Richard Deitsch
@richarddeitsch.bsky.social
Father of twins; fan of Toronto, NYC and Buffalo; Writer for The Athletic; host of Sports Media Podcast; part of two countries 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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I have never enjoyed an MLB team more than this year’s Toronto Blue Jays team. At a time where domestic and world news hammers you down daily, they have provided me and my family with endless optimism and spirit. It doesn’t matter in the big picture but then again, it’s also everything.
An absolutely stunning chart:
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
An absolutely stunning chart:
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Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST
- Al Michaels on not being ready to retire, NFL making him give on-air correction, his TV career and more
- Richard Deitsch on Amazon + NBC NBA coverage, Gus Johnson, NFL sked, future of pods & the latest sports media news
Apple: bit.ly/43HK2kZ
YouTube: bit.ly/4pq6vv7
- Al Michaels on not being ready to retire, NFL making him give on-air correction, his TV career and more
- Richard Deitsch on Amazon + NBC NBA coverage, Gus Johnson, NFL sked, future of pods & the latest sports media news
Apple: bit.ly/43HK2kZ
YouTube: bit.ly/4pq6vv7
Al Michaels on How Long He'll Remain in the Broadcast Booth
Episode 582 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with Prime Video's Al Michaels, a conversation with The Athletic's Richard Deitsch and the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. Michaels, who is currently working on a year-to-year basis with Amazon, reveals that he would like to return next season to continue his broadcasting career. Michaels also discusses Prime's strong schedule this season, the work ethic of his partner, Kirk Herbstreit, having the NFL instruct him to offer an on-air correction during a recent game, working in gambling references, working on Christmas Day, his television career and what his Thanksgiving plate will look like. Following Michaels, Deitsch joins the podcast to talk about the latest sports media news. Topics discussed include how Amazon and NBC have done with their NBA coverage, the YouTubeTV-ESPN carriage dispute ending, Gus Johnson's decline, Fox's approach to sports broadcasts, the NFL schedule, the future of podcasts and much more. The podcast wraps up with the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment featuring Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY in New York. This week's topics include Jimmy having a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" restaurant moment, Netflix's new Eddie Murphy documentary, why it's good that the Chiefs are .500, a viral Jason Alexander video and more. Sponsored by: Underdog: Download the Underdog app and use code 'SPORTSILLUSTRATED' & Rocket Money: RocketMoney.com/SIMEDIA
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST
- Al Michaels on not being ready to retire, NFL making him give on-air correction, his TV career and more
- Richard Deitsch on Amazon + NBC NBA coverage, Gus Johnson, NFL sked, future of pods & the latest sports media news
Apple: bit.ly/43HK2kZ
YouTube: bit.ly/4pq6vv7
- Al Michaels on not being ready to retire, NFL making him give on-air correction, his TV career and more
- Richard Deitsch on Amazon + NBC NBA coverage, Gus Johnson, NFL sked, future of pods & the latest sports media news
Apple: bit.ly/43HK2kZ
YouTube: bit.ly/4pq6vv7
CBS says Gotham FC's win over the Washington Spirit was the most-watched NWSL match ever and the first NWSL match in history to top one million viewers.
The final averaged 1.184 million viewers, up 22% over the 2024 championship.
The final averaged 1.184 million viewers, up 22% over the 2024 championship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
CBS says Gotham FC's win over the Washington Spirit was the most-watched NWSL match ever and the first NWSL match in history to top one million viewers.
The final averaged 1.184 million viewers, up 22% over the 2024 championship.
The final averaged 1.184 million viewers, up 22% over the 2024 championship.
NEW PODCAST: @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social is the guest and we discuss the Chiefs-Cowboys and the prospect of the game breaking the current NFL regular season viewership single-game viewership record (42M for Cowboys-Giants in 2022). Plus, NBC and Prime Video talk.
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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about tele...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
NEW PODCAST: @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social is the guest and we discuss the Chiefs-Cowboys and the prospect of the game breaking the current NFL regular season viewership single-game viewership record (42M for Cowboys-Giants in 2022). Plus, NBC and Prime Video talk.
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NEW: If you want to be part of television history, tune into the Chiefs-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving. I predict its going to be the NFL's most-watched regular season game ever. Here's why:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Why Chiefs-Cowboys could be the most-watched NFL regular season game ever
Two big-name teams playing a Thanksgiving game with playoff implications will mean a massive TV audience.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW: If you want to be part of television history, tune into the Chiefs-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving. I predict its going to be the NFL's most-watched regular season game ever. Here's why:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
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Elle Duncan is set to become the face of Netflix's sports coverage: Sources
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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
As for my @tempobasketball.bsky.social:
I really like Madina Okut longterm. It's the kind of pick I'd make as an expansion team but, alas, I am not the GM and they have a good one.
I really like Madina Okut longterm. It's the kind of pick I'd make as an expansion team but, alas, I am not the GM and they have a good one.
So much to still figure out with the CBA but the Minnesota Lynx — already a top team — landing the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft sets them up for a big-time player.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As for my @tempobasketball.bsky.social:
I really like Madina Okut longterm. It's the kind of pick I'd make as an expansion team but, alas, I am not the GM and they have a good one.
I really like Madina Okut longterm. It's the kind of pick I'd make as an expansion team but, alas, I am not the GM and they have a good one.
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Two years in a row, the Wings sent Maddy Siegrist to the lottery drawing. Two years in a row, Curt Miller had plane problems on lottery weekend
Two years in a row, the Dallas Wings came away with the No. 1 pick
Full story on lottery results/implications
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Two years in a row, the Dallas Wings came away with the No. 1 pick
Full story on lottery results/implications
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Dallas Wings win WNBA Draft Lottery for second straight year: Who will join Paige Bueckers?
The Minnesota Lynx land the No. 2 pick, and the Seattle Storm won the third selection. The Mystics are No. 4 and the Sky No. 5.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Two years in a row, the Wings sent Maddy Siegrist to the lottery drawing. Two years in a row, Curt Miller had plane problems on lottery weekend
Two years in a row, the Dallas Wings came away with the No. 1 pick
Full story on lottery results/implications
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Two years in a row, the Dallas Wings came away with the No. 1 pick
Full story on lottery results/implications
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
So much to still figure out with the CBA but the Minnesota Lynx — already a top team — landing the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft sets them up for a big-time player.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
So much to still figure out with the CBA but the Minnesota Lynx — already a top team — landing the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft sets them up for a big-time player.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
That play in the Cowboys-Eagles game is as great a special teams play on defense as I've seen in some time.
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
That play in the Cowboys-Eagles game is as great a special teams play on defense as I've seen in some time.
This clip tells you everything about the current moment in the States.
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This clip tells you everything about the current moment in the States.
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Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
LeBron’s Next Decision and the Echoes of Kareem
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. The blueprint’s already been written; the only question is whether James will follow it.
www.theringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Fantastic game.
Turn on Fox for what looks like a great final quarter between UConn and Michigan in women’s hoops.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Fantastic game.
Turn on Fox for what looks like a great final quarter between UConn and Michigan in women’s hoops.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Turn on Fox for what looks like a great final quarter between UConn and Michigan in women’s hoops.
Zach Lowe will make his first appearance on NBA on Prime on Black Friday. Lowe will make select appearances on Prime Video’s NBA studio show throughout the season.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Zach Lowe will make his first appearance on NBA on Prime on Black Friday. Lowe will make select appearances on Prime Video’s NBA studio show throughout the season.
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Hlas column: The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard. A personal story as the final football game I cover at Kinnick Stadium for the Gazette nears. www.thegazette.com/sports/my-fi...
My first football interview was with a hitchhiking receiver. Now my ride here ends.
The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard.
www.thegazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hlas column: The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard. A personal story as the final football game I cover at Kinnick Stadium for the Gazette nears. www.thegazette.com/sports/my-fi...
Congrats to those of you who placed a futures bet on the 2026 New York Governor election winner before today.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Congrats to those of you who placed a futures bet on the 2026 New York Governor election winner before today.
Please let me know who you like in the Super Bowl and the World Cup. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Please let me know who you like in the Super Bowl and the World Cup. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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NEW COLUMN: Here are the best NFL games on TV for the rest of 2025 as based on eyeballs on the product:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The best NFL games on TV for the rest of 2025: Defending champs vs. defending MVP
NFL TV ratings have been strong all season long. The remaining schedule includes games with massive national appeal.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW COLUMN: Here are the best NFL games on TV for the rest of 2025 as based on eyeballs on the product:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
NEW PODCAST: Major League Baseball's new media deals — and here comes Netflix
The guests are Austin Karp and @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social
for a roundtable discussion on MLB's new three-year media rights agreements with ESPN, Netflix and NBCU.
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The guests are Austin Karp and @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social
for a roundtable discussion on MLB's new three-year media rights agreements with ESPN, Netflix and NBCU.
link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about tele...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW PODCAST: Major League Baseball's new media deals — and here comes Netflix
The guests are Austin Karp and @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social
for a roundtable discussion on MLB's new three-year media rights agreements with ESPN, Netflix and NBCU.
link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...
The guests are Austin Karp and @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social
for a roundtable discussion on MLB's new three-year media rights agreements with ESPN, Netflix and NBCU.
link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaP...
The Bills special teams play has been incredible the last two weeks.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Bills special teams play has been incredible the last two weeks.
Cris Collinsworth will work his his 500th NFL game (regular + postseason) as an analyst this Sunday for Rams at Bucs on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. NBC sys he's worked NFL games in 52 stadiums with 13 play-by-play partners.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Cris Collinsworth will work his his 500th NFL game (regular + postseason) as an analyst this Sunday for Rams at Bucs on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. NBC sys he's worked NFL games in 52 stadiums with 13 play-by-play partners.
This NFL scheduling change is really a case of what if.
With a healthy Joe Burrow and the Bengals in contention, a 4:25 PM ET game against Josh Allen and Buffalo is a 30 million viewership game,
Instead, the NFL and Fox opt for Bears-Packers in the all-important late-afternoon Sunday window.
With a healthy Joe Burrow and the Bengals in contention, a 4:25 PM ET game against Josh Allen and Buffalo is a 30 million viewership game,
Instead, the NFL and Fox opt for Bears-Packers in the all-important late-afternoon Sunday window.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This NFL scheduling change is really a case of what if.
With a healthy Joe Burrow and the Bengals in contention, a 4:25 PM ET game against Josh Allen and Buffalo is a 30 million viewership game,
Instead, the NFL and Fox opt for Bears-Packers in the all-important late-afternoon Sunday window.
With a healthy Joe Burrow and the Bengals in contention, a 4:25 PM ET game against Josh Allen and Buffalo is a 30 million viewership game,
Instead, the NFL and Fox opt for Bears-Packers in the all-important late-afternoon Sunday window.
