Jimmy Traina
Writer at Sports Illustrated
Host at Sports Illustrated Media Podcast
Writer for @SInow. Host of SI Media Podcast (https://t.co/3ve2G09UZ1). I like Seinfeld, The Office, Curb. @TheRock follows me. Instagram: jimmytraina
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2 days ago |
si.com | Jimmy Traina
1. TNT finished its 36-year run of airing NBA games on Saturday with the Indiana Pacers closing out the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. While so much—basically all—the focus has been on Inside the NBA, we’ve all dropped the ball in talking about the network’s coverage of the actual games. This is especially true when you remember that Inside the NBA will continue next season on ESPN while still being produced by TNT.
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5 days ago |
si.com | Jimmy Traina
It is time once again for me to answer the wide variety of questions you have sent in for a mailbag edition of Traina Thoughts. This week, we have a solid mix of questions, with a couple of very creative queries to wrap things up. Here we go ... It’s wild to me that there is still so much confusion about this, but I realize I’m in sports media and the regular average Joe fan is not.
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6 days ago |
si.com | Jimmy Traina
1. When it comes to local broadcasts across sports, the homerism is sometimes laughable. Make no mistake: Every single hometown announcer wants their team to win. Nationally, it’s different. Locally, the telecasts are one big rah-rah fest. And that’s why most sports fans love their local announcers. The final strike on the final out of Wednesday’s 1–0 win by the Yankees over the Angels perfectly exemplified the homerism of local baseball telecasts.
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1 week ago |
si.com | Jimmy Traina
1. Before Game 4 between the Knicks and Pacers, Indianapolis legend Pat McAfee got on the arena microphone to hype up the home crowd. Given that McAfee works in the WWE, he knew just how to cut the promo, allowing time for the crowd to vociferously boo every name of Knicks fans that he mentioned. Here’s what McAfee said/yelled:“Indianapolis, Indiana, we got some bigwigs from the big city in the building. Spike Lee is here. Ben Stiller is here. Timothée Chalamet is here.
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1 week ago |
theolympian.com | Jimmy Traina
1. I've written this many times before. And I've said this about a million times on SI Media With Jimmy Traina. But given that we are now in the middle of the conference finals, with the NBA Finals set to begin a week from Thursday, it needs to be said again: ESPN firing Jeff Van Gundy as its lead NBA analyst remains the most dumbfounding decision I've ever seen in sports media.
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