SI Media Podcast: Featuring SBJ's John Ourand on future of SportsCenter and more

John Ourand joins Richard Deitsch on the SI Media Podcast to discuss the future of ESPN's SportsCenter and more.

Episode No. 58 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand for a conversation on various sports media topics.

On this episode, Ourand and Deitsch discusses the future of Chris Berman at ESPN, Sean McDonough’s emotional response to landing Monday Night Football, who will end up with the Big Ten television rights, the prospect of an ACC Channel or PGA Cable network, the potential ratings for this year's Stanley Cup , what kind of stand-alone TV contract Alabama or OSU football get on open market, whether ESPN has a perception problem regarding viewers believing they are too liberal, praise for Fox Sports for letting its executives talk with no hand holding from PR, the issues SporsCenter is experiencing and whether the 6:00 p.m. version should be changed, and the NFL changes at ESPN, and much more.

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