Jimmy Traina is a staff writer and podcast host for Sports Illustrated. A 20-year veteran in the industry, he’s been covering the sports media landscape for seven years and writes a daily column, Traina Thoughts. Traina has hosted the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast since 2018, a show known for interviews with some of the most important and powerful people in sports media. He also was the creator and writer of SI’s Hot Clicks feature from 2007 to '13.
Pacers’ Surreal Win Over Bucks Makes Recent NBA Playoff Broadcast News Even Sadder Local broadcast crews won’t be calling NBA playoff games after this season.
TNT Has Jumped on the Worst Trend in Sports Broadcasting TNT has its announcers calling several NHL playoff games remotely.
Mel Kiper Jr. Had Amazing Reaction to Trending During NFL Draft While NFL fans on social media were expressing their anger and displeasure with the ESPN analyst, he was completely oblivious.
In Defense of Mel Kiper Jr. The ESPN analyst gave everyone good TV during the NFL draft.
ESPN Made Some Curious Decisions With Its NFL Draft Coverage It was a huge misstep for ESPN to not use Dan Orlovsky and Peter Schrager on its NFL draft show.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Offers 20-Minute Take on Shannon Sharpe Lawsuit Smith had a lot to say about the allegations against Sharpe.
WWE’s Paul Heyman Drew a Ton of Eyeballs to ESPN With Controversial Interview Paul Heyman’s interview with Pat McAfee drew monster numbers.
Aaron Judge Home Run Fiasco Highlights MLB Incompetence Aaron Judge robbed of clear home run thanks to Major League Baseball not paying attention to details, replay failure.
Mailbag: McAfee-Rodgers, NFL Single-Game Dream and More
Lee Corso’s Retirement From ESPN Is the Rare Case When ‘End of an Era’ Fits
Charles Barkley on Turning Down NBC, Current Contract Issues With ESPN/TNT
Jim Nantz Had the Ultimate ‘Lay Out’ After Rory McIlroy Won the Masters 
