC/Netflix plan

* YouTube and NBC/Peacock: Who won

* The analyst who is bullish on ESPN’s app

* Marchand & Ourand bloopers!

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In the 40-minute Marchand Sports Media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel praise and criticize NFL & MLB play-by-players and analysts, including Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Al Michaels, Chris Fowler, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Karl Ravech, Boog Sciambi, Kevin Brown, Dan Shulman, Ben McDonald, Adam Amin, Bob Wischusen, Mark Sanchez, Andrew Catalon and much more.

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What’s on tap …

* What was missing from CBS’ Jim Nantz & Tony Romo’s call during the Broncos upset of the Eagles

* What to make of Amazon’s Al Michaels on Thursday Night Football

* The mistake ESPN continually makes in its top booths

* Who was the best MLB play-by-player on ESPN’s first round coverage

* Why CBS’ college football coverage nailed it with Rick Neuheisel

* Fox’s Mark Sanchez’ terrible weekend

* ESPN’s Ben McDonald made a mistake, but was it the end of the world

* What do NFL booths need to learn from Joe Buck and Troy Aikman

* How should booths handle big plays

* Why aren’t producers coaching their broadcasters

* The problem with three-person booths

* Why the Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick Jr. & Dan Orlovsky No. 2 NFL booth doesn’t fit for ESPN

* What did Marchand & Meterparel think of Fox’s Eric Collins

* The problem with play-by-players trying to be aggregated

* You have to finish your calls and follow the officials, which Andrew Catalon did not do on a big Giants-Saints turnover

* Evaluating Catalon, Jason McCourty and Charles Davis crew

* Bob Wischusen’s moment on the Florida game

* Rich Eisen’s week off

* Talking about Michaels, Amazon and aging broadcasters

* How Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and David Cone have done as ESPN’s No. 1 MLB team

* How should play-by-players lead analysts to points

* Who does ESPN’s Kevin Brown sound like

* The sideline reporter who stood out during ESPN’s MLB coverage

* How Fox’s Adam Amin and his partners did in big spots

* Fox’s David Ortiz making Derek Jeter crack up is good TV

* Kevin Connors, Jeff Passan & Baseball Tonight excelled

* The significance of Boston Red Sox president Sam Kennedy telling SBJ’s Mike Mazzeo that the Red Sox are on-board with Rob Manfred’s national digital strategy

* Why Steve Kerr not signing a new coaching contract extension has media implications

* Amazon’s Jay Marine thinks the platform could get a Super Bowl in the “fullness of time”

* Why the McDonald-John Buccigross hubub was so overdone

* Was Jessica Mendoza in the booth with McDonald and Brown

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In the 48-minute Marchand Sports Media podcast, Jay Marine, the Global Head of Sports for Amazon Prime Video and the Head of Prime Video US, is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”

With deals with the NFL, NBA, Masters, Yankees, NHL and more, Marine explains Prime’s sports business and its goal of having major sports in every large country. And he goes into how the NFL’s forthcoming opt-out could be an opportunity for the Amazon as his belief the streamer could one day have a Super Bowl. The interview took place at the latest “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports.” Mark Shapiro is the next guest in the series.

More details below …

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What’s on tap …

* Marine explains why and how Amazon decided to go into live sports in 2017

* With entertainment moving to streaming, Amazon thought sports was next and uniquely valuable

* How the Premier League in England was a huge success for Prime

* Why Europe led to the NFL and Thursday Night Football

* How Amazon starts from the press release and then works backwards

* What does sports do for Amazon Prime

* How Amazon wants Prime memberships to be a “no-brainer”

* The trend line of NFL, NBA, Masters, Yankees baseball, NHL in Canada, etc. that makes it apparent what Amazon Prime Video is looking for in rights

* Marine explains that Amazon wants major sports rights in every large country that has Prime

* What Prime needs to move the needle

* Why Amazon doesn’t usually focus on global rights

* Marine explains why Thursday Night Football has been a huge success

* Why Marine invites the NFL opt-out as Prime Video could try for even more playoffs

* Why Marine thinks a Super Bowl is very possible for Amazon in the “fullness of time”

* How the NBA deal came together

* How Amazon started with international rights plus the WNBA in its NBA relationship

* The NBA was playing very close attention to Thursday Night Football

* How did the Masters deal come together

* How does Amazon use AI and a cool story about how Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman and Andrew Withworth are involved

* How Jay Marine was an excellent high school athlete matched up against Tyrone Wheatley and Chris Webber

* An incredible Jeff Bezos stories as Marine served as Bezos’ “shadow”

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In the 33-minute Marchand Sports Media Podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel analyze Netflix’s and MLB’s strategy in putting next season’s Opening Day between the Yankees and Giants on the platform.

The duo goes into the NFL and college football with takes on Tom Brady, Greg Olsen, Kris Budden, John Fanta, Chris Myers, among others, Plus, the YouTube-NBC standoff, the Ryder Cup and an all-time Papa Clicker review for Seth Wickersham’s QB book

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What’s on tap …

* What does the Netflix-MLB deal for Opening Day mean for the platform and the league

* John Fanta & Kris Budden receive praise on college football

* Adam Schein CBS/NFL cut-ins have pop and sizzle

* The YouTube TV/NBC dispute is the issue that never ends

* Chris Myers struggled on Pats game

* The Yankees will be on too many different platforms next year

* The issue with the Red Sox clinching a playoff spot on Apple

* Why Netflix, NBC & ESPN are the right brands for MLB

* MLB is losing a lot of money when you compare its new deals to what ESPN would have paid before the opt-out

* An idea for Netflix’s booth that has Yankees and Giants ties

* Evaluating Alex Faust succeeding Bob Costas on TNT Sports MLB playoffs

* The announcer mistake of not picking up the story where it leaves off

* Meterparel’s lighting looks like he’s being interrogated by the police

* Tom Brady’s improvement, but …

* Greg Olsen is still much better

* What Joe Davis gets right and what he gets wrong

* We do not need all-time international stats

* Are the NFL TV analysts as good as college

* Should Trent Green be better at this point

* Some funny CBS NFL animation

* The tipping point for YouTube TV with NBC standoff

* Comparing Spectrum to YouTube TV

* What did Marchand & Meterparel think of the Ryder Cup coverage

* An all-time Papa Clicker Review of Seth Wickersham’s American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback and a strong review for Stephen Ditmore’s Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger

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