This week on #TheWormcast, FOX Sports studio host Rob Stone who's covered MLS since day one in 1996, joins me to discuss MLS' landmark signing of Lionel Messi for Inter Miami. How Messi is the catalyst for MLS 3.0 and how the league needs to capitalize on the world's most popular athlete to propel its status around the globe. Enjoy!

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This week on #TheWormcast the intersection of AI into sports writing and content production has been transformative and disruptive. How did we get here and what is the future. To help unwind some these questions is my guest, Steve Wasick, the founder of infoSetience. His company uses AI to provide millions of automated articles for CBS Sports and other clients. This is a fascinating topic on so many levels and you'll appreciate Steve's knowledge of Generative AI. Enjoy!

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This week MLB Network reporter Jon Paul Morosi joins me for episode 73 of The Wormcast. Jon Paul has great passion for baseball and we discuss positive effects of the new rules on the game and suprise teams. Jon Paul also refects on how his time at Harvard provided the tools to be a better sports reporter. Plus he shares his travel stories to Europe and his passion for Italian soccer. Enjoy!

Topics discussed: 2:30 The positive effects of baseball rules changes: pitch clock, bigger bases, elimination of the shift. 16:00 Pirates and Orioles surprising starts. 21:00 Why the Tampa Bay Rays are successful 26:40 The A's are a mess 35:00 The Harvard experience and how that helped Jon Paul develop into a good reporter. 51:20 Changes in reporting landscape 55:00 Sorare ambassador 58:00 Attending a Chelsea match at Stamford Bridge and how newspaper sports coverage in Europe is different than U.S. 1:05:00 Italian soccer - it's always interesting 1:15:00 German soccer game experience

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This week, I'm back with #TheWormcast with Joey Zanaboni, radio play-by-play voice for MLS expansion franchise St. Louis City. The St. Louis native is one of the up and coming voices with a unique story and style of broadcasting which combines his love of literature and pop culture. Joey not only calls games he's a middle school literature teacher as well and we discuss how his passion for reading has made him a better broadcaster. You'll enjoy this conversation.

Topics discussed: 1:30 StL City's brilliant start 12:45 Joey's journey from JUCO and minor league baseball 17:45 Joey's unique style calling baseball 23:30 Joey's broadcasting influences 32:05 How literature andteaching it helps his broadcasting 36:00 adjusting from calling baseball to soccer 41:00 Getting the job with STL City 52:00 Future goals

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This week on the Wormcast we get you ready for the 'Great American Race' the 63rd running of the Daytona 500 with FOX Sports NASCAR pit reporter Jamie Little. Jamie has spend over 20 years with distinction covering motorsports on national televison. She is the first female pit reporter to cover both the Indianpolis 500 and Daytona 500. Jamie is the first female to be the play-by-play host of a nationally televised motor sports series calling the ARCA Menards Series and will be rotating in the same role for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season. Jamie and I discuss her career path, the chaos of reporting on 12-15 cars each NASCAR race pit and top storylines heading into the 75th anniversary NASCAR season. Enjoy episode 71!

Topics discussed: 2:00 Career path 7:30 Building trust and credentials with Indy Car and NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs and owners 14:40 How do you keep up covering 12 to 15 cars in a NASCAR race? 17:45 The incredible access the media receives in NASCAR 21:25 Kevin Harvick moving to the television booth and a legendary fight from 2014 24:50 Favorites for the Daytona 500 25:50 Bubba Wallace/Michael Jordan influence in the sport 28:05 NASCAR at 75 30:15 "Drive to Survive's" affect on NASCAR 32:05 Jamie from pit reporter to play-by-play announcer 35:30 tips for young professionals

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The Wormcast is back with sports media conusltant Pat Crakes. We discuss the business behind the media deals we'll see in 2023. First a review of Amazon's first season as the broadcaster for Thursday Night Football. Why Google spent $2 billion on NFL Sunday Ticket? Major League Baseball's strategy around the Bally's Sports regional networks. Also LIV makes a deal with The CW, NBA, NASCAR, the College Football Playoff and more. Pat brings clarity to the economics in the space, you'll be more knowledgable after this show. Enjoy!

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This week on The Wormcast we remember soccer journalist and my former colleague Grant Wahl who passed away on Dec 9th while covering the Argentina v Netherlands World Cup match in Qatar. This is a rebroadcast of my podcast with Grant from Thanksgiving week 2020, as he was debuting his new podcast series titled American Prodigy: The Freddy Adu Story. In 2003 Adu was a 13-year-old soccer prodigy and was considered America's best hope for their first global superstar, but it didn't work out that way. We also discussed Grant's work on another prodigy at the time LeBron James, and a long look at his career in sports journalism. I hope you'll enjoy listening to Grant's passion for his craft. RIP to a very talented journalist and one of the nicest people you'll run into whether it's the first time or 100th.

Topics discussed: The Freddy Adu Story Covering two prodigies Adu and LeBron James The 1991 US Women's National Team, the first Women's World Cup Winner The freedom of the podcast episodic format. Grant's process on writing and voicing podcasts. Grant's unique journalism beginnings at Princeton covering Bob Bradley and Pete Carill. Internship at the Miami Herald, a newspaper with a legendary sports staff. The greatest piece of advice given to Grant Grant's early days at Sports Illustrated Grant's most memorable stories at Sports Illustrated MLS questions coming out of COVID The exciting young US men's soccer players emerging on the international stage What's going on with 2022 World Cup Qualifying? The most talented member of his household, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder part of the President-elect Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.

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This week, it's episode 68 of The Wormcast. I'm joined by FOX Sports' lead play-by-play voice John Strong and lead studio analyst Alexi Lalas as we discuss the epic MLS Cup match last Saturday and preview the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Their preparation, what we should expect from the coverage and a deep dive into the selection of the US roster. Enjoy!

Topics discussed: 3:00 MLS Cup and the future of MLS coverage on television now the broadcast deal is over. 15:00 Preparation for covering 32 teams and some of the new voices we'll see in the FOX Studio 24:30 US team selections and what is a successful World Cup for the team 40:45 Brazil, Ronaldo and Messi's last World Cup and predictions

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