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Richard Deitsch

@richarddeitsch

Father of twins; fan of Toronto, NYC and Buffalo; Writer @theathletic; host of Sports Media Podcast; Sports Illustrated/Prime Time Sports alum.

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You probably missed this piece.
Great pieces are easy to miss here these days.
But I would urge anyone to read this because it speaks to deep human experiences. It's a nice reality check for the shit on here daily.

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NEW: First Sports Media Podcast of 2024 features a roundtable discussion with Austin Karp and Chad Finn on the CFB title game viewership potential for Michigan-Washington and sports media predictions for 2024.

link.chtbl.com/SportsMediaPod…

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The most-watched college football semifinal game in history was Ohio State-Alabama on Jan. 1, 2015. That game drew 28.27 million viewers.

Given how great Michigan-Alabama was and how late it finished + out-of-home viewing, I think this will set the new record.

Let's see.

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A Vermont woman spent years tracking down men and women who lost their parents in the same 1973 plane crash. Would they answer her questions about loss?

By Ellen Barry:

nytimes.com/2023/09/07/hea…

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The CBC is airing the first ever PWHL game nationwide across Canada. The country's national news channel.

That's very cool.

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I feel incredible fortunate to have roots in two great countries. Happy New Year to those in Canada and the U.S. who follow here.

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Some point guard/sports media news:

Longtime NBA guard Darren Collison will be calling some college basketball games for the CBS Sports Network. Starts next week.

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I won't be there but Paris hosting the Olympics in 2024 feels like the perfect meeting of city and event. I think it's going to do big viewership too after the last couple of Olympic duds.

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Once upon a time my existence on this day was figuring out what time to head out for an endless & fun night in NYC.

Today it’s about my kids excited to see how late they can stay up at home in Toronto.

Enjoy the freedom of endless possibilities, young people!

It goes fast.

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Americans can expect to live shorter lives than people in

Canada
China
France
Germany
Japan
Norway
U.K.

And dozens of other countries.

So why isn’t it a political priority?

Our months-long investigation tried to get answers.

washingtonpost.com/health/2023/12…

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RIP to Cale Yarborough.

The 1979 Daytona 500 was a massive moment for the explosion of NASCAR. The first race to be nationally televised live in its entirety. Here's the CBS call to end it and the finish is what led to the popularity explosion.

youtube.com/watch?v=PkZ1K6…

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I watch every Bills game. Covered them in another life. Love my old city of Buffalo.

While I think the road will be too tough for them to get to Las Vegas — would love to be wrong — the Rasul Douglas trade likely saved the season. It changed everything on D IMO.

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Just great insight here — and beautifully produced.

It's a reminder that the majority of the people on the planet generally want the same things. What they don't have is the power and institutional structures.

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