![]() Finally, Bill talks with actor Jon Bernthal about his beginnings on ‘The Walking Dead,’ preparing for ‘The Punisher,’ working with A-list stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and the Rock, as well as some of his current projects like ‘The Many Saints of Newark’, ‘Small Engine Repair’, ‘The Premise’, and more. Then Bill talks with Super Bowl champions Devin and Jason McCourty about about going head-to-head in Week 1 in Foxborough, Mac Jones’s NFL debut, playing for coaches Bill Belichick and Brian Flores, the best QBs they’ve been on the field with, the hardest WRs to cover, their charity work in the fight against sickle-cell anemia, and more (35:00). The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by his longtime friend Daniel Kellison to remember Norm Macdonald (4:40). Then Bill is joined by NFL Network's Peter Schrager to make the case for both the Bengals and Rams to win Super Bowl 56 and discuss likely narratives following a Super Bowl win for either team (58:44) before making the Million-Dollar Picks in a last-ditch effort to come away with a winning gambling season (1:37:42). Then Bill is joined by Cousin Sal to discuss the Bengals' improbable postseason run before kicking around a TON of Super Bowl prop bets (15:54). Richard Sherman has yet to officially close the book on his NFL career, but has agreed to join Amazon as a pregame and postgame analyst for Thursday Night Football.The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shares his thoughts on two significant NBA trades: the Kings trading Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, and Tristan Thompson to the Pacers for Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday, and a 2027 second-round pick and the Pelicans trading Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Walker-Alexander, Didi Louzada, and draft picks to the Trial Blazers for CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., and Tony Snell (2:06). “We’re excited for him to join The Volume team as we build out our football vertical this season.” “Richard is one of the most provocative voices in the NFL and he’s continued to deliver that same fearless commentary as a podcaster,” Cowherd added. I am really looking forward to providing our listeners with some great insight and a unique perspective this NFL season.” “I saw what The Volume was doing with Draymond Green during the NBA Finals and it fits the vision of where I see The Richard Sherman Podcast going. “I am thrilled to partner with Colin Cowherd and his team at The Volume to take my show to new heights,” Sherman said. That distribution was important to Sherman. Green’s podcast, The Draymond Green Show, was the 11th-ranked show on iTunes in June. The Volume, which currently features podcasts hosted by NBA star Draymond Green, NBA reporter Chris Mannix, and NFL reporter Mike Silver, among others, has seen expansive growth since its February 2021 launch. Richard Sherman is moving his podcast from Pro Football Focus to The Volume, the podcast network created by Colin Cowherd.Ī report from The New York Post details the changes made by the 11-year NFL veteran. “It’s getting consumers used to the idea of paying a lot for streaming.” “It’s all about testing to see what the consumers are going to pay for,” he said. Marchand added that this was ESPN’s way of trying to plan for that eventual end goal. ![]() So there’s a lot of content that on its own cost a lot more than ESPN+ did.” NHL.TV, that was $25 a month, that’s all part of the subscription. ![]() “If you look at DAZN, they cost about $20 a month for some boxing, PGA Tour Live that was $10 a month, that’s now part of your ESPN+ subscription. “It really did make a little bit of sense,” Ourand said. Ourand, who covers sports media for Sports Business Journal, said the way it was explained to him, the decision to make this seemingly incremental jump in price for ESPN+ comes from consumers having all the access to their favorite sports and teams all in one place. That’s where they’re trying to get you to go.” You’ve got sports, you’ve got entertainment, you’ve got TV with those three things. “They want to create their own bundle (With ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+),” Marchand said. On their weekly podcast, The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post said the end game for the worldwide leader and parent company Disney is to eventually get to a point where all of its offerings will be available for consumers to stream at a premium price. But there’s a method to that madness that makes some sense to those who follow sports media. ESPN recently announced it would be upping the price for its streaming service ESPN+ from $6.99 to $9.99 a month.
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