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Sports Media Watch Podcast with Jon Lewis and T.J. Rives
In this week’s flagship podcast, host T.J. Rives and Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch discuss NFL and college football still being king, plus visit with former New York Giants great Tiki Barber.
Jon has insight on the tremendous Thanksgiving audiences for the NFL, including the record recent regular season numbers for Giants-Cowboys on FOX. Then, they discuss the U.S. Men’s National team helping Fox’s World Cup ratings soar on Black Friday and preview the viewership for their loss to the Netherlands on Saturday morning. Plus, will “Championship Saturday” have a big ratings impact or fall flat for the lack of mega-matchups?
Finally, Tiki Barber of WFAN radio, CBS’ NFL coverage and national radio on Compass Media Networks joins Jon and T.J. to discuss his post-NFL broadcasting career that includes work on the “Today” show on NBC, as well as broadcasting roles on CBS and national radio. What’s the difference in preparation for TV vs. radio football broadcasts? How tough is it to criticize current players? Plus, Tiki has thoughts on working the Big Ten Title Game Saturday night with Michigan against Purdue. The full Tiki Barber interview is below:
“Tell Me A Story I Don’t Know” with George Ofman
In March of 2020, Marc Silverman’s world changed in a way he never imagined, as he details in part two of his interview with George Ofman. The father of two young boys whose career was riding high as a sport radio talk show now had to deal with cancer. “My dark thoughts were my kids were five and three at the time and will they know me? Will there be someone who replaces me? I’m thinking am I going to die?” After Silverman went public with his diagnosis on the show he co-hosts with former Chicago Bears wide receiver Tom Waddle, the outpouring of well wishers was overwhelming. “There are a lot of selfless people in this world and what that does for you is it lifts you up.”
Now, Silvy says he’s feeling much better. “I have energy now. A lot of people think when you’re in remission everything’s great. There’s a lot of guilt, there’s a lot of questions, there’s a lot of worry. The chemotherapy beats the hell out of your body. Right now I’m 99 percent energy and feeling right.” Right there beside him is his long time partner Waddle. “There no one I talk to more on a daily basis than Waddle, even more than my wife! When we first stated in 2007 he was a football guy who knew about the other sports but now knows all the sports so well.”
Announcer Schedules Podcast with Mike Gill and Phil De Montmollin
On the latest Announcer Schedules Podcast, hosts Mike Gill and Phil De Montmollin return to discuss the World Cup, and take their usual deep dive into the latest announcer happenings across the NFL, college football, college basketball and the NBA. They also discuss Fox Sports’ Tom Rinaldi globetrotting from Qatar to the U.S. for the NFL and then back; plus the latest Bill Walton antics from last weekend’s Phil Knight college hoops tournament and a preview of a massive Saturday of college football.
