Jimmy Traina

NBC Passes on Hiring Full-Time Analyst for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Play-by-player Jason Benetti will work with local analysts every week.

NBC whiffs by not hiring a full-time analyst for “Sunday Night Baseball”: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Is Luke Kornet Right to Call Out the Hawks for Their Controversial Promotion? The Spurs center penned a blog post asking Atlanta to cancel its upcoming ‘Magic City Monday’ night.

Is Luke Kornet Right to Call Out the Hawks for Their Strip Club Promotion?: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Dream Booking the CBS-Turner Sports Sports Media Crossover Possibilities Charles Barkley on the ‘NFL Today?’ J.J. Watt on NHL coverage? Paramount’s purchase of Warner Brothers Discovery creates potential for fun broadcasting moves.

Charles Barkley on the NFL Today.
BizNasty covering The Masters.
J.J. Watt calling NHL.

Dream booking the new CBS-Warner Brothers Discover sports portfolio.

Puck's John Ourand on NFL's Media Rights Future Podcast Episode · SI Media With Jimmy Traina · February 26 · 1h 16m

In addition, Peter Schrager fills in for Sal Licata in the “Traina Thoughts” segment.

- Best celeb interaction at Super Bowl
- Dealing with the blizzard
- Coffee habits & quirks
- “Happy Birthday” nonsense
- Real life Larry David moments
- TV recommendations

Puck's John Ourand on NFL's Media Rights Future Podcast Episode · SI Media With Jimmy Traina · February 26 · 1h 16m

Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST with Puck’s John Ourand.

- NFL to renegotiate media deals late summer
- Could CBS or Fox lose a Sunday package
- Will we see more playoff games on streaming
- How many NFL games will streamers get
- ESPN’s purchase of NFL Network

We’ve Gotten a Preview of MLB’s New ABS System And It Wasn’t Pretty A spring training game spells disaster for the home plate umpire as teams win five straight challenges.

We’ve Gotten a Preview of MLB’s New ABS System and It Wasn’t Pretty: TRAINA THOUGHTS

ESPN’s Jay Bilas Unloads On Coaches Over Poor Press Conference Behavior The college basketball analyst doesn’t understand why head coaches don’t understand the concept of talking after a game.

Jay Bilas is a breath of fresh air: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Traina Thoughts Mailbag: NFL, MLB Could Soon See Significant Broadcast Changes Readers had questions about what will happen when the NFL and Major League Baseball sign new rights deals in the near future.

Traina Thoughts Mailbag:

- NFL, MLB broadcast changes are coming
- ESPN’s Super Bowl promotion
- Best postgame show
- If I was commissioner of wrestling
- What would I change about sports media
- Watching preseason MLB
- Sandwiches/heroes
- Much more

New Report Says It’s Likely Streamers Will Get Five-Game NFL Packages Amazon, YouTube and Netflix are in line to become big players in the football broadcasting world.

New Report Says It’s Likely Streamers Will Get Five-Game NFL Packages: TRAINA THOUGHTS

After Slow Start, ‘Inside the NBA’ Is Ready to Become a Staple Again Ernie, Chuck, Kenny and Shaq are about to assume a much heavier workload for the second half of the season.

After Slow Start, ‘Inside the NBA’ Is Ready to Become a Staple Again

Awful Announcing owner, Ben Koo Podcast Episode · SI Media With Jimmy Traina · 02/19/2026 · 1h 19m

Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST with ⁦Awful Announcing’s
⁩ owner & editor, Ben Koo.
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- The history of AA
- His day-to-day work
- AA’s philosophy on what to post
- Amplifying awful/fake takes
- AA’s relationship with networks
- Not being respected

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Adam Silver: AI Will Give Us ‘Most Significant Change’ in Presentation of Sports The NBA commissioner made some head-scratching comments about artificial intelligence and streaming ratings.

Adam Silver said some really weird things about A.I. and streaming this weekend: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Get Ready for Wednesday Night Football The 2026 NFL season will reportedly begin on a Wednesday night.

Get ready for Wednesday Night Football: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Let’s Evaluate Some of the More Unhinged Responses to Super Bowl, Bad Bunny Ratings A lot of people were triggered by the Super Bowl viewership numbers.

The amount of people on Twitter who are deranged is staggering: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Led to the Most Ridiculous Fake News of All Time Ratings for the Super Bowl and the halftime show were not released on Monday despite what you saw online.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Led to the Most Ridiculous Fake News of All Time: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Lackluster Super Bowl Didn’t Give Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth Much to Work With Reviewing NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl LX between the Patriots and Seahawks.

NBC Review-Lackluster Super Bowl Didn’t Give Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth Much to Work With: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Why Super Bowl TV Ratings Will Be Down This Year The Chiefs’ absence, the lack of superstars and access to the game will prohibit Patriots-Seahawks from setting a record.

Why Super Bowl TV Ratings Will Be Down This Year: TRAINA THOUGHTS

NBC's Maria Taylor Podcast Episode · SI Media With Jimmy Traina · 02/05/2026 · 1h 11m

Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST with NBC’s Maria Taylor

- What goes into hosting a 5-hour Super Bowl pregame show

- Life after ESPN

- Working with Brent Musburger and Lee Corso

- Hosting NBA studio show vs. NFL studio show

The Tampa Bay Lightning Ran the Dumbest, Most Classless ‘Promotion’ You’ll Ever See A cancer survivor missed out on a $1 million donation because he couldn’t make a near-impossible shot.

The Tampa Bay Lightning Ran the Dumbest, Most Classless ‘Promotion’ You’ll Ever See: TRAINA THOUGHTS

What You Need to Know About ESPN Purchasing NFL Network ESPN president Burke Magnus shared some insight into what will happen with NFL Network.

What You Need to Know About ESPN Purchasing NFL Network: TRAINA THOUGHTS

A Tree Falling Into His House Wouldn’t Stop This Paul Finebaum Caller Dealing with a tree in your bedroom can wait when you have a burning question about LSU football.

A Tree Falling Into His House Wouldn’t Stop This Paul Finebaum Caller: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Let’s Stop This Talk of Neutral Site Conference Championship Games Right Now Weather became a big factor in the Patriots-Broncos game, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Let’s Stop This Talk of Neutral Site Conference Championship Games Right Now: TRAINA THOUGHTS

There’s Still One Big Flaw In Tom Brady’s Broadcasting Game The lack of late-game strategy talk from the Fox analyst during the Rams-Seahawks game was jarring.

There’s Still One Big Flaw in Tom Brady’s Broadcasting Game: TRAINA THOUGHTS

ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Opens Up About Possibly Moving To Afternoons, Near Reunion With Ryen Russillo The ’SportsCenter’ host talks about where he stands on taking over old ‘Around the Horn’ time slot.

ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Opens Up About Possibly Moving To Afternoons, Near Reunion With Ryen Russillo: TRAINA THOUGHTS

ESPN's Scott Van Pelt on a Possible Big Change Podcast Episode · SI Media With Jimmy Traina · 01/22/2026 · 1h 20m

Brand new SI MEDIA PODCAST with Scott Van Pelt

- Will he move to ESPN’s 5pm slot
- Does he want to move to ESPN’s 5pm slot
- Almost reuniting with Ryen Russillo
- Recalling a wild health scare
- Favorite 2025 Bad Beat
- Analyzing his Diet Coke addiction

Charles Barkley Remains Unfiltered Despite Working For ESPN The ‘Inside the NBA’ star went off on ‘idiots’ and ‘fools’ in sports media over the Liam Coen-Lynn Jones ‘controversy.’

Charles Barkley Remains Unfiltered Despite Working for ESPN: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Analyzing Moment NFL Network, ESPN Got News of Sean McDermott’s Firing Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter were visibly flustered after learning the Bills fired their coach while on the air.

I did a full breakdown of the moment NFL Network, ESPN got news of Sean McDermott’s firing and everyone freaked out: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Traina Thoughts Mailbag: Matt Ryan’s Replacement, Worst ‘Sopranos’ Character and More CBS has an ‘NFL Today’ opening. Who will the Cowboys play on Thanksgiving? Did ‘The Sopranos’ have a bad character?

TRAINA THOUGHTS MAILBAG:

- Matt Ryan’s “NFL Today” replacement
- Cowboys Thanksgiving prediction
- ESPN’s 5pm opening
- Blocked by Caleb Williams on Twitter
- Show you liked but can’t watch repeats
- Worst “Sopranos” Character

Mike Tirico Understands Criticism, but Defends NBC’s Usage of Michael Jordan So far, Jordan’s NBC role as a “special contributor” has consisted of one chopped up interview with Tirico.

Mike Tirico defends Michael Jordan interview while admitting ‘probably not what everyone wanted.’ TRAINA THOUGHTS

If Mike Tomlin Goes to TV, His Impact Will Be Limited There isn’t a television job out there where the former Steelers coach can be a difference maker.

Mike Tomlin To TV Hype Will Be Much Ado About Nothing: TRAINA THOUGHTS