Episode 602 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with The Athletic’s sports media reporter, Andrew Marchand about all of the latest sports media news.

Topics discussed include: Netflix’s awful broadcast of the Yankees-Giants game on Opening Night; what Netflix gets out of a deal with Major League Baseball; NBC’s return to airing MLB games; Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill’s work on the Men’s NCAA Tournament; CBS and Turner’s very deep and impressive roster off college basketball announcers; Issues with the CBS/Turner Tournament studio show; the NFL trying to feature as many standalone games as possible and much more.

Following Marchand, Sal Licata, from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s, Sal gives a report on what it was like to experience the ABS Challenge System in person at a recent Mets game. Jimmy breaks down his issues with a new commercial starring Larry David and talks about becoming obsessed with HBO’s new show, “DTF St. Louis.”

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Episode 601 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the new voice of Major League Baseball on NBC, Jason Benetti.

Benetti talks about a highly unusual entry on his Wikipedia page, getting a last-minute call to fill in for Brian Anderson on the NCAA Tournament last week and his extremely busy schedule these days.

In addition, Benetti talks about what he hopes Sunday Night Baseball on NBC will be, his philosophy on using analytics in a telecast, working with rotating analysts every week and much more.

Following Benetti, Sal Licata, from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s segment opens with Jimmy interviewing a social media follower about a Larry David/sports bar story. Then, Jimmy and Sal discuss the NCAA Tournament and the start of the MLB seaseon. Sal follows up on his new relationship with Jerry Seinfeld and Jimmy reads the latest Apple reviews.

Episode 600 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Mets broadcasters Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling.

The SNY trio talk about their popularity, working together for 20 years and their chemistry in the booth.

Cohen, Darling and Hernandez also discuss how they feel about getting shut out of calling postseason games when national broadcasts take over, being filmed during big moments for social media clips and having a new director this season. They also share their philosophy on using analytics during a broadcast, being “homers” and criticizing the Mets.

Hernandez also reveals how much he makes per year from “Seinfeld” residuals and talks about a recent chance encounter with Jerry Seinfeld in an elevator.

Episode 599 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with NBC college basketball broadcaster, John Fanta.

Fanta talks about wanting to be a versatile broadcaster who does it all, why he left Fox for NBC, using social media to help build his career, hearing from big names in sports media about his work, the difference between calling a college basketball game and NBA game and his work on NBC’s college football coverage.

In addition, Fanta talks about this year’s NCAA Tournament, breaks down certain aspects of the bracket, reveals what he’d change about the Tournament, explains how he’ll watch the Tournament and shares his rules for entering bracket pools.

Fanta, who recently went viral for his preview of the St. Johns-UConn Big East Final, also reveals that he didn’t script the piece and it was all off the top of his head. He also shares some truly amazing Bill Raftery stories.

Following Fanta, Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week, Sal talks about his new relationship with none other than Jerry Seinfeld. Sal also shares a horrible travel experience while Jimmy rants about the best steakhouse in New York, Peter Luger’s.

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Episode 598 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Richard Deitsch from “Sports Business Journal” and CBC on all the latest sports media news.

Among the topics discussed: NBC naming Jason Benetti as its play-by-play voice for “Sunday Night Baseball” while passing on hiring a full-time lead analyst in order to use local broadcasters each week; CBS’s decision to use Nate Burleson as a studio host for the NCAA Tournament; Why Pat McAfee’s value to ESPN continues to increase; What will Fox do for a No. 2 college football play-by-play caller with Benetti gone; Charles Barkley and Dick Vitale calling a First Four game together; the WBC and much more.

Following Deitsch, Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week, the fellas talk about the NFL free agency, the NBA’s decision to cancel “Magic City Night” in Atlanta, the WBC, the Oscars and the absurd price of concert tickets.

Episode 597 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with CNBC media and sports reporter, Alex Sherman.

Sherman talks about the big deal with Paramount buying Warner Brothers Discovery and how that will affect sports fans. Will TNT events air on CBS? Will this cause streaming prices to increase? Will this affect CBS Sports Network?

Sherman also talks about the NFL's impending major impact on all other sports regarding rights deals, the FCC looking into sports and streaming, the rise of Kalshi and Polymarket and much more.

Following Sherman, Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s topics include Sal’s non-vacation vacation, the WBC, the Yankees retiring C.C. Sabathia’s number, a ridiculous take from Bruce Pearl and more. In addition, Jimmy reads some reader emails and Apple reviews.

Episode 596 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with Puck sports media reporter, John Ourand.

Ourand explains what’s going on with the NFL television rights deals, which will take place later this year. Is there any chance CBS or Fox could lose their Sunday packages? How much more of the pie will streaming services get? Will the NFL diminish Sunday Ticket? Are we doing to see more playoff games on streaming platforms?

In addition, Ourand shares thoughts on what ESPN will do with the NFL Network, which they recently purchased, the NBA’s new deal with Amazon and where things with Fox keeping the World Series and much more.

Following Ourand, Peter Schrager from ESPN fills in for Sal Licata and joins Jimmy for the weekly “Traina Thoughts segment. Topics covered with Schrager is the non-stop NFL schedule, his best celebrity interaction during Super Bowl week, dealing with the big blizzard that hit the the East Coast, a couple of Larry David-esque moments, his iced coffee addiction, television recommendations and more.

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Episode 595 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with the owner and editor of Awful Announcing, Ben Koo.

Koo talks about his day-to-day responsibilities, his philosophy on what the site should post and how he feels about amplifying disingenuous people in sports media.

In addition, Koo discusses the relationship Awful Announcing has with the networks that air sports, whether he feels Awful Announcing is respected in sports media, whether he regrets anything the site he posted, the most popular post the site has put out, the most upset a story has made a network and much more.

Following Koo, Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts segment. Topics covered in this episode include issues with trying to purchase MLB.tv thorugh ESPN, the run of celebrity deaths, an iPhone problem Jimmy is having, Sal’s wild use of “legend” to describe a WWE announcer and more.

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