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In the 36-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel analyze what CBS can do about Jim Nantz and Tony Romo going forward and go inside how Tom Brady’s improved.

It is “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”

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The Rundown

* Will CBS be confident in Nantz & Romo for its next Super Bowl in two years

* A nice job buy FS1’s Nick Wright

* Learning something from ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown

* Why does Nantz do the AFC Championship post-game ceremony and not Tracy Wolfson, Nate Burleson or James Brown

* Stephen A. Smith’s big mistake on the Patriots

* What did Brady do well during the NFC Championship game

* Why Brady is lucky to have Kevin Burkhardt as his partner

* Inside Marchand’s talk with Brady for his Athletic story

* How Brady is a good Fox teammate behind-the-scenes

* The Raider conflict dissected

* Nantz and Romo giving each credit for obvious foreshadowing

* The Nantz-Romo uncle-nephew dynamic

* CBS probably won’t make any changes, but Marchand offers up one somewhat plausible idea to improve their NFL setup

* Ian Eagle & J.J. Watt are better than Nantz and Romo

* The Dick Stockton “solid, but not spectacular” story

* Booger McFarland is good on NFL PrimeTime with Chris Berman

* Where does Berman rank in NFL highlights delivery

* NFL-ESPN deal trending toward closing in April

* What do we make of Bob Costas succeeding Kevin Connors as the host of Sunday Night Baseball

* NBC is trying to make Sunday Night Baseball feel bigger

* Who is next to comeback …

* At Ithaca College being taught the importance of the letter “W”

* What to make of Netflix’s Alex Honnold building climbing and Elle Duncan’s debut

* Interesting to see where Paramount+’s UFC and Zuffa Boxing go after debuts…

* Tribute to ABC/ESPN’s Geoffrey Mason

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