About this episode
Hutchy and Damo discuss the latest happenings in Australian sports media, including James Hird's coverage and the merger of the Stars and Renegades.
It was another big week on the Australian media landscape, with Hutchy and Damo discussing the coverage of James Hird and Essendon, the merger of the Stars and Renegades, Phil Gould's comments after Origin I, James Bracey's "Glass-Jaw" moment, and more. In this episode: 0:39 - What Hutchy's up to in the US 2:37 - The 'Pay It Forward Pump-Up' 7:29 - The "Spectre of James Hird" 17:37 - The merging of the Melbourne Stars and Renegades 23:14 - Damo and Channel 7 27:06 - James Bracey and Phil Gould's interesting exchange after Origin I 33:05 - Bracey's Glass-Jaw 38:34 - The Zach Merrett PR-Payoff 43:11 - James Hird and Matthew Lloyd's speaking engagement 45:22 - Hutchy's AI song for Damo 🗣️ Hosted by: Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian 📲 Follow and contact us: Twitter: twitter.com/SoundingBoardEp Facebook…
People in this episode
Hosts: Craig Hutchison, Damian Barrett
Topics covered
- Australian media
- James Hird
- Essendon
- merger
- Phil Gould
- James Bracey
- sports commentary
Keywords
- James Hird
- Essendon
- Phil Gould
- James Bracey
- merger
- sports media
- Australian sports
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Essendon, Melbourne Stars, Renegades
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