GEOFF EXSTROM, Omaha Supernovas, Director Of Communications And Media Relations Watch The Media With John Shrader podcast

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Union Omaha, the defending champions of USL League One, are the league's defending champions. The only two-time champion in the league's six-year history. They are also three-time winners of the Player's Shield, which honors the team with the best regular season record. This team sets the standard for the third-tier professional league in American soccer. The team has ambitions, including a new soccer-specific stadium in downtown Omaha. This piece was reported and published in late February 2025. Interview sources: Martie Cordaro, Dominic Casciato, Rashid Nuhu, Blake Malone, PxP calls courtesy USL/CBS…

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HOWARD MEGDAL, Founder and Editor, The IX and The Next 32:01

hace 5 días32:01

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HOWARD MEGDAL founded The IX and The Next to focus on women’s sports. He is the author of eight books, writes for Baseball Prospectus and does some journalism for Forbes.Covering women’s sports and publishing the newsletter and the web site are his primary focus. We talk about women’s sports and why now, and the process of this work. Megdal hosts the basketball coverage on Locked On Women’s Sports daily podcast. His outlets also go in-depth in the following women's sports: soccer, tennis, golf, hockey and gymnastics.…

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PAUL ALLEN Voice of the Vikings, KFAN Radio, Canterbury Park 57:59

hace 18 días57:59

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PAUL ALLEN is the voice of the Minnesota Vikings, radio host at KFAN and the horse track announcer at Canterbury Park. From the days he talked his way into the horse racing business to his popular radio show and his more than two decades with the Vikings, Allen has been one-of-a-kind.In this conversation he talks about his work and its diversity. He talks at length about his faith. Nobody else does the NFL, radio talk and horse track announcing. Paul Allen is the one. Recorded January 29, 2025…

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BLAKE AERNI Radio Voice of Sporting Kansas City 49:47

hace 25 días49:47

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BLAKE AERNI is the radio voice of the Major league Soccer team Sporting KC. He is a graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism college. In 2025. he starts his second season as the primary announcer for the team, doing all the games on the 810 WHB radio. The home games can also be heard on Apple TV+ MLS Season Pass. He talks here about getting his career started, the passion for soccer, his ambitions, working in a bigger market than most who start their career, and more. Recorded January 30, 2025…

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ROSS JERNSTROM Former Omaha sportscaster 53:14

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ROSS JERNSTROM was a sportscaster in Omaha for 41 years, first at KETV and then WOWT. He is a UNL journalism graduate who started his career in Hastings but spent only a few months there. In October of 2024 Ross’s wife of 44 years Julie passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ross talks about Julie and her impact on his life and those of many others. He also talks about his career and what it means to teach high school students now as advisor to the Omaha Westside journalism program. That too is Ross’s alma mater. Recorded January 14, 2025…

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CHRIS TOWNSEND Host and Producer, A's Cast 53:25

hace 6 weeks53:25

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CHRIS TOWNSEND has been the host and producer of the Athletics A’s Cast since 2019. He and others created a radio station online, where they do most of their broadcast work. The team is moving to Las Vegas, with a three-year stop at Sacramento on the way. In this conversation we talk about that move from Oakland, which caused considerable emotions from broadcasters and fans. We talk a lot about what he has learned in the last five years about how to deliver ‘radio’ in digital form. Recorded January 13, 2025…

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GRANT HANSEN, Walnut Media and Radio Voice of the Omaha Supernovas 33:08

hace 7 weeks33:08

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GRANT HANSEN is the new radio voice of the Omaha Supernovas, the champions in the first year of the Pro Volleyball Federation. The club is back to defend its title in 2025. Grant is a Nebraska native who works at Walnut Media in Omaha, with a variety of play-by-play duties and he helps oversee the company’s new podcast center, Performance Podcasts. He can be found at @HansenNotHanson on X/Twitter Recorded January 10, 2025…

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DANNY BURKE, Stokastic and OddsShopper 27:56

hace 8 weeks27:56

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DANNY BURKE is a content producer, writer and promoter for the betting and DFS subscription services Stokastic and OddsShopper. He started his career out of the University of Nebraska at VSiN in Las Vegas and has worked in this space for about seven years. He’s a frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows around the country. He’s on Twitter/X:@dannyburke5 Recorded January 7, 2025…

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ANDREW MARCHAND, The Athletic Senior Sports Media Columnist 39:00

hace 8 weeks39:00

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ANDREW MARCHAND is Senior Sports Media Columnist for The Athletic, which is a New York Times property. His work and that of many of his colleagues appears in the NYT. He covered sports media for the New York Post and was a reporter for ESPN. Marchand is well known for breaking news in the sports media space. He is well-connected, hard-working and prolific. He also does work independently, including a podcast on his Substack at AndrewMarchand.com. Recorded October 31, 2024…

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A WATCH THE MEDIA SPECIAL The Booming Market: Sports Media covering Sports Media 20:45

hace 9 weeks20:45

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The sports industry is a massive industry. At the highest levels it is driven by growing media rights revenues. So, it may seem natural that the sports media beat is growing: More sports media reporters covering the expanding sports media business. This report is based on the following interviews: Ben Strauss, Washington Post Richard Deitsch, The Athletic Andrew Marchand, The Athletic Austin Karp, Sports Business Journal Jon Lewis, Sports Media Watch Published: December 31, 2024…

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JILLIAN MARTIN, University of Nebraska Bowler 9:24

hace 9 weeks9:24

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JILLIAN MARTIN Huskers bowler with three pro titles December 31, 2024 JILLIAN MARTIN is a junior on Nebraska’s bowling team. She has won three professional tournaments, including two in 2024. The first of her pro titles came when she was only 17 years old, the youngest ever to win on the PWBA tour. She remains an amateur and is spending this winter break bowling with the US National team competing at the World Cup in Hong Kong.…

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JON LEWIS, Sports Media Watch 41:11

hace 13 weeks41:11

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JON LEWIS is the creator of Sports Media Watch [SportsMediaWatch.com], a web site that covers the sports media business and its stars and mega-starts. He says Fox Sports signing Tom Brady to a $375 million / ten-year contract was ‘foolish.’ Also, who is the audience, what are the big stories, who moves the needle. Recorded November 18, 2024…

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AUSTIN KARP, Sports Business Journal 36:53

hace 14 weeks36:53

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AUSTIN KARP is the Managing Editor, Newsletters for the Sports Business Journal. He co-hosts the Sports Media Podcast for SBJ. Now in his 19th year with SBJ, Karp keeps an eye on the sports media business. He is an expert in analyzing television ratings. These are interesting times to be reporting and writing about sports media, with the growing consumer interest and the massive media deals in the major sports leagues. And, a few mega media stars to keep an eye on, to profile and analyze. Recorded November 11, 2024…

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ALEXI LALAS, Fox Sports Soccer and State of the Union podcast 47:50

hace 18 weeks47:50

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For the last ten years ALEXI LALAS has been a studio soccer analyst for Fox Sports. Before that six years at ESPN followed a career as a player and an executive in MLS. Lalas was a World Cup player for the USA. He also played in Italy and MLS. Lalas hosts a podcast State of the Union . This conversation focuses mostly on Lalas’ politics and how they play in his role as a podcaster (not much) and on television (not much) and social media (a lot.) He has called himself a unicorn, as a Republican in California. I think you will find this conversation interesting as Lalas talks with depth and nuance about his role as a performer and the things he believes in, and “what’s going on in the greater world,” as he describes it. Recorded October 30, 2024…

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RICHARD DEITSCH, The Athletic and Sports Media Podcast 45:43

hace 18 weeks45:43