Random Offense is an interactive news show confronting the cultural flashpoints that reliably ignite debate across the sports world. This show invites you to dig deeper, challenge assumptions, and join the conversation in a way sports media rarely has.
Ethan Strauss is a former NBA beat writer for ESPN and The Athletic who knows the inner workings of traditional sports media. Now, on 2WAY, he's hosting unfiltered conversations with media moguls, broadcasters, former athletes, and fans. He’s joined by producer Trace Crutchfield, whose background in immersive, offbeat reporting helps guide the show’s tone. Between Ethan and Trace, all bases are covered—especially the ones nobody else dares to touch.
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Random Offense is an interactive news show confronting the cultural flashpoints that reliably ignite debate across the sports world. This show invites you to dig deeper, challenge assumptions, and join the conversation in a way sports media rarely has.
Ethan Strauss is a former NBA beat writer for ESPN and The Athletic who knows the inner workings of traditional sports media. Now, on 2WAY, he's hosting unfiltered conversations with media moguls, broadcasters, former athletes, and fans. He’s joined by producer Trace Crutchfield, whose background in immersive, offbeat reporting helps guide the show’s tone. Between Ethan and Trace, all bases are covered—especially the ones nobody else dares to touch.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode of Random Offense, host Ethan Strauss welcomes Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports to explore the overlap between sports, media, and culture. They begin by debating whether baseball has eclipsed the NBA as America's second favorite sport, with Glasspiegel arguing MLB leads in local TV viewership and attendance, while Strauss contends the NBA is slipping due to its own strategic errors. The discussion then shifts to the status of ESPN, arguing its perceived "all time low" is less about public perception and more about its structural decline, its difficult carriage dispute with Google/YouTube TV, and the recent failure of its ESPN Bet venture. Finally, they analyze viral cultural moments, including the awkward standoff between Sydney Sweeney and a GQ journalist and a video of Conde Nast employees confronting an HR executive about layoffs.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.