- The latest episode of the SBJ Sports Media Podcast features co-hosts Austin Karp and Josh Carpenter diving into the upfronts, which they covered this week in New York, and how the NFL loomed over many presentations. They also discuss how the Knicks’ return to the conference finals is a win for the NBA. Karp also interviews Tennis Channel CEO Jeff Blackburn ahead of the French Open.
- Sports outlets have become increasingly fond of current athletes serving in a contributor role on broadcasts — and Prime Video has added another well-known athlete to that growing subset with Sparks G Kelsey Plum joining WNBA on Prime as a player contributor, writes SBJ’s Richard Deitsch.
- Deitsch also speaks with NBC Sports analysts Sue Bird and Cheryl Miller on the state of WNBA media coverage as the league returns to the network’s airwaves for the first time since 2002.
- Sara Choi, a trailblazing professional drift racer, competes across a variety of motorsports series without the support of a dedicated professional team. How does she do it? As SBJ’s Joe Lemire writes, Choi turns to what she’d call her “assistant mechanic” for advice: ChatGPT.
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