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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp looks at how NFL games remain on pace for a record audience this season, and why the Ryder Cup saw some its lowest numbers in decades. Plus, with the NHL season set to begin, Steve Levy, the longtime voice of all things hockey on ESPN, discusses what’s driving storylines around the league.  And finally, in Karp’s Corner, a look at the biggest winners from the MLB regular season.

1:10 NFL flexes it's muscles

2:29 Ryder Cup

3:19 WNBA Media Rights

4:43 Steve Levy Interview

19:58 Karp's Corner

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp looks at Roger Goodell’s comments about an early move on media rights. Plus, with the Ryder Cup set to begin, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee joins the show to discuss the event at Bethpage and other topics impacting golf. With volleyball and other women’s sports getting more and more traction with audiences, Big Ten administrator Grace McNamara dishes on how BTN and other media partners are benefitting. And finally, in Karp’s Corner, could sports be what solves a standoff between Nexstar/Sinclair and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel?

 

1:09 NFL Media Rights

4:34 Brandel Chamblee Interview

16:33 Grace McNamara Interview

22:43 Karp's Corner

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp chats with SBJ’s Josh Carpenter about what a combined Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery could look like, particularly with the sports portfolios of CBS Sports and TNT Sports. The duo also get into Prime Video’s deal with the Masters, Molly Qerim and Malika Andrews moves at ESPN, big numbers for NFL Week 2 and how CBS’ NFL national window in Week 2 will have a distinct ‘70s feel.

1:12 PARAMOUNT WBD POSSIBLE MERGER

3:49 THE MASTERS ON AMAZON PRIME

7:41 MOLLY QERIM AND MALIKA ANDREWS ESPN NEWS

10:28 NFL WEEK 2 RATINGS

12:38 WNBA RATINGS

13:53 CANELO CRAWFORD NETFLIX NUMBERS

15:36 NFL TODAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY ON CBS

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp dives into the numbers behind NFL Week 1’s viewership surge and the impact of Big Data. Plus, IMG’s Hillary Mandell joins the show to unpack major media rights deals like UFC, WWE and the U.S. Open, as well as what could be next for a league like the NWSL. And finally in Karp’s Corner, we examine the U.S. Open’s viewership surge, who won the weekend in college football and why a big European basketball should have a bigger American audience. 

1:24 Austin Karp on NFL Week 1

4:11 Hillary Mandel Interview

22:03 Karp's Corner

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp gets set for NFL season. SBJ football reporter Ben Fischer talks dishes on the Eagles and Cowboys, YouTube's NFL debut and the future of who might air games. Plus, ESPN's Seth Wickersham dishes on his new book about QBs and how it feels to have the NFL as an equity investor in ESPN.

 

1:10 BEN FISCHER SEGMENT

16:36 SETH WICKERSHAM INTERVIEW

29:34 KARPS CORNER

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp takes you around the sports media landscape, including major news on how sports will be measured going forward by Nielsen, comings and goings with the U.S. Open and Netflix betting big in Japan with MLB. SBJ college reporter Ben Portnoy chimes in as Lee Corso gets set for his final “College GameDay.” Plus, The CW President Brad Schwartz discusses the network’s rapid transformation into a major player in live sports anchored by NASCAR and college football, and what the company has planned for streaming and beyond.

00:50 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW

15:07 BRAD SCHWARTZ INTERVIEW

29:18 KARP'S CORNER

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp chats with Chapman and Maclain Way, directors of the new Netflix docuseries “America’s Team: The Gambler and his Cowboys” about how they put the project together and the character that is Jerry Jones. Karp is also joined by SBJ golf reporter Josh Carpenter to discuss a big week in the sport and how the star power of Scottie Scheffler is growing beyond hardcore golf fans. Finally, TNT Sports studio host Adam Lefkoe dishes on the addition of Big 12 football, his foray into tennis at Roland Garros earlier this year and the release that he gets from hosting “The Big Podcast with Shaq.” Be sure to like and subscribe wherever podcasts are available. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp chats with SBJ combat sports reporter Adam Stern about the massive Paramount-TKO Group deal for UFC. Karp is then joined by Keith Cossrow of NFL Films about the many projects his group is leading. Finally, we whip around the sports media landscape to talk ESPN and Fox partnering up around DTC, big viewership for the Little League Softball World Series and much more. 

1:12 Paramount-UFC Deal

10:03 Keith Cossrow Interview

29:24 Quick Hitters

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp breaks down a number of deals struck between the NFL and ESPN. And with the season fast approaching, Karp is joined by NBC’s Devin McCourty, CBS’ Jason McCourty and Fox’s Greg Olsen to look at what’s in store for 2025. 

1:13 ESPN-NFL DEAL

5:18 THE McCOURTY BROTHERS INTERVIEW

25:40 GREG OLSEN INTERVIEW

29:58 QUICK HITTERS

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