Welcome to the podcast network home for "Last Word on Sports Media." This feed includes episodes of the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" with host T.J. Rives and his guests. TJ will tackle the most interesting topics in U.S. Sports Media, including: what everyone is (or isn't) watching in the ratings, the latest news and insight on everything from ESPN, to the over the air networks like: NBC, CBS, FOX and ABC. He'll have critiquing of the shows, the personalities and production. And, T.J. ...
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NFL Regular Season Concludes + College Football Playoff Semis Ratings Picks And More! | LWOS Media Podcast
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We are back with the full pod in the new year, as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill return to wrap up the NFL regular season and look ahead to their postseason, the College Football Playoff resumes and more on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!" The guys talk the Sunday that "fell flat" for the most part without a lot of drama in week 18 of the N…
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Penn State - Boise State Scores For ESPN But Winter Classic NHL Does Not | LWOS Media Daily 1 3 24
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The first week of 2025 wraps up with host Mike Gill looking at some ratings and looking ahead to this weekend on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast Daily" for Friday. Mike talks the good ratings for the Fiesta Bowl win by Penn State over Boise State on ESPN in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. How did the bode for New Year's Day? Howe…
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Happy New Year! We're back with the latest in sports media info and takes on our "daily" show that comes typically M-F in the mid-day. Host T.J. Rives returns with more on: The College Football Playoff quarterfinals have been playing out this week with Penn State beating Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. Then, after the horrible terr…
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2024 Sports Media Stories Of The Year With Mike Gill And Ken Fang Of Awful Announcing | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's our final show of 2024, as we recap the sports media stories of 2024 with hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill being joined by Ken Fang of Awful Announcing to go over it all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast." The guys discuss: The passing of CBS Sports legend Greg Gumbel to Cancer at age 78 on Friday. The panel talks about his amazing caree…
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Netflix SCORES With Christmas NFL And NBA Succeeds With Lakers/Warriors On ABC | LWOS Media Daily 12 27 24
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It's the Friday edition of our "daily" as host T.J. Rives returns near the end of the year to go over the Christmas Day action in the NFL and NBA and how the audiences fared? Netflix had their first forray into live NFL games and had not technical problems this time with their Chiefs vs. Steelers and Ravens vs. Texans doubleheader. How well did bot…
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Christmas Eve College Football Playoff And NFL Info / Takes With Tyler Jones! | LWOS Media Podcast 12 24 24
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On the latest, Christmas Eve edition of the Podcast, host T.J. Rives returns off the weekend with long-form info and takes on the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams and the historic first ever home games played last Friday and Saturday. Plus, he talks the NFL off the weekend, as well and all with a guest on the "Last Word on Spor…
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College Footbal Playoff Wipeouts + NFL Saturday Setting Stage For Netflix On Christmas Day | LWOS Media Daily 12 23 24
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It's a Monday edition of our "Daily" pod with sports media news, ratings and takes, as host T.J. Rives returns off the weekend. He was in Dallas for the Sunday Night Football game with his Buccaneers losing a heartbreaker to the Cowboys. T.J. covers off the weekend: Will the 4 larglely one-sided College Fotball Playoff Games hurt the TV numbers, as…
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Notre Dame-Indiana Make College Football Playoff History + Temple U Media Prof Geoffrey Baym On Netflix NFL | LWOS Media Daily 12 20 24
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It's the Friday edition of the "daily" on the podcast feed as host Mike Gill returns to go over several sports media subjects and has a special guest, as well. First he talks the Friday night College Football Playoff history making game as Notre Dame becomes the first team to ever host a CFP game. It also the first non-NBC Notre Dame home broadcast…
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NBA Cup Decent Showing For ABC, College Football Playoff Looming, Etc | LWOS Media Daily 12 19 24
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It's the Thursday edition of the "daily" show on this feed, as hsot T.J. Rives returns to go over some sports media news, ratings info and more. He covers: The preliminary ratings for the NBA Cup finale' from Las Vegas on ABC are in and the Milwaukee Bucks winner take all victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder scored some good audience, relative to…
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Charles Barkley Says He's Listening To NBC/Amazon, NFL HUGE Late Sunday Afternoon, Etc | LWOS Media Daily 12 18 24
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It's the newest edition of the "daily" show as host Mike Gill returns with some sports media news, ratings and more. Mike goes over: Charles Barkley appearing Wendesday on the "Dan Patrick Show" and revealing that him going with "Inside the NBA" to ESPN isn't a formality. Rather, he's hearing from other NBA broadcasters for next year- NBC and Amazo…
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CFB Playoff Historic Broadcasts, NFL Heating Up + Adam Schefter vs Doug Gottlieb On Social Media | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's the latest edition of our long-form pod, as host T.J. Rives and co-host Mike Gill return to go over the latest in sports media news. TV ratings and even, a social media spat involving the most prominent insider in the NFL and a now college hoop coach, who's also in the national media. We have it for you on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcas…
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TJ In L.A. This Weekend For Bucs-Chargers, Randy Moss And Dick Vitale Cancer Updates And More | LWOS Media Daily 12 16 24
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It's the Monday edition of our "daily" dose of sports media news, takes and info, as host T.J. Rives returns to go over more with: His trip with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Los Angeles, as they blasted the Chargers 40-17 on Sunday. T.J. has more on whom he was around media-wise, etc. Also, there's some controversy over ESPN analyst and Pro Football…
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NBA Cup Narrows Down, Heisman Trophy On ESPN Saturday + Monster Late Sunday CBS And Fox NFL Games | LWOS Media Daily 12 13 24
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It's the Friday edition of the "Daily" as host Mike Gill returns and readies for this weekend of aciton will be covered and stories in sports media, as well. Mike talks the "NBA Cup" in season tournament winding down to it's semi-finals and eventual championship game. Is there really any interest on a large scale in it or has it already outlived it…
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Bill Belichick Takes UNC Job + Dirk Nowitzki To Amazon NBA Coverage And Rams-49ers Thursday Night | LWOS Media Daily 12 12 24
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It's the Thursday edition of the 'Daily" on the feed and host T.J. Rives is back with the latest on: Bill Belichick coming back to coach after a one year break to do some NFL media and it's a colllege job with the North Carolina Tarheels. Is this truly about him finishing his career as a college coach or is this a "stop gap" to get a job and then, …
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Cowboys Still Draw Fans On Monday Night, Al Michaels To Return In '25? + SEC Champ Scores For ABC | LWOS Media Daily 12 11 24
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It's our Wednesday edition of the "daily" as host Mike Gill returns with sports media upadtes, including ratings for prominent football and even, some announcer news, as well. Mike discusses: The Dallas Cowboys still score audience for ESPN/Disney and Monday Night Football despite being a bad team this season. Mike has more on what their audience d…
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College Football Playoff Fallout, Criticism Of ESPN Soto Coverage + Media Controversy With Eagles | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's another busy edition of the podcast as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill return to go over the latest in sports media news, ratings and more. It's the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!" The guys discuss: More fallout from ESPN delaying the announcement of the Coflege Football Playoff's final bracket reveal and how Brett McMurphy of the A…
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Brett McMurphy Scoops ESPN CFP Reveal Show, Tom Brady Losing His Voice And More! | LWOS Media Daily 12 9 24
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We start off a new week with the latest in some brief sports media news and takes, as host T.J. Rives returns on the Monday edition of the "daily" of our podcasts. T.J. goes over the wild and exciting finishes of the college football championship games that included Georgia winning dramatically in OT (again) this time over Texas on ABC to get the S…
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ABC Touts College Football Audience, Randy Moss Takes Leave From ESPN + Michael Kay and Stephen A. Smith Updates | LWOS Media Daily 12 6 24
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It's the Friday edition of the "daily" and host Mike Gill returns with the latest in sports media news and updates. That includes: Randy Moss taking a leave for health reasons from ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown show. ABC is touting the most audience for it's college football coverage.... then, again, they've been showing tripleheaders every week, whe…
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Thursday Night Footballl + Will Big Ten Title Game Score For CBS? And "Woj" Reveals He Has Cancer | LWOS Media Daily 12 5 24
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On the Thursday edition of the daily show, host T.J. Rives returns in advance of Thursday night football in Detroit for the Lions rematching the Packers and more. He also talks about whether CBS Sports can expect a good, if not great, audience for Saturday night's first ever Big Ten title game broadcast on their airwaves. The matchup is unbeaten Or…
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Ohio State-Michigan Does Well For Fox But Not Like Before + Future of "NBA Cup' And More | LWOS Media Daily 12 4 24
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It's the Wednesday edition of our daily show with host Mike Gill returning and he has the latest on: The Fox TV ratings are in for the Ohio State-Michigan huge showdown this past Saturday in College Football. And, while it wasn't the massive number that it's been, it still was large for Fox. Mike has the details and will there actually be a champio…
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NFL Thanksgiving TV Numbers, Randy Moss Mystery Eye Illness, Controversy With Coverage Of NCAA Volleyball, Etc | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's a brand new edition of our Pod, as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill return off the Thanksgiving weekend holiday to talk about a myriad of subjects this week in sports media. They go over The Thanksgiving Day NFL games and the TV ratings and more. Plus, is Tom Brady loosening up some for Fox Sports' booth coverage? Also, NBC's Mike Tirico is broa…
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Bears Media Debacle With Coach Eberflus + Preview Of Weekend Football | LWOS Media Daily 11 29 24
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It's the "Black Friday" edition of our daily pod off the Thanksgiving holiday. Host T.J. Rives returns and goes over the wild and stupid ending to the Lions vs. Bears Thanksgiving game on CBS Thursday afternoon. It has ended up costing Chicago coach Matt Eberflus his job on Friday. But, there's more! Why did the Bears make their coach face the medi…
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It's the latest edition of the Pod on the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and host T.J. Rives is back. He goes over all the action for college hoops and ESPN's "Feast Week" for Wednesday and the NFL's Thanksgiving slate for Thursday. What will those numbers look like for the Lions playing the Packers, the Cowboys hosting the awful Giants and th…
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Ohio State-Indiana Scores Big For Fox + Remembering Bill Walton With Maui CBB Tourney | LWOS Media Daily 11 26 24
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It's the newest edition of the "daily" as host Mike Gill of the "Sports Bash" radio show on 97.3 ESPN in Atlantic City, NJ is back with us with news and his takes on several things: Another big audience weekend for the CFB pregam shows as ESPN's "College Gameday" continues its historic run for best season ever being at the Ohio State-Indiana Big Te…
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Jason Kelce New ESPN Late Night Show, NBA Cup Ratings + HUGE College Football And NFL Weekend | LWOS Media Daily 11 22 24
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It's the Friday edition of the "daily" and host Mike Gill of the "Sports Bash" afternoon radio show on 97.3 FM ESPN in Atlantic City is back with some news and takes. He talks former Eagles Superbowl Center turned Monday Night Football analyst Jason Kelce adding another show to his growing media exposure with an new late night ESPN Friday night sho…
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"NBA Cup" Ratings Improve On TNT, Thursday Night NFL Steelers/Browns And More! | LWOS Media Daily 11 21 24
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It's the Thursday edition of our "daily" shows, as host T.J. Rives returns with some news and his takes on: The improved TNT ratings for the NBA Cup from Tuesday night, as the 15-0 Cleveland Cavs battled the defending champion Boston Celtics. The "laughable" assertion that ESPN supposedly won't be using analyst Stephen A. Smith on the newly traded …
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Mike McCarthy Of Front Office Sports On "Inside NBA" Deal, Netflix And More! | LWOS Media Daily 11 20 24
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On the Wednesday edition of the "Daily" host Mike Gill is back and is joined by special guest Mike McCarthy, senior reporter and sports media columnist for Front Office Sports. The guys discuss the following current subjects: What "Inside the NBA" Means for ESPN and TNT moving forward Should the NFL worried about Netflix? NFL Ratings down the stret…
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Joe Flint Of Wall Street Journal On "Inside The NBA" Trade + Netflix Tech Issues And NFL Ratings Boom | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's a jammed packed edition of the full show this week with hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill going over the biggest sports media news, ratings and a great guest joins us, too on the "LWOS Media Podcast.!" The guys go over the mess for Netflix on their broadcast of the Mike Tyson - Jake Paul fight last Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. M…
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In a wild twist to the uncertainty of Turner broadcasting's "Inside The NBA" pre-game and post-game show, it's now been traded to Disney/ABC over the weekend. And, T.J. Rives and Mike Gill are back to discuss it on the Monday edition "daily" on the podcast feed The guys give their thoughts on why this happened, including the trading of some annual …
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Sports Figures Jumping to Bluesky Social Media, Dave Sims New Yankees Voice + Mike Tyson-Jake Paul Friday Night | LWOS Media Daily 11 15 24
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It's the Friday edition of the "daily" as host Mike Gill returns with his takes on sports media news, etc. This includes. Several sports media figures have made a significant move to Bluesky. Will it have a lasting impact? WFAN announces they're hiring Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims to replace John Sterling for New York Yankee games. No Romo and Na…
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Diamond Sports Emerges From Bankruptcy, Duke-Kentucky CBB Ratings + Eagles-Commanders On Thursday Night | LWOS Media Daily 11 14 24
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It's the Thursday edition of the "daily" on this feed as host T.J. Rives returns with updates and takes on the following sports media stories, etc: Diamond Sports, the parent company of the new "Fanduel Sports Network" and rights holder to numerous NBA, NHL and MLB teams has emerged from bankruptcy after nearly two years. What does this mean for so…
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New "FanDuel Sports Net" Has Amazon Deal + College Hoops Scores For ESPN Too! | LWOS Media Daily 11 13 24
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It's the Wednesday edition of the "daily" as Mike Gill is back with insight on the news and ratings in sports media this week: Diamond Sports has announced a deal with Amazon to put its 16 RSNs on Prime Video. You'll be able to watch teams that are in your market through Prime with an added subscription. This is for NBA, NHL and MLB teams on Fandue…
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It's the newest edition of the podcast, as hosts T.J. Rives and Mike Gill are back to go over the latest in sports media news, ratings and they have a national pro football broadcasting guest with them, as well. It's all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast!" The guys go over the "Blowout Saturday" of network games for ESPN/ABC, CBS Sports and…
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College Football Blowouts Saturday, Amazing Early NFL Finishes Sunday And More! | LWOS Media Daily 11 11 24
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It's the newest edition of our "daily" podcast going over sports media news, ratings, etc., as host T.J. Rives returns on this Veteran's Day to talk: A Saturday of wipeouts in College Football from Texas-Florida early on ABC to Ohio State vs. Purdue on CBS and even Alabama at LSU in primetime back on ABC, the games weren't close. Will the overall r…
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Golden State Warriors Score For ESPN, Tennessee Vols Voice Retiring And More | LWOS Media Daily 11 8 24
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It's the Friday edition of the show headed to a wild weekend of College Football and the NFL, as host T.J. Rives returns to go over all the sports media news on the "LWOS Media Daily" T.J. goes over: The NBA and ESPN are happy with the Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry returning from injury, as they beat the defending champion Boston Celtics an…
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Thursday Night Football, Joel Embiid Vs Reporter Latest + Huge SEC Primetime Game Saturday | LWOS Media Daily 11 7 24
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It's the Thursday edition of the "Daily" from the Last Word on Sports Media feed with host T.J. Rives back aboard. He goes over the latest news, and more: Thursday night football returns for Amazon Prime as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens play Cincinnati in an AFC North battle. The ratings have been solid for the streamer, although significantly less …
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On the Wednesday edition of the "daily" host Mike Gill returns with more from this past weekend in football and TV ratings. He talks the CBS numbers for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens thumping the Cincinnati Bengals and the same with Jared Goff and the Lions pummeling the Packers in the late afternoon on Fox Sports. Plus, how did the college football…
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Election Night Show With Joel Embiid/Reporter Controversy, TJ At Monday Night Football In KC And More! | LWOS Media Podcast
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It's a special edition on "Election Night 2024" of the LWOS Media Podcast is back with T.J. Rives and Mike Gill to go over some interesting topics. They include: The Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embid physically confronting a critical reporter last weekend and being suspended by the NBA. Mike has great insight being in the greater Philly market a…
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Tremendous NFL Announcer Calls Sunday, College Football So-So Saturday + Thoughts on Bob Costas | LWOS Media Daily 11 4 24
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It's a new week and host T.J. Rives returns with the Monday "daily' edition of the Podcast. He gives insight and thoughts on: Wild day of NFL crazy last second or overtime finishes and what announcers did well for CBS and FOX? Also, which crew benefitted from having over 20 million people watching the Lions vs. Packers late lead in into their finis…
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World Series Finale' Ratings, Jets Win On Thursday Night, Weekend Football Etc | LWOS Media Daily 11 1 24
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It's the newest edition of the "LWOS Media Daily," as host Mike Gill is back to cover the end of the week news, ratings and more in sports media. He covers: the Dodgers World Series clinching win TV ratings for Fox Sports, Bob Costas has announced his play by play retirement from MLB after 42 years. Aaron Rodgers and the Jets finally win in a stand…
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Dodgers World Series Win Downer For Fox, Navy Radio P X P Man Sudden Illness And More | LWOS Media Daily 10 31 24
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On the latest edition of our M-F "Daily" Podcast on the feed, host T.J. Rives returns with the latest in sports media news and takes. He covers on this show: The L.A. Dodgers have won the World Series with a remarkable comeback (or Yankee meltdown in a single inning) in Game 5. What will the final audience numbers be and how much did that New York …
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World Series vs Monday Night Football Ratings, Jay Bilas on ESPN NBA Coverage And More | LWOS Media Daily 10 30 24
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It's the Wednesday edition of our M-F "daily" info and takes on the LWOS Media Pod feed. Host Mike Gill returns talking: Ratings for the World Series on Fox against Monday Night Football on ESPN, as both match-ups had New York based teams involved in the games What about the "Hail Mary' win for the Commanders scoring for CBS Sports Sunday afternoon…
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Fox Sports Coverage Of Dodgers Dominating World Series + NFL/Pylon Cams And College Football Too | LWOS Media Podcast
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A busy new edition of the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" as host T.J. Rives returns with co-host Mike Gill to go over topics in the sports media news, ratings and announcer world. They discuss the topics: The Dodgers have taken a commanding 3-0 lead over the Yankees and Fox Sports has to be disappointed by that, as the World Series could be ov…
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World Series Ratings Off To Expected Large Start, NFL Hail Mary For CBS And More! | LWOS Media Daily 10 28 24
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We're back off the weekend with the newest edition of the 'Daily" as host T.J. Rives is back with more off the World Series, College Football and the NFL. What about the Joe Davis call on Fox Sports of the Freddie Freeman grand slam homer for the win that mirrored the famous Kirk Gibson one, also in game one in L.A., from 1988? He also has more on …
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It's a special conversation on the Friday edition of the "daily" on our podcast feed as host Mike Gill welcomes in Kevin Egan from MLS 360 on APPLE TV. Egan, who's from Ireland, has a huge background in "Football" or Soccer and is also known as having been a broadcaster with WWE wrestling, as well. Get all the insight on the regular season just con…
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NBA On ESPN Starts Up, World Series Huge Historical Audience + James Franklin/Penn St Media Gaffe | LWOS Media Daily 10 24 24
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It's the Thursday edition of the "daily" with some quick sports media info, ratings and takes from host T.J. Rives. He goes over: The debut of the "NBA on ESPN" for another year and yet another, lead analyst joining Mike Breen this season. Richard Jefferson made his debut with Breen and Doris Burke Wednesday night. T.J. has more on this. Penn State…
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Richard Jefferson Joins Top ESPN NBA Crew, MNF Ratings Up For ESPN/ABC + World Series | LWOS Media Daily 10 23 24
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On the latest edition of the "daily" Mike Gill returns with some interesting sports media news items and ratings: Disney/ESPN/ABC has tabbed Richard Jefferson to become their fourth different lead anayst joining Mike Breen for the NBA in just over 18 months. Mike has thoughts on this move. Also, the Monday night football ratings are in for the Balt…
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Monday NIght Football Doubleheader Mess, Ratings For MLB/College Football + WNBA Concludes, Etc | LWOS Media Podcast
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On the latest edition of our full show/pod host T.J. Rives is back with co-host, Mike Gill, to go over everything in sports media, TV ratings and more on the "LWOS Media Podcast!" The guys go over topics: The Monday night football doubleheader again this past week but the second game with Cards/Chargers was only on ESPN+. Mike is particularly pertu…
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Dodgers To Meet Yankees In World Series, NFL Huge Games Sunday, Liberty Win WNBA Crown, Etc | LWOS Media Daily 10 21 24
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On the Monday edition of the "daily" host T.J. Rives returns with some sports media news, and takes off the weekend. They include: How fortunate is MLB that they will get a New York Yankees vs. L.A. Dodgers World Series for the first time in 43 years? What about the College Football audience for the thrilling games Saturday in Knoxville, Austin and…
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MLB Postseason Ratings Soar + Announcers For NFL And College Football This Weekend, Etc | LWOS Media Daily Oct 18 2024
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On our Friday edition of the "daily" Mike Gill is back with his insight, some ratings news and some announcers to look forward to listening to on TV and radio The MLB baseball League Championship Series are unfolding with the Dodgers taking a commanding 3-1 lead over the Mets and headed into game 5 Friday. Meanwhile, the Guardians won dramatically …
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