Ian Eagle on his Taylor Swift in-game reference and other topics. Plus, SI’s Jimmy Traina on the WWE and NBCUniversal media rights partnership

Episode 336 of the Sports Media Podcast features Ian Eagle, the CBS Sports/WBD/YES Network and Westwood One Sports broadcaster, and Sports Illustrated podcaster and writer Jimmy. Traina. In this podcast Eagle discusses dropping a Taylor Swift reference during the Chiefs-Jaguars game and the explosion of coverage that followed; why things go viral; how doing a Thursday Night radio broadcast helps his TV work; adjusting to so many different partners; his Nets schedule; how he feels when he reads that his son Noah, also a sports broadcaster, is a product of nepotism; his upcoming Final Four NCAA assignment; how he views Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson being replaced by Doris Burke and Doc Rivers; calling college football and more. Traina discusses Friday Night SmackDown coming back to USA Network beginning October 2024; WWE producing four primetime specials per year that will air on NBC; Fox being out of the WWE business; the financial terms of the deal; storylines involving The Rock and Roman Reigns and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices