SI Media With Jimmy Traina

ESPN's Laura Rutledge

Episode 589 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN host/reporter, Laura Rutledge.Rutledge talks about her crazy busy schedule during the football season, which includes hosting "NFL Live," "SEC Nation" and doing sideline reporting for "Monday Night Football" and how she balances it all.In addition, Rutledge talks about going viral a couple of times for video catching sprinting across the field after doing a halftime interview to get to the "SEC Nation" set to host the halftime show and having ESPN legend Chris Berman surprise her during "NFL Live" by doing play-by-play of her sprint. She also gives her take on drawing headlines with her sideline interviews with Justin Herbert and Sam Darnold during the season.Other topics covered with Rutledge: A halftime interview gone bad with John Calipari, which of her jobs is her favorites, dealing with Dan Orlovsky's bizarre food habits and much more.Following Rutledge, SNY's Sal Licata joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, the fellas discuss their Christmas and New Year's holidays, preview the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs and give out some television recommendations.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sixth Annual Year-End Extravaganza with Peter Schrager and Andrew Perloff

Episode 588 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" is the Sixth Annual Year-End Extravaganza with Peter Schrager and Andrew Perloff.In this episode, we each name our Sports Media Person of the Year for 2025, we talk about our favorite sports moments of the past year and riff on the top sports media stories.Just a few of the topics discussed include J.J. Watt's strong first season in the NFL booth, the Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson saga, the effect Caitlin Clark's absence had on the WNBA, ESPN buying the NFL Network, Red Zone adding commercials, the NBA's news broadcast partners and much more.In addition, we reveal our favorite shows, movies and podcasts from 2025 while also looking ahead to what to expect in 2026.Sponsored by: Underdog: Download the Underdog app and use code: SPORTSILLUSTRATEDAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Opening Up the SI Media Podcast Mailbag

Episode 587 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" begins with a brief "Traina Thoughts" segment with weekly contributor, Sal Licata, before ending with a long mailbag segment.Topics discussed during "Traina Thoughts" include some Christmas shopping stories, Sal's night at Alex Rodriguez's Christmas party, Sal getting lots of coverage for his interview with Stugotz and more.In the mailbag segment we tackle questions regarding the futures of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt at CBS; who could replace Al Michaels on "Thursday Night Football"; favorite childhood sports memories; sports venue we'd most like to visit; favorite David Letterman guest; whether the NFL should eliminate the 4:05 p.m. game and go to all 4:25 p.m games; betting philosophies; Steve Kornacki; worst guest cancellation; should podcasts be called podcasts; Jimmy's NFL Sunday food situation; the status of the annual year-end podcast with Peter Schrager and Andrew Perloff and much, much more.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

ESPN's Joe Buck + Traina Thoughts

Episode 587 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the voice of "Monday Night Football," Joe Buck.Buck talks about ESPN's end-of-season schedule, which will include two playoff games, how he handles "storylines" while calling a game and how everyone at Disney is preparing for ABC/ESPN airing next year's Super Bowl.In addition, Buck also sheds light on the Troy Aikman-Caleb Williams dust up from earlier in the season, talks about being named the Ford C. Frick Award winner by the MLB Hall of Fame, whether he has any interest in hosting "Good Morning America" and much more.Following Buck, Sal Licata from SNY TV joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week's topics include WFAN parting ways with Sal, last Sunday's awesome slate of NFL games, the state of sports media, Christmas, "Nurse Jackie," Rob Reiner's career and more.Sponsored by: Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/8tqn8m9c #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Discounts and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures.Underdog: Download the Underdog app and use code: SPORTSILLUSTRATEDAura Frames: (https://on.auraframes.com/SIMEDIA Code: SIMEDIA)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WWE's The Miz

Episode 586 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with WWE superstar, The Miz.The Miz, who has a long and storied history with John Cena, talks about Cena's final match, his retirement and whether he will really disappear from the WWE as he has claimed. Miz also reveals what we might not know about Cena away from the ring and pulls back the curtain on the famous storyline where Miz and his wife, Maryse, spoofed Cena and his then-girlfriend, Nikki Bella.In addition, The Miz also talks about his own career after being in the WWE for nearly 20 years, why he thinks he's always a heel no matter what, being a reality star and more.Lastly, Miz, a huge Cleveland Browns fan, weighs in on his team's season and Shedeur Sanders.Sponsored by: Underdog: Download the Underdog app and use code 'SPORTSILLUSTRATED' & Aura Frames (https://on.auraframes.com/SIMEDIA Promo Code SIMEDIAAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy