# Sports Media Roundtable: The massive viewership for the NBA Finals and Fox begins its World Cup coverage

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Podcast: [Sports Media with Richard Deitsch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sports-media-with-richard-deitsch-1023610)
Published: 2026-06-13T12:43:03+00:00
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## Resource

Episode 630 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 the remarkable interest in this year's NBA Finals; why viewership has soared; what the Spurs losing Game 4 might cost ESPN/ABC; what it means for the NBA's future; the celebrity element; how Inside the NBA has thrived; our early World Cup thoughts on Fox's coverage; NHL viewership and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

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