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In the 38-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel dissect NBC’s gold medal winning presentation and what is next for Los Angeles ‘28.

Plus, MLB’s streaming ideas, coaches and managers making fools of themselves, the Final Four TV slot that could be up for grabs soon, Adam Schefter-Ian Rapoport as “The Avengers” and the excellence of Kate Scott.

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THE RUNDOWN …

* Rick Cordella, Molly Solomon, Mike Tirico, Amy Rosenfeld and NBC have the Olympic formula down

* Kate Scott shines on Paramount+

* Kenny Albert wins a gold for hockey calls

* UCLA coach Mick Cronin’s embarrassment and good questions

* Broadcasters, stop using the word, “right”

* NBC’s Men’s Hockey coverage hit from pre-to-post

* Olympic Broadcasting productions had some difficulties on game winners

* Behind the scenes at NBC’s facilities

* Is hockey the hardest for play-by-play

* Fox is on the clock for the World Cup

* LA Olympics will be different

* Rob Manfred’s comments on his full streaming plan

* Assessing Ian Rapoport’s “The Avengers” idea, pairing with Adam Schefter

* How Schefter ended up teaming with Chris Mortensen

* The “controversy” over Marchand’s tweet simply stating ESPN will broadcast women’s sports games with Sunday Night Baseball gone

* NBC is putting together a fine team with SNB if you are missing ESPN

* Giants manager Tony Vitello sounded amateurish

* The significance of Nate Burleson filling in for Ernie Johnson on NCAA Men’s Tournament

* The difficulties of working the NCAA tourney

* Sign-up for “Off The Record” on Feb. 26 with YouTube’s VP of subscriptions Christian Oestlien

* On Deck: Kevin Clark is The Main Event

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