Last Word On Sports Media Podcast

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 finish late Sunday afternoon/evening? It was another intriguing Saturday in College Football and while there aren't ratings out yet mid-day Monday, T.J. has thoughts on the biggest games. This includes what might be the hightest audience for the Fox "Big Noon Kickoff" game to date with Ohio State beating Penn State, yet again. T.J. also has a health update on Navy Football play by play man, Pete Medhurst and also, some thoughts on the announced play by play retirement of Bob Costas after an over 40 year career calling baseball, primarily for NBC in the 80s and 90s. It's all on the LWOS Media "daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 standalone situation on Thursdsay night over Houston on Amazon Prime. And, it's another huge weekend of College and NFL football. Hear it all on the "Daily" and follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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: Hear it all on this version of the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subcribe on this feed on Apple, Spreaker, Spotify, etc.!

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/evening? Lead college hoops analyst Jay Bilas will be part of the "NBA on ESPN" Wednesday night game with Mark Jones, as part of their doubleheader. It's all part of the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 over on Tuesday night. What abou the ratings sure? Also, props are given to announcer Joe Davis and Mike has thoughts on what he likes on the Fox pregame and postgame coverage from their studio show. The boys are talking College Football next and some lesser audience for ABC and CBS games on Saturday, especially at night with the World Series. And, what kind of audience will Fox get for their "Big Noon Kickoff" massive matchup with Ohio State and Penn State both in the top 5. There's NFL conversation with the surge in Sunday night ratings for the Cowboys and 49ers on NBC Sports. What about Jim Nantz with the legendary call of the Washington Commanders-Chicago Bears "Hail Mary" win the deflected TD. And, what about the Pylon cams that are such a great innovation, yet are not for every NFL game broadcast? T.J. is outraged at it! Hear it all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.! Also, SEE the show on social Media from @MikeGillShow and @BucSidelineGuy and on Mike Gill Show Youtube, too.

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 the expected larger audience for this World Series for this on with New York and Los Angeles massive markets. There's more on the college football blowouts in the 3:30 Eastern window for ABC and CBS and will the ratings be affected by thos lopsided results. And, we shout out Jim Nantz for his tremendous call of the Hail Mary for Washington to beat Chicago on the final play on CBS late Sunday afternoon, too. It's all on the LWOS Media Pod "Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 concluding in MLS and now, their playoffs for the "MLS Cup" are getting underway. It's all part of the newest "Last Word on Sports Media Daily" on this feed and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 is preparing to play Wisconsin in a Big Ten showdown on NBC Saturday night but there is controversy involving rape allegations and former players at the program and coach James Franklin acted immaturely at his news conference Wednesday and only "fanned the flames" of the controversy in doing so. And, it's the Dodgers and the Yankees coming up in the 2024 World Series. How about the amazing audience these games used to get in the 1980s!?! Wait until you hear it. It's all on the M-F "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify etc. for all the great content!

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 Baltimore Ravens and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in and it was a hit for ESPN/ABC, Mike explains more. And, the preperation for thte highly anticiaped World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers is ongoing, as they start on Friday. Hear it all on the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 perturbed! There's ratings info from this weekend on the Superbowl rematch scoring huge for Fox Sports. College Football succeeding with ESPN/ABC with massive Alabama/Tennessee and Georgia/Texas doubleheader audience. What about the ideal Yankees/Dodgers World Series match-up starting this week. What's the ratings/interest prediction and the guys go inside on the scheduling for a Friday/Saturday start with games one and two? T.J. and Mike have more and make some audience predictions. Also, the WNBA has a thrilling finish to their Finals with the Liberty winning the title and some really good cable audience, but what about the league's financial future? It's all part of the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast and make sure to follow/subscrbe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 Champaign, IL? And, the NFL continues fo rule on Sunday's with massive audience and the Chiefs at 49ers on Fox Sports with Tom Brady on the call should lead the way. It's allon the "LWOS Media Feed and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

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 back to L.A. Meanwhile, the Guardians won dramatically over the Yankees with an extra inning homerun to get back to down 2-1 in their best of seven series. Mike has more on the drama and the ratings and why isn't Fox running the games on their main network? Plus, the WNBA finals ratings were outstanding for cable for Wednesday night's game three won dramatically by the New York Liberty, but wouldn't this be better served to be on ABC during the week? They have to take a look at it. Mike also has more on the NFL and College Football for this weekend and specifically, the announcers working the biggest games Saturday and Sunday. It's all on the LWOS "daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

On the newest edition of the "daily" on the LWOS Media podcast feed T.J. Rives returns with some takes and some scheduling updates. He discusses the fallout from Jerry Jones having a contentious reaction to legitmate questions by the radio hosts on his flagship radio station that runs the Dallas Cowboys games. Jones was threatening to replace the questioners on Tuesday. Also, Tom Brady adds "minority owner" to his resume' as the NFL approves him buy a small percentage of the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this week. Is he now compromised in how he can prepare and what he can criticize in NFL games for Fox sports? We have more. And, we have an LCS doubleheader of Yankees/Guardians and then, Dodgers/Mets to compete with a lesser Thursday night Broncos at Saints NFL game. What will the audience competiton be like? It's all on the LWOS Media "daily" pod and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

It's the Wednesday edition of the "daily" on the LWOS Media podcast feed and Mike Gill is back to give you all the latest news and info with his takes. Mike talks the MLB Postseason ratings including going against Monday night football between the Bills and the Jets. Also, how did the NFL weekend numbers come out with the Ravens-Commanders matchup on CBS and the awful Sunday Night game of Bengals at Giants on NBC? Mike has more on the college football numbers from Saturday and why the SEC remains king, realignment is helping the Big Ten and more. Hear it all as part of this "LWOS Media Daily" and subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

It's a brand new edition of the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast," as host T.J. Rives is back for this edition with a special guest. T.J. is usually joined by Mike Gill of ESPN 97.3 radio in Atlantic City, NJ, but Mike had other chaotic Philly sports press conference and event duties for his station. He'll be back Wednesday with takes and ratings, etc. on our "daily" M-F series. Instead, T.J. gives some insight on some College Football/NFL/WNBA ratings off the weekend and praises the Joe Buck/Troy Aikman team on Monday Night Football on ESPN. Find out why? Then, he wecolmes back to the pod, previous guest Carmen Vitali of FoxSports.com, Fox Sports Radio nationally and more. Carmen has tremendous insight on the NFL, as we discuss briefly, but we find out more about her broadcasting duties and the differences between live TV, live radio and more. Carmen also has exciting personal news, as well. We close out talking the MLB postseason heating up, as the Dodgers/Mets in the NLCS and the Yankees/Guardians in the ALCS are discussed for TV audience and market size. It's all on the "Last Word on Sports Media Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

Brand new edition of our "Daily" as T.J. Rives is aboard on this Monday. He has the latest on: The craziness post-Hurricane Milton in Florida coupled with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene two weeks earlier. The NFL weekend, inclduing why didn't Fox want to leave the awful, one sided Cowboys game in the fourth quarter on Sunday? What game did NBC want for SNF instead of the awful Giants/Bengals matchup but was stuck when they were blocked by another network? Plus, College Football's dramatic Saturday afternoon and night are examined, while we wait for the ratings on the close finishes on network TV. And, there's some brief talk on the MLB League Championship Series' both getting underway for Turner Sports (TBS) and Fox Sports. Plus, ESPN/ABC announce their NBA announcers for this upcoming season. Hear it all the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe to this feed on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!!

It's the newest edition of our "daily" as Mike Gill returns on the pod feed to talk the drama building in the MLB Divisional Rounds of the Playoffs. The Yankees and the Mets are in their leagues' championship series. Whom will join them Friday night and Saturday? Mike also gets ready for the NFL and College Football wekeends of matchups with the broadcasters, etc. And, the WNBA is down to its final two teams Minnesota and New York battling. Hear it all on the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!

On the newest edition of the "daily" host T.J. Rives returns in the aftermath of dealing overnight with Hurricane Milton in his area of Florida. He recounts what went on late night Wednesday and updates the situation in Tampa Bay, etc. He also discusses the MLB post season matchups and networks, as the Mets have eliminated the Phillies to meet either the Dodgers or Padres. They are playing a winner take all game five Friday night in L.A. Meanwhile, Thursday could see both Detroit and the New York Yankees advance in the A.L. or one or both might need a Saturday game five, also? There's some quick mention of the NFL weekend kicking off in Seattle Thursday night for the 49ers at the Seahawks on Amazon Prime and lots of important College Football matchups with Oklahoma playing Texas in the Cotton Bowl on ABC in ther renewal of the "Red River Rivalry" and a new Big Ten showdown has Ohio State at Oregon in the NBC Sports prime time game. Hear it all on the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify for more great content here!

On the newest edition of our M-F "Dailyl" edition of the show host Mike Gill is back with news and his takes on the MLB Postseason, the NFL numbers and more. Mike covers the ratings in for the Fox/FS1 and Turner Sports ratings for the MLB postseason games. How did they do against a weekend of College Football and the NFL? Also, Mike has some critiquing of some of the best p x p calls of the MLB playoff games and he has more on the NFL TV numbers, including the Sunday Night Game with the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers and Monday night football with the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints. It's all part of the "LWOS Media Daily" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc!

It's the newest edition of the podcast, as host T.J. Rives and co-host Mike Gill return with their takes on the weekend and more in sports and the coverage of it in sports media on the "Last Word on Sports Media" podcast! They discuss: The College Football craziness and announcers calling the wild games and upsets and did the MLB playoffs make an impact Saturday or not? There's also discussion of the NFL Sunday that had 15 hours of football from London Sunday morning with Aaron Rodgers and the Jets against the Vikes all the way to late Sunday night (after a lightning delay) for Dak Prescott and the Cowboys heroics in the final minute vs. the Steelers. The guys talk the drama, the broadcasters and more. The guys also mix in the MLB Postseason conversation, as it went head to head with football Saturday through Monday. Mike has lots of interest in the Phillies in his market and their success and MLB does have the Yankees, Mets and Dodgers in the biggest markets, too. There's discussion of Shams Charania being hired as the new ESPN NBA insider and senior writer and Mike wonders how much value there really is in breaking news via social media now, anyway? Finally, there's lots of info on the ridiculous "mud-slinging" by the disgruntled WNBA players and their association at famed former Washington Post writer and now USA Today columnist and author Christine Brennan. Brennan question whether a Connecticut player purposely tried to poke Indiana's Caitlin Clark's eye in a playoff game and it set off a firestorm of reaction. TJ speficially defends Brennan against critics for obvious reasons in her background, etc. Hear it all on the "LWOS Media Podcast" and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!