Sports Business Journal's Austin Karp

About this episode

Jimmy Traina interviews Austin Karp about sports media and the NBA Finals, followed by a segment with Sal Licata discussing various sports topics.

Episode 612 of “SI Media With Jimmy Traina” features an interview with “Sports Business Journal” sports media reporter Austin Karp. Karp talks about the NBA and ABC being set up for big ratings with the Spurs and Knicks in the Finals, the trio of Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler calling their first NBA Finals together and the “Inside the NBA” crew of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal working the NBA Finals pregame, halftime and postgame studio shows for the first time ever. In addition, Karp discusses Pat McAfee being ESPN’s top star, the buzz surrounding the World Cup, a big problem with college football’s playoff schedule, whether Fox could lose the World Series and/or the NFL, the current debacle at “60 Minutes" and much more. Following Karp, Sal Licata from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts segment. This week’s topics include: the NBA Finals, Jimmy’s interview with Marv Albert, Sal getting a message from a “Howard Stern Show” wack packer, a fun ranking game, Sal’s lack of Bon Jovi knowledge and more. Sponsored by: Underdog: Download the Underdog app and use code SPORTSILLUSTRATED'…

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Traina

Guest: Austin Karp

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• sports media
• college football
• World Cup
• sports ratings
• broadcasting

Keywords

• NBA
• ESPN
• sports business
• broadcasting
• ratings
• college football
• World Cup
• Pat McAfee
• 60 Minutes

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Organizations: ESPN, Sports Business Journal, SNY TV, Howard Stern Show, 60 Minutes

Products: Underdog

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