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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2026 · 36 MIN

The NFL isn't leaving CBS or Fox anytime soon — and evaluating ESPN's college football roster

from Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Episode 646 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch; Armand Broady, the co-host of the Sports Media Watch podcast and a contributor to SMW, and Derek Futterman, a multimedia writer and producer for Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss Bloomberg reporting that the NFL has agreed to pause its media rights negotiations with CBS while the network’s parent company Paramount deals with the multi-state lawsuit challenging its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery; the Fox Corporation announced it will not pursue an early renewal or renegotiation of its NFL broadcast rights deal; what it means longterm; we analyze ESPN's college football announcer lineups; the NFL Kickoff  between the New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 9; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

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