Mark Henry on SiriusXM’s new 24/7 Wrestling Channel and Sean Grande on calling the Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor bout for Netflix
Episode 525 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Mark Henry, the former WWE performer, U.S. Olympic weightlifter, and now one of the hosts on SiriusXM’s “Busted Open,” the daily wrestling show. In this podcast Henry discusses SiriusXM announcing last week the launch of its first ever 24/7 channel dedicated to the world of professional wrestling, Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7; why an audio channel covering pro wrestling 24 hours a day, seven days a week exists; how he navigates between discussing athletic scripted entertainment with the business of pro wrestling; why pro wrestling content has exploded; his son, Jacob Henry, a Oklahoma football player and wrestler who signed as a WWE NIL athlete; working in Canada, and more. Henry is followed by Sean Grande, the longtime voice for the Boston Celtics who will serve as the boxing play by play voice for Netflix’s all-women card on July 11 from Madison Square Garden. That card includes the third meeting between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Grande discusses how he got the Netflix assignment; how he approaches is boxing calls; working with Seniesa Estrada and Laila Ali on the commentary team; what Netflix has been like as an employer; what it might be like calling the Celtics this year and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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Sports Media Roundtable: Austin Karp and Jon Lewis
Episode 524 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests for a sports media roundtable: Jon Lewis, founder and editor of Sports Media Watch, and Austin Karp, assistant managing editor of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast we discuss the biggest sports stories of the first half of 2025 and what we think will be the biggest stories of the second half of 2025 including the new NBA players, ESPN's DTC, and college football coverage; what would the men's and women's basketball tournament look like going to 76 teams; WNBA expansion, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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How does one come up with the value of a pro sports franchise? Meet one of the best at it.
Episode 523 of the Sports Media Podcast features Kurt Badenhausen, a reporter who covers sports business for Sportico. In this podcast, Badenhausen explains the process of reporting out pro sports valuations; how the work changes based on the sport; Sportico releasing its second annual WNBA valuation report, which showed the average WNBA team is now valued at $269 million, a 180 percent increase compared to last year’s report; why the Golden State Valkyries are worth a $500 million valuation, a women’s sports franchise; the Cowboys atop the sports list with a value of $10.32 billion; the NFL valuations; how an NBA title helps increase the Thunder valuation; the future of sports business outlets, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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Jason Benetti
Episode 522 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jason Benetti, the television voice of the Detroit Tigers and a play by play announcer for Fox Sports. In this podcast, Benetti discusses what it's like calling the best team in baseball (so far); why the Tigers have been successful; how calling a winning team impacts how the viewer perceives a broadcast; Detroit as a sports city; the best stadium experiences for a visiting broadcaster; chatting with Jack White and J.K. Simmons about baseball; his upcoming Fox college football schedule and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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Media Roundtable: How Game 7 of the Thunder-Pacers series saved the NBA from a catastrophic viewership disaster. Plus, the end of the line for an ESPN NBA crew
Episode 521 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, founder and editor of Sports Media Watch and Donnovan Bennett, host and podcaster for Sportsnet. In this podcast we discuss the NBA's Game 7 viewership (16.35 million viewers) and how it bailed out what would have been a catastrophic viewership story; Game 7 being the most-watched NBA Finals game in six years; the viewership issues for Thunder-Pacers; why people did not watch the series before Game 7; ESPN/ABC's negative-centric NBA Finals halftime show; how next year's new media deal featuring Amazon, NBC and ESPN/ABC will change coverage, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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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 television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.
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