Writer for @SInow. Host of SI Media Podcast (apple.co/2GrXpeL). I like Seinfeld, The Office, Curb. @TheRock follows me. Instagram: jimmytraina

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I love Larry David with all my heart and soul.
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Attendance at non-Caitlin Clark WNBA games this past weekend: 7,638 4,015 9,878 7,035 3,265 10,207 7,024 Attendance at Caitlin Clark WNBA games this past weekend: 17,274 17,401
"The reason why we're watching women's basketball is not just because of 1 person. It's because of me, too. I want y'all to realize that" Angel Reese speaks:
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Tiger Woods’ wife beat him up with a golf club on Thanksgiving after she went through his phone and found texts from a mistress while he was passed out from ambien and then he drove into a fire hydrant.
Never seen anything like this Scottie Scheffler situation in Golf before or really in any sport.
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Instant replay of JR Smith and LeBron in the closing seconds of regulation.
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I’m sorry, but the NLCS airing on FS1 while the Masked Fucking Singer airs on Fox is such an embarrassment for MLB.
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Every ESPN executive just had a heart attack.
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It was 15 years ago today, Nov. 1, 2007, that Jerry Seinfeld gave us one of the greatest moments in talk show history.
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I’m not a lawyer, but can’t Colin Kaepernick just show up to court with this tweet and win his case against the NFL?
IT’S OFFICIAL: Nathan Peterman has been named our starting QB! #GoBills
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This might be the best monologue of @MadDogUnleashed’s career.
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The Lions social media team just bludgeoned Aaron Rodgers.
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Every single person who ever attends a wedding should look like @gregolsen88 at the end of it.
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Is Steph Curry a top 10 NBA player of all time? I have no idea. But I do know this is one of the greatest moments in television history.
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Nationals grounds crew almost murdered one of their own just now.
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This is the single-most courageous journalist I’ve ever seen in my life.
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Nice little stretch of football: Thursday: Notre Dame at Penn St, 7:30 Friday: Ohio St at Texas, 7:30 Saturday Chargers at Texans, 4:30 Steelers at Ravens, 8pm Sunday Broncos at Bills, 1pm Packers at Eagles, 4:30 Commanders at Bucs, 8pm Monday Lions/Vikings, 8pm
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Vikings play-by-play guy Paul Allen was filmed during Minnesota’s insane win against Buffalo and it was awesome.
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Before the Heat-Celtics game, Shaq said Miami would win by 10. Barkley said let’s bet on it. Shaq doubled the bet at halftime. Cut to Shaq with wads of hundreds. This is why Inside the NBA = 🐐
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There are certain videos I periodically rewatch because they are so good. Jerry Seinfeld going off on Larry King for asking if "Seinfeld" got cancelled is one of them.
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Steve Kerr is a dirty dog.
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I’ve never been more ashamed to be an American.
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“Not everybody knows your rules.”
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A true end of an era tomorrow. #LeeCorso
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This is one of the best fake punt plays I’ve ever seen.
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Larry David, with Jerry Seinfeld nearby, was asked to pose on the red carpet at the SNL 50th anniversary show last night. It went exactly how you would expect.
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I understand we’re at a low point as a nation, but I refuse to believe there’s actually one sane person enraged that they missed the ESPYs.
Sports fans enraged Biden ‘big boy’ press conference delays start of 2024 ESPY Awards trib.al/6SlZIkk
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Even Milli Vanilli is embarrassed by Mariah Carey's debacle.
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30 years ago today on NBC, a bald guy with no job and no money who lived with his parents decided to … do the opposite.
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Lee Corso’s final appearance on “College GameDay” drew 3.5 million viewers for ESPN. It was the most-watched “GameDay” ever. The final 15 minutes of the show pulled in 5.1 million viewers.
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Howie Rose’s full call of Pete Alonso’s home run on Mets radio was awesome.
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What should never be forgotten is that Aaron Rodgers was 90% retired, locked himself in a dark house for a few days and had a revelation that he wanted to play for the Jets.
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LeBron James - the best player in the NBA - OPENED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL today for at risk kids. Negative always sells better than positive, but this should be the lead story on every single sports website, not only for what he did, but for the example he’s set for other athletes.
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What a windfall for Pat McAfee who gets to interview Aaron Rodgers about why he fired Robert Saleh in a few hours.
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Jeopardy 'Greatest of All Time' viewership numbers: Tues: 14.4 million Wed: 14.8 million Thurs: 15.4 million 2019 comparisons: NBA Finals Game 1: 13.5 million MLB World Series Game 1: 12.2 million NHL Stanley Cup Game 1: 5.5 million bit.ly/2sgzOcK
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This is tremendous television. @MadDogUnleashed explains how he’s gonna drink, take gummies and bet $10,000 on Colorado this weekend, leading to pricess reactions from @mspears96.
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Lisa Salters: “What does this trophy mean to you?” Nikola Jokic: “Nothing.”
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Nasty troll job of the Knicks by TNT here with the cutaway to Reggie Miller.
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They just had another heart attack.
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Never saw this interview before and it’s pretty amazing on many levels. Jason Alexander discussing how he, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Michael Richards negotiated with NBC for $1 million an episode for Seinfeld.
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Troy Aikman showing why he’s the best analyst in the game. Not one other one would go that hard after the refs and the league.
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Reminder: Knicks-Pacers Eastern Conference Finals will be the last basketball games ever on TNT. And Reggie Miller will be on the call.
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Starting QBs for Week 13 in the NFL: Geno Smith Ryan Fitzpatrick Brett Hundley Jacoby Brissett Trevor Siemian Matt Moore Josh McCown Tom Savage Blaine Gabbert Mitch Trubisky DeShone Kizer Shocking the ratings are down.
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“We love you, Alex.” RIP to the 🐐
Yashar Ali 🐘
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So if you push on one leg of a parlay, ESPN Bet voids the entire bet. Don’t know one other book that does this. You’d have to be insane to ever use ESPN Bet.
ESPN BET under fire for not honoring pushes with worst house rule ever trib.al/zTIzhNs
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Just another absolutely tremendous call from the great @HowieRose on Francisco Lindor’s grand slam.
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He will always be remembered for Festivus, but Jerry Stiller is also responsible for Seinfeld's funniest blooper. RIP.
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One of the most awkward moments in CNN history.
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Richard Lewis was so damn good on Curb. Made every scene better.
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Happy 66th Birthday, @JerrySeinfeld. Thank you for one of the greatest moments in live TV history.
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You have to see Giancarlo Stanton “running” out a double play ball IN REAL TIME.
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After Charles Barkley rants about Caitlin Clark haters, Draymond Green says, “They’re gonna hate you even more now.” Barkely responds w/a reference to TNT’s NBA future: “They can hate on me, but that mailman better be at my house on the 1st and 15th. For another year.”
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I asked the legendary Bill Raftery today if he's ever thought about joining Twitter. His outstanding response: “No, and I’ll tell you why -- because at 11:30 at night when I’ve had my 10th drink, I’m liable to say something that will cost me my job.”
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I guess we all know how Steven Bannon is gonna celebrate today's big news.
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Pardon My Take is so big that it's like a no-big-deal type of thing when they book big guests. But for that podcast to have Adam Silver (and Joe Burrow) as guests on their latest episode is significant and impressive.
PMT 2/12 With Adam Silver & @JoeyB is Now Live! - Luka Plays His First Game as a Laker - Super Bowl Clean Up - Hot Seat/Cool Throne - Guys on Chicks - Fyre Fest of the Week + More DL R & S ——> beacons.ai/pardonmytake
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On one hand, I give Odell Beckham credit for having the stones to post this on IG, but on the other, delusion is a serious matter.
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Pat McAfee today broke the news of Travis Kelce playing next year AND had the first interview with Ian Rapoport after the Starbucks Scuffle and there are still dopes out there who question ESPN for going into business with McAfee. His value goes way beyond numbers.
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Steve Perry, in the crowd, singing "Don't Stop Believin" at a 2014 Giants playoff game. The build up, the enthusiasm, everything. It's all great.
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I could only think about one thing while reading this tweet.
The FBI is alleging that Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were involved in rigged poker games that went way beyond counting cards - poker chip trays with hidden cameras, special contact lenses to read pre-marked cards, and X-ray tables that read cards while they were face down.
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The Yankees need this guy more than ever right now.
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Class as always. The wonderful Verne Lundquist gets emotional as he signs off from college football.
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This is pretty great. @KirkHerbstreit, about to call Florida-Florida St., reacts to Alabama’s insane win over Auburn by beating up Chris Fowler in the booth.
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It will be a complete and total disgrace if CBS/Turner and ESPN don’t work out some sort of deal this year to allow Dick Vitale to call an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in his career.
An emotional Dick Vitale returns to the booth.
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I cannot stop laughing at this. Mets give up 6 runs in the top of the 1st and then some ridiculous DJ tries to pump up the crowd in the bottom of the 1st leading to Keith Hernandez letting out a disgusted, “oh god.” The timing is amazing.
Jomboy Media
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If you feel like laughing at any point this weekend, you must watch Conan O’Brien on the latest Hot Ones. The build here is incredible.
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I'd pay a reporter every dollar in my bank account to ask Bill Belichick for his New Year's Resolutions in the postgame press conference tonight.
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Marshawn Lynch on Bill Maher’s show did not disappoint.
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OK, this is the best Stephen A/Chris Russo moment yet. Russo says Kirk Cousins is better than Dak Prescott. Stephen A goes ballistic.
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I’ll put this up against any call in sports history.
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ESPN announces that 91 year old Hubie Brown will call the final game of his career on Feb. 9 when the Sixers visit the Bucks.
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Larry David’s stance on Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift is gonna make Twitter so angry.
TODAY
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Falcons fans deserved that after ESPN gave you an Eagles hometown broadcast.
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Jemele Hill proving what @BillSimmons taught us: Nothing gets ESPN more nervous than an employee going after the almighty NFL.
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ESPN cuts to Shedeur Sanders house, which had the NFL Network and @RapSheet on and the picture immediately freezes. TV business is so dirty.
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Mac Jones just dropped what might be the most aggressive f bomb in sports TV history.
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Best thing you will see today: Richard Lewis damn near killing Conan O’Brien by describing what it was like to see Shaq’s penis.
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Who wore it better?
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It’s good to see there’s one person in the media who isn’t in Brian Cashman‘s back pocket. Love you, Derek. nitter.app/XofTony/status/1976147…
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Astros PR person talking to Jim Crane, Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman this morning.
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Stone Cold returns to Monday Night Raw, delivers a stunner and Madison Square Garden loses its mind.
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ESPN says Serena Williams' loss on Friday night was the most-watched tennis match in the history of the network with 4.8 million viewers. Previous high was 3.9 million for Roger Federer's Wimbledon win in 2012.
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So this was something. John Oliver wins an Emmy. He starts to thank his dog, who recently died, and they start playing him off stage, which he did not appreciate.
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So @WWERomanReigns was nice enough to come on my podcast. I asked him about being 42 years old. He's 32 years old. So much awkwardness (begins at the 38-minute mark). art19.com/shows/si-media-pod…
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Most batshit crazy commercial I’ve ever seem.
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SNY went black-and-white into color for Edwin Diaz’s electric entrance tonight. Nicely done.
SNY
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Volume up. Aaron Boone gets ejected in 1st inning, mics pick up everything between him and ump. Tremendous audio here.
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Best moment of Tom Brady’s young broadcasting career just happened. After Cowboys rookie WR slips, leading to INT, Burkhardt asks if Prescott should go back to the rookie WR to get confidence going. Brady: “Not today.”
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This is one of the best game-winning calls I’ve ever heard, via Sean McDonough.
CJ Fogler 🫡
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This is art.
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This will always be my all-time favorite Seinfeld exchange. The way @OfficialJLD delivers the line “because we’re adults” kills me every time.
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If there was any justice in this world, @notthefakeSVP and @StanfordSteve82 would win Emmys for these two minutes of stupendous sports television. God bless Bad Beats.
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Barack Obama was the President of the United States for eight years. Here is how Chris “Mad Dog” Russo just pronounced his name. Twice. This. This is the all timer.
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Tony Romo is a mix of a football savant and the drunk guy at the bar and it's absolutely wonderful.
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Hey @tonyromo, what are tomorrow's lottery numbers?
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The perfect Curb Your Enthusiasm clip to watch before the series finale.
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This was the most amusing part of Howard Stern’s lengthy rant on Aaron Rodgers this morning.
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Jim Nantz nailed this from “now you can step into it” to “hear comes the hail mary” to “CAUGHT!!!!!!!!”
NFL
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Ultimate sign of respect. ABC goes first name only for Jack Nicholson.
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Charles Barkley in midseason form here on Kyrie and vaccines. It’s so good to have Chuck, Kenny, Ernie and Shaq back. nitter.app/NBAonTNT/status/145062…
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What would you do for a Rams touchdown on this drive?
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Old people who grew up in the ‘80s know that this is still the all-time greatest Nickelodeon show.
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