In this week's Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast sponsored by WSC Sports, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand review Fox Sports’ performance during the first week of the World Cup from Qatar. The two also look at whether the tournament’s move to November and December has affected TV viewership yet. The two also discuss rumors that soccer superstar Lionel Messi may join MLS and debate whether that will help AppleTV+.
Ourand discusses a story he broke on Monday about Lenny Daniels leaving Warner Bros. Discovery Sports after 27 years, and Marchand dives into a story he broke Monday on whether former Yankees Derek Jeter and Don Mattingly will join YES Network. Plus, the two give updates on the Big Ten and Pac-12. As always, The two give their regular Who’s Up and Who’s Down picks, answer a listener’s question and give their Call of the Week.
Mentioned this week: Lionel Messi, Andrés Cantor, Mina Kimes, Erin Andrews, Johnnie-O, Bob Thompson, John O’Donnell, Chris O’Donnell, Roger Goodell, Dave Brown, Nick Dawson, Bill Self, Mike Woodson, Robert Kraft, Scott Hanson, Hans Schroeder, Heidi, Lamar Jackson, Jamison Hensley, Dick Ebersol, Roone Arledge, Harry Kane, Tom Brady, Urban Meyer, JP Dellacamera, Jacqui Oatley, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Taylor Swift, Lenny Daniels, Mark Lazarus, David Levy, Jeff Zucker, David Zaslav, Luis Silberwasser, Jon Diament, Craig Barry, Tara August, Nate Smeltz, Charles Barkley, Jimmy Pitaro, Andrew Fegyveresi, Mike Mulvihill, David Bourne, Dennis Dodd, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Michael Kay, Alex Rodriguez, Aaron Judge, Adley Rutschman, MandO Mojito, Moe Khan, Greg Hughes, Greg Gumbel, Josh Jacobs, Anderson Cooper, Lily the springer spaniel, Acie Wyatt, Chris Mason
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