Kevin Harlan and Jeff Pearlman

Episode 286 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Kevin Harlan, the CBS Sports, Warner Bros Discovery Sports and Westwood One Audio play by play broadcaster. Harlan is calling the NCAA Tournament this month. He is followed by Jeff Pearlman, the best-selling author of ten books, the writer of the “Jeff Pearlman's Journalism Yang Yang Substack” and host of the “Two Writers Slinging Yang” podcast. In this podcast, Harlan discusses his now-viral call of Furman’s upset of Virginia; why he was uncomfortable with that video getting out; how he prepares to call four games in a single day; calling NCAA Tournament games in Las Vegas; calling the Super Bowl on radio; working with his daughter, Olivia Harlan Dekker, and more. Pearlman discusses his column on journalists not paying sources, how he looks at things such as reporters taking subjects out to dinner; whether we were complicit at Sports Illustrated attending parties where subjects were invited; reporting for his upcoming book on Tupac Shakur and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.