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“The tongue-in-cheek back-and-forth continued with Wright roping in other members of Le Batard’s crew.”
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Podcasts, as Bruce Gilbert once said, are like assholes. Everybody has one. That makes real success in that realm worth celebrating. That is what Nick Wright did on Monday after learning that he had one of the top five sports podcasts in the country. But celebrating was just the start. Nick Wright made it clear he wants more.
YOOOOOOO! This is super dope.
I’m not gonna act like I’m gonna catch @BarstoolBigCat or @BillSimmons… BUT, I do think @LeBatardShow should have to pay a penalty for trying to work the great @MichaelRyanRuiz into an early grave, so if y’all could subscribe so we can pass them… pic.twitter.com/bLOG5iiQR9
That comment caught the attention of Dan Le Batard, who fired back. He called Wright’s media career a “phony one-trick act”.
Slow your roll, @getnickwright. You surveyed the Take Landscape and decided the most counterculture, original path to glory was to simply have the polar-opposite opinion of @RealSkipBayless on LeBron. This is as high as that phony one-trick act takes you — Dan https://t.co/jdNJwUb9Ot
The tongue-in-cheek back-and-forth continued with Wright roping in other members of Le Batard’s crew. He said he and Dan were no longer friends, but plenty of Dan’s colleagues would be in Wright’s corner.
I used to think @LeBatardShow & I were friends. But the moment you get a little heat you show your true colors. Sad!
However, as long as I’ve still got @Stugotz790, @__ChrisCote & @roybelly in my corner, I don’t need your friendship.
They’ve carried you all this time, anyways. https://t.co/JK3Tkbt5Tx
None of these people are in your corner. Well, maybe @Stugotz790 is. But @ColinCowherd and @RealSkipBayless are your corner. And @kevinwildes carries you. What a diverse corner. Also, Fox you. — Dan.
This is all I see and hear when @getnickwright talks pic.twitter.com/Y55VxJwK13
A guy gets a little tiny podcast competition from @WhatsWrightShow & he immediately goes to the sophomoric insults! Sad!
When you sober up sometime midway through tomorrow’s show, Dan, you’re gonna feel bad about this. https://t.co/F9fkuaoDhc
As the insults and fighting continued, Dan Le Batard got Papí involved (indirectly). Nick Wright responded by circling back on his original accusation that Le Batard doesn’t appreciate Mike Ryan.
You did this to yourself. #FreeMikeRyan
Wright provided an update on Wednesday morning. It turns out that the beef did not workout as well for him as it did for The Dan Le Batard Show.
Well… this didn’t exactly go as planned. @WhatsWrightShow is still at #4, which is amazing & I’m incredibly grateful… BUT in an effort to pass @LeBatardShow due to his inhumane treatment of @MichaelRyanRuiz, I seem to have only strengthened him, as he’s moved to #1. Disaster! pic.twitter.com/cE35vsuK08
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“Road Trippin’ was something we did during that championship year that was just supposed to be practice for Richard Jefferson.”
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Back in 2016, Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson were both on the Cleveland Cavaliers team that won the franchise’s first championship. During that season, they both started the Road Trippin’ podcast with then Cavaliers sideline reporter Allie Clifton, and the two players have gone on to premier broadcasting jobs once their NBA careers ended.
Frye was a guest on the latest edition of the Sports Business Radio podcast and he explained that he was only going to be a guest on Jefferson’s podcast to help Jefferson get some broadcasting practice. Then, Frye all of a sudden had to jump into a different role
“Road Trippin’ was something we did during that championship year that was just supposed to be practice for Richard Jefferson. Richard called me in the hotel and said hey, I need to practice because I want to get into broadcasting when I’m done. Come up here and let me interview you. I’ve got Allie up here. I was like, I’m not coming up there unless you feed me and give me a bottle of wine.”
“We go up to the training room and there’s one mic. We are sitting there and getting ready to start…then Kyrie walks in…He comes and sits down. I turned into one of the hosts and that’s how it actually started.”
Frye mentioned that he loves to talk basketball and sports in general. However, when he is giving his analysis and criticisms on the game, he tries to keep it strictly to what he is seeing on the court only.
“I always want to do right by the player. I’m going to call it how I see it, but I’m trying my best at all times to never talk about the person, only the product that’s out there. I think sometimes a lot of broadcasters kind of melt into that area by talking about the player instead of the product that the player put out there. I think we have to keep those things separate especially in today’s age because guys are very sensitive to that because of how much that is happening to them on social media or other broadcasts.”
When Frye is hosting his show Handles on social media, his goal is to show clips of every game, even for the ones where two bad teams might be playing.
“For my show Handles on Fridays, I have 4-5 games going on TVs and I am sitting there with 2-3 other people and we are choosing the games and the clips to pull. I think regardless of your record, each team deserves to get looked at. If you remember old school ESPN would play a clip of every single game that was on. I think we need to get back to that…Those players are all pros. They get paid. They deserved to get shown especially if they have good highlights or especially if they are playing well. Sometimes, your team stinks, but you are good.”
Ricky Keeler is a reporter for BSM with a primary focus on sports media podcasts and national personalities. He is also an active podcaster with an interest in pursuing a career in sports media. You can find him on Twitter @Rickinator555 or reach him by email at RickJKeeler@gmail.com.
“Those were the kind of things that for the generation that didn’t get to hear John on a daily basis, they missed a lot of fun,” he said.
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It’s been several months since the passing of NFL legend John Madden, but the remembrances of the Super Bowl winning coach and beloved broadcaster continue.
Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collinsworth told Bryan Curtis on The Press Box podcast that one thing that he’ll always remember about Madden is his ability to keep things lively on broadcasts.
“John could always find something fun or funny in football. It never detracted from the game,” Collinsworth said. “Like he never would talk about any of that stuff, but if a bird flew on the field or the guy took off his helmet and steam was coming out, or as a former offensive lineman it was ok for him to talk about an offensive lineman’s gut hanging over his belt buckle.”
Cris added that given Madden’s unique personality, newer football fans have missed out.
“Those were the kind of things that for the generation that didn’t get to hear John on a daily basis, they missed a lot of fun,” he said. “They just missed the ability to have a laugh. He was the same way in real life too.”
Collinsworth told a story about how Madden showed up to a party he was hosting and spent an hour talking football with his two sons. That was just true to Madden’s nature.
“My kids are sitting there wide-eyed that John Madden is doing all this stuff, and at the end of it, he gets up, he goes over gives my wife Holly a hug, shakes my hand, he goes, ‘This was a great party. It was just a great party, I gotta go, I had the best time, see ya guys, we’ll see ya.’ That’s it,” Collinsworth said. “He didn’t talk to anybody else, he got engaged with football with my two boys, and that was it. That was the whole thing. I go, ‘He’s the coolest guy in the world right there.’ I love John Madden.”
Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett News Media. He also works for ABC8 News and Newsradio WRVA and 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia. His prior experiences include working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Lawyers Weekly and iHeartradio Richmond. He can be reached by email at Jordan.E.Bondurant@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @J__Bondurant.
“Our goal is to create a new NFL tradition on Thursday nights,” Amazon vice president for global video Marie Donoghue said. “Part of that is creating an iconic theme.”
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Amazon has released the theme music that will be used for its Thursday Night Football broadcasts set to begin on Prime Video next month.
The score was composed by Pinar Toprak. Toprak has composed scores for films like Captain Marvel and elements for the popular video game FortNite. She told USA Today that her first submission to Amazon was ultimately the music selected.
Toprak also said she tried to pull from other NFL theme music for inspiration, which she hopes will draw a range of emotions out of people when they hear it.
“Excitement, anticipation, power, strength, team, togetherness,” Toprak said. “In the other versions, we have some really fun moments, too. The contrasts between joy and tension and relief mirror the ebbs and flows of a football game.”
“Our goal is to create a new NFL tradition on Thursday nights,” Amazon vice president for global video Marie Donoghue said. “Part of that is creating an iconic theme. You listen to this once, you’re humming the theme. We think it’s really identifiable and will really set the tone in getting our audience excited for that night’s broadcast.”
The theme will make its debut on August 25 during preseason coverage. Amazon’s regular season slate of games begins in Week 2 on September 15.
Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett News Media. He also works for ABC8 News and Newsradio WRVA and 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia. His prior experiences include working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Lawyers Weekly and iHeartradio Richmond. He can be reached by email at Jordan.E.Bondurant@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @J__Bondurant.
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