Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Sports Media Roundtable: Duke and Prime Video partner up; will Russell Wilson be good on TV and where the Vrabel-Russini story goes from here.

May 2, 2026·56 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Episode 618 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch; Armand Broady, the co-host of the Sports Media Watch podcast and a contributor to SMW, and Derek Futterman, a multimedia writer and producer for Sports Media Watch, and Chad Finn, media writer and columnist for The Boston Globe. In this podcast we discuss Duke and Amazon's Prime Video announcing a multi-year partnership where the streamer will carry three high profile Duke non-league games against UConn, Michigan and Gonzaga; the CW partnering with ESPN Unlimited to give the broadcast network a streaming home; NBC's massive Saturday with the Kentucky Derby and Boston/Philadelphia Game 7; the NFL Draft viewership numbers; what we think of Russell Wilson's prospects as a broadcaster; why Wilson will have to be candid to convince viewers; where the Vrabel-Russini story goes from here and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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