Former basketball player and current ESPN star JJ Redick joins the podcast to discuss his media career. He talks about how and why he started his “Old Man and the Three” podcast and the growth of athlete-driven media. Redick talks about his time on ESPN’s “First Take” and some of the viral moments that it has produced. Redick talks about his time at Duke and how he dealt with obnoxious fans from John Ourand’s alma mater, Maryland.

SBJ released its list of the Most Influential executives in sports business this week, which is the first topic on this week’s show. Hosts Andrew Marchand and Ourand also hit on the NFL’s Sunday Ticket discussions, Major League Soccer’s deal with Fox, NFL Network’s decision to use Noah Eagle and Nate Burleson on Saturday’s Colts-Vikings game and NBC’s decision to use Maria Taylor on college football.