Ian Rapoport on Adam Schefter, NFL Network, getting scoops, and more

Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. Brandon and Ian discuss a wide range of topics including Ian's relationship with ESPN's Adam Schefter, "The Insiders" on NFL Network, various stories about reporting, and more.

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-1:02: How busy is early July for an NFL insider?

-2:04: Busiest week of the NFL season for an insider

-3:23: NFL Draft and opinion on tipping picks

-5:29: Being first to a story in free agency

-6:58: Competition among insiders inside NFL Network?

-8:30: Relationship with Adam Schefter

-10:00: Sources

-11:42: Local reporters

-13:02: Giving gifts to sources?

-14:23: Has Ian ever felt he was being used?

-15:54: Can Ian be an NBA insider?

-17:14: Multiple phones?

-18:29: Story Ian missed breaking because he didn’t have his phone

-20:40: Most “out of nowhere” scoop

-22:18: Biggest “swing and a miss” report

-26:01: Rumors that never got reported

-27:05: “The Insiders”

-27:58: Being on and hosting “The Pat McAfee Show”

-29:02: Doing TV

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