Weiu Sports And Media Podcast

With Joe off on vacation, Dustin White joins Jeff in the studio to discuss Jamie Horowitz's recent ouster at Fox Sports 1, Dan Shulman's decision to step away from Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, and a new look to this year's MLB Home Run Derby broadcast.

Jeff and Joe, with more than a little input from their Facebook live viewers, discuss sports in film.

Special guest Dick Schneider, a veteran journalist currently serving as executive editor of the Pensacola News Journal, joins the discussion with Jeff and Joe.

Playoffs Over, Don’t Hate and Mickelson

TV Ratings, Baseball Cards, Oklahoma Sports

Jeff and Joe delve into an interesting - although not particularly happy - week in the world of sports coverage, including Tigers Woods' DUI arrest, the death of legendary Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford, and the layoff of popular ESPN NFL analyst John Clayton.

Frequent topics in sports media have been the ongoing playoffs in the NBA and NHL, along with new NFL overtime rules and the ever-popular practice of aggrieved MLB pitchers throwing at hitters. Jeff and Joe discuss them all ... and more!

ESPN is shaking up its morning programming, so Jeff and Joe take a look. Coverage of the NBA playoffs is also discussed along with Monday Night Football and plenty more.

Jeff and Joe explore the Sports Emmys, talk about the NHL playoffs, and the end of ESPN's Sports Reporters program.

Justin Rust of the Mattoon Journal Gazette/Charleston Times-Courier stops in to talk to Jeff and Joe about covering Eastern Illinois University sports, while the discussion also turns to happenings in Major League Baseball.

Guest Dustin White joins Jeff and Joe to talk about a rough week in the world of ESPN.

A look at how the media has covered Aaron Hernandez's apparent suicide as well as the death of lengendary NFL owner Dan Rooney.

Fresh off a big weekend for televised golf and the end of Sergio Garcia's major championship drought, Jeff and Joe talk about The Masters. They also dive into some television ratings discussion as well as the upcoming NFL Draft and the media frenzy that distinguishes it from other professional sports leagues.

The champions of both NCAA basketball tournaments have been crowned, while Russell Westbrook continues to put together a historic season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jeff and Joe discuss those topics along with the stories surrounding Tony Romo's retirement, a topic especially interesting to the EIU community. And, of course, they take a few moments to scratch Jeff's TWD itch.

Jeff and Joe take a look at the stories surrounding the men's and women's NCAA Final Four.

Donald Trump seems to claim responsibility for Colin Kaepernick's continued lack of employment, and the guys discuss this ... along with the greater issue of the continually intersecting paths of politics and sports journalism.

March Madness finds its way to the Sports and Media Podcast as Jeff and Joe discuss the beginning of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

In addition to some Donald Trump talk, Jeff and Joe talk about possible alternatives to the way televised sporting events are delivered to fans.

Myriad topics are discussed by Jeff and Joe, including the controversey surrounding a transgender high school wrestler in Texas, University of Oregon football Willie Taggart's spat with a beat writer, and Mark Cuban's beef with Bleacher Report.

Jeff and Joe talk discuss an article from The Ringer that addresses the evolving political leanings of sports journalists and how that permeates into their work.