Chad Finn and Austin Karp on Tom Brady’s retirement and what it means for Fox Sports and Greg Olsen; Katie Strang on her reporting of a doctor facing 27 counts of criminal sexual conduct, many involving former male hockey players

Episode 273 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp on Tom Brady’s retirement and what it means for Fox Sports and Greg Olsen. They are followed by The Athletic investigative reporter Katie Strang. In this podcast, Finn and Karp discuss Brady’s retirement and what that means for Fox; how Olsen is impacted by the news; the expectations on Brady as a broadcaster; if Olsen has options away from Fox; NHL viewership on ESPN and TNT dropping 22 percent heading into the All-Star break; falling Winter Classic viewership numbers; Boston’s Channel 4 testing a 6 p.m. newscast without a sports report; covering Bobby Hull and how to write an obit of a miserable human being; SBJ’s Michael Smith’s story that the NCAA has picked Karen Brodkin and Hillary Mandel to prepare the NCAA for its next round of media rights negotiations and more. Strang discusses her reporting on Zvi Levran, who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple hockey players in the Detroit suburbs. Prosecutors have charged him with 27 counts of sexual misconduct across 12 cases; Levran has pleaded not guilty to all charges; how to approach people who have suffered assault and trauma; the process of learning about a subject who is accused of such things; when to shut off comments on a story; how parents of young athletes protect their families here; whether there is a governmental role in protecting young athletes and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.