Category: Tom Brady

Tom Brady Reveals His Biggest Concern About Broadcasting NFL Games
13 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Tom Brady Reveals His Biggest Concern About Broadcasting NFL Games

1. Tom Brady joined me this week for a brief interview on the latest SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast.

The conversation focused on the seven-time Super Bowl winner’s transition into the Fox broadcast booth this upcoming season.

I asked Brady what he thinks his biggest challenge will be when he joins Kevin Burkhardt on Fox’s A-team in September.

“The important part for me would be how do I continue to make it fun for people to enjoy the viewing experience,” said Brady.

“Sometimes I get a little too serious because I see myself as ‘quarterback Tom Brady’ as opposed to ‘let’s enjoy a great game of football Tom Brady.’ Sometimes I become a little too critical. So I’m trying to make sure I have the right tone. I’m very specific of how I think the game should be played. I want to see the game evolve and grow.”

I told Brady it was fascinating to hear him say being too critical could be a problem for him in the booth because outside of Troy Aikman, analysts across the NFL are far from critical.

“I think there’s a high expectation of how I expect the game to be played because I was there and I saw Coach [Bill] Belichick and I saw Hall of Famers and I played with them and played against them and I played in big games. There’s just a certain expectation level that I see for really great performers,” said Brady.

During the podcast, Brady also explained why he wanted to get into broadcasting, why he took a year off before joining Fox and revealed the game show he’d want to be on as a contestant after playing a game show host in a new Hertz commercial.

You can listen to the SI Media With Jimmy Traina below or on Apple and Spotify.

You can also watch SI Media With Jimmy Traina on Sports Illustrated‘s YouTube channel.

2. One more thing about Brady: The Patriots held a big celebration Wednesday night as the quarterback's jersey was retired and he was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. The event was streamed on the Patriots’ website.

I don’t understand what the point is of the NFL having its own network if the NFL Network isn’t going to air something like the Brady celebration. Jay Z performed. Peyton Manning, Belichick and many others spoke. Brady gave a speech.

How does this not air on the NFL Network?

3. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst went viral overnight for calling out Luka Doncic’s performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday during an appearance on SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt. While Windhorst is getting all the attention, my favorite part was SVP’s reaction to Windhorst lighting into Luka.

4. Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming series, Receiver, which debuts on July 10 and will feature Justin Jefferson, Davante Adams, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Deebo Samuel and George Kittle.

5. Dan Le Batard landed the first interview with Dan Hurley after he turned down the Lakers job to remain at UConn and Hurley addressed the speculation that he used L.A. for leverage by calling it “one of the worst takes he’s ever heard.”

6. Longtime Eagles radio voice, Merrill Reese, has been announced as the 2024 winner of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award.

The Hall of Fame describes the award as follows: “Each year, the Hall of Fame recognizes an individual who has dedicated their career to improving radio and television in professional football.”

Somehow, Brent Musburger has never won this award.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: For my wrestling fans who are reading.

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.

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Tom Brady Delivers Classy One-Liner to Sum Up His Relationship With Bill Belichick
13 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Tom Brady Delivers Classy One-Liner to Sum Up His Relationship With Bill Belichick

On a night dedicated to celebrating Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion took a moment Wednesday to acknowledge and thank the man who coached him for two decades.

Brady, during his induction speech into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame at Gillette Stadium, had nothing but praise for Bill Belichick.

"It wasn't me. It wasn't you. It was us," Brady said, addressing Belichick's role in the Patriots' dynasty. "... Let me make this crystal clear: There is no coach in the world I would rather play for than Bill Belichick."

Belichick shared a similar sentiment when speaking at the event.

"Thank you for all you have done for us," the 72-year-old coach said to Brady. "Thank you for all you've done for me."

The two future Pro Football Hall of Famers shared 20 years together from Brady's rookie season in 2000 to his final campaign in Foxborough in '19. Brady and Belichick appeared in nine Super Bowls together and won six championship rings, pairing up to steer arguably the best dynasty in NFL history.

Now retired, Brady will head to the broadcast booth this upcoming season to debut as the top Fox Sports analyst during games. Belichick, who split ways with the Patriots in January, won't be coaching in the NFL this fall for the first time since 1975.

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Charles Barkley Shared Great Story About Tom Brady Giving Him a $250K Watch
30 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Charles Barkley Shared Great Story About Tom Brady Giving Him a $250K Watch

TNT basketball broadcaster Charles Barkley joined Sports Illustrated's Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast this week to discuss a host of topics, including an incredible story between the exchange of a watch between Barkley and future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.

"[Brady] and Wayne Gretzky are the two nicest GOATs [Greatest of All-Time] I've ever been around," Barkley began. "As a matter of fact, see this watch here? I've been offered $250,000 for this watch," Barkley told Traina.

"So I'm broadcasting one of the [TNT golf matches for charity], probably four or five years ago, I make a nice comment about this watch and this watch is a pretty penny. I'm talking double-digit thousands. I said, 'That's a nice watch.' He says, 'Thanks, Chuck,' blah blah blah. We do the broadcast another two or three hours. One of Tom's boys comes up to me and he says, 'Hey Tom is looking for you.' ...I go up [to the clubhouse] and I say, 'Tom, what's up?' And he says, 'Chuck, take my watch.' I go, 'What?' I said, 'Tom, I'm just saying you have a nice watch.' [He says], 'I appreciate the compliment,' and he just gives me this watch. A couple of collectors have offered me $250,000 for it. I wouldn't sell it for any amount. That's what a guy Tom is. Him and Wayne Gretzky for being the GOATs of their sports are two of the nicest, most humble guys I ever met."

Barkley said it was never his intention for Brady to give him his watch.

"I didn't want him to think I gave him a compliment on the watch because I wanted the watch," Barkley added. "It was a nice watch. I said, 'Tom, you don't have to do that.' But when he said it a second time, I said thank you."

It's clear there is a healthy amount of mutual respect between two all-time greats in their respective sports, but it's pretty wild that Brady handed over a watch that is being appraised for a quarter of a million dollars.

Chalk that up to Brady loving Barkley.

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Best Roasters, Jokes, Moments: Reviewing ‘The Roast of Tom Brady’
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Best Roasters, Jokes, Moments: Reviewing ‘The Roast of Tom Brady’

1. Do I feel vindicated because I spent tons of time on the SI Media Podcast the past two weeks pumping up The Roast of Tom Brady and explaining to Sal Licata during our “Traina Thoughts” segment that it was going to be a must-watch?

Yes. Yes, I do.

And big shoutout to TopShotYoda who acknowledged my effort.

As for the roast itself, it was even better than I expected and I had very high expectations. Here are my thoughts.

• It was an interesting strategy for the producers to use the two big guns, Jeff Ross and Nikki Glaser, right out of the gate. It made me wonder if the production team wanted to make it immediately clear that this was going to be a real roast and not some watered-down, PG-rated borefest.

• Make no mistake: While Drew Bledsoe, Julian Edelman and Bill Belichick were outstanding, the masters of roasting—Ross and Glaser—were on another level.

• This is my power rankings of top 5 roasters:

5. Glaser
4. Ross
3. Kevin Hart’s opening
2. Edelman
1. Bledsoe

• How on earth did the directors not give us a shot of Brady when Glaser unleashed this NSFW line?

• I don’t know why Kim Kardashian was part of this, but her presence was well worth it thanks to this shot from Brady.

• It takes A LOT to shock me. And I can’t say I was “shocked,” but it was definitely surreal to see so many Patriots players joke about Aaron Hernandez being a murderer.

• He would never admit it because you have to be a good sport at a roast, but I don’t think Rob Gronkowski liked some of the jokes about his lack of intelligence.  But, my goodness, was this so damn good.

Belichick’s set was made even funnier because he was so out of his element and didn’t deliver the punchlines the way punchlines should be delivered. It was like his performance on Pat McAfee’s Draft show. It’s just Bill being Bill and that in itself is funny.

A big theme on social media during the roast was, “Why would Brady agree to this” and “Why would Brady subject himself to this?” How about because it’s fun? How about because laughing is a good thing? How about because it’s entertainment?

2. With the Pacers and Knicks opening up their series tonight, this clip of versatile New York forward Josh Hart trashing the state of Indiana has been unearthed. This is some good added spice to the playoff series.

3. Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, which saw a photo finish with Mystik Dan beating out Sierra Leone, was the most-watched Derby in 35 years. An average of 16.7 million people watched the Derby on NBC. Viewership peaked between 7 and 7:15 pm ET with 20.1 million viewers turning in.

4. Sometimes baseball is funny, as proven here by Giants shortstop Nick Ahmed.

5. The WWE has been touring in Europe over the past week and the crowds for live events have been wild. Here are a few great clips featuring WWE champion Cody Rhodes interacting with some of his fans.

6. The latest episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina features an interview with Puck senior correspondent John Ourand about all the latest sports media news. Ourand breaks down the latest reports regarding the NBA’s upcoming television deals and where things stand between the league and ESPN, TNT, NBC and Amazon. Ourand also shares thoughts on how the new TV deals would impact the future of the Inside the NBA crew of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal.

Ourand discusses the changes at CBS’s NFL Today with Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms out and Matt Ryan in, whether the NFL Draft would ever move to a Wednesday-Thursday-Friday schedule instead of Thursday-Friday-Saturday, the status of the Marchand & Ourand Podcast and more.

Following Ourand, Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY joins Jimmy for the weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s topics include an NFL Draft shocker, a blow to an MLB superstar, Dave & Busters allowing gambling, Jerry Seinfeld turning 70 and much more.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Good stuff by Jerry Seinfeld on this week’s Saturday Night Live as a guy who has done too much press. Hell of a shoutout for Rich Eisen, as well.

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter,Instagram and TikTok. 

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Eli Manning Gave Comical Reason for Not Attending Tom Brady’s Netflix Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Eli Manning Gave Comical Reason for Not Attending Tom Brady’s Netflix Roast

Tom Brady was roasted on Netflix on Sunday night. Peyton Manning made a surprise appearance to razz his longtime rival, but his younger brother and co-host Eli Manning was not in attendance. It arguably would have made just as much (if not more) sense for Eli to be there. Over Brady's two decades in the NFL he became connected to both Manning brothers for different reasons.

Brady and Peyton were the two best quarterbacks of their era and their teams met 17 times in 15 seasons. Brady won the regular season series, 9-3, while Peyton had a slight edge in the postseason, 3-2. But it was Eli who took on Brady twice in the Super Bowl and beat him both times. Both Manning brothers will probably be mentioned in Tom Brady's obituary, the question is, who will be mentioned first?

If last night was any indication, it will be Peyton who showed up to lampoon his longtime rival turned friend. While Eli wasn't in the house, his presence was felt. He and his Super Bowl victories were referenced multiple times, culminating in the moment where Will Ferrell, in character as Ron Burgundy, told the gust of honor he'd "always be remembered as Eli Manning's bitch."

With a room full of contemporaries and comedians telling a thousand versions of that same joke for three hours there wasn't really any reason for Eli to say anything. Still, he tried his own version on Twitter on Monday morning.

If Eli had showed up to deliver that line in person we might have missed out on one of the many other memorable moments the event created, such as Brady on Deflategate and Taylor Swift, Brady defending Robert Kraft and multiple incidences of Bill Belichick showing personality. It's fitting that during the roast Peyton confirmed the news that Belichick would join the ManningCast later this year. Even in retirement, Brady continues to lose things to the Mannings.

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Tom Brady Destroys Chiefs, Taylor Swift Fans During Netflix Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Tom Brady Destroys Chiefs, Taylor Swift Fans During Netflix Roast

The live Tom Brady roast on Netflix on Sunday night had a lot of wild moments, including many good one-liners from former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

While Brady took some pretty personal shots from former teammates and comedians during the show, the former quarterback closed out the night with some doozies of his own that saw him making fun of everything from Roger Goodell and the NFL to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

Brady also took a shot at the Kansas City Chiefs, a team he had a lot of success against in big games, and Taylor Swift fans:

The Brady roast was quite a night of telelvison but you have to think Chiefs fans are too busy celebrating three Super Bowls in the last five years to care too much about what Brady thinks of them.

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Mics Caught Tom Brady's NSFW Response to Jeff Ross's Joke About Robert Kraft
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Mics Caught Tom Brady’s NSFW Response to Jeff Ross’s Joke About Robert Kraft

Tom Brady was a good sport during Sunday night's roast of the seven-time Super Bowl champion on Netflix, as the retired NFL quarterback laughed at many of the barbs thrown his way by comedians, ex-teammates and former opponents—and even told some good zingers himself.

But Brady was not a fan of every joke.

When comedian Jeff Ross told a joke about the 2019 massage parlor scandal involving New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Brady was not pleased, and the three-time MVP proceeded to walk up to Ross to let him know not to say anything about the incident.

Netflix mics caught Brady's NSFW message to Ross.

Ross, imitating Brady in a conversation the longtime Patriots QB had with Kraft after the 2000 NFL draft, said, " 'I'm the best decision your organization has ever made.' "

Ross, then playing Kraft, responded.

" 'Would you like a massage?' "

After Ross was finished with the joke, Brady could be seen speaking into the comedian's ear.

"Don't say that s**t again," Brady said.

Kraft, owner of the Patriots since January of 1994, became embroiled in controversy when he was hit with two charges of soliciting another to commit prostitution after police surveillance videos of the NFL owner at a massage parlor in Jupiter, Fl surfaced. The Patriots owner was cleared of the charges, but it's apparent that it's still a sore subject for Brady.

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A Hilarious Bill Belichick Was the Star of the Tom Brady Netflix Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

A Hilarious Bill Belichick Was the Star of the Tom Brady Netflix Roast

Netflix's live roast of Tom Brady on Sunday night was surprisingly really funny, and entirely NSFW for most of the night, with the former QB getting crushed by former teammates and comedians during the almost three-hour long live show that tackled all the topics one could think of surrounding the seven-time Super Bowl champ.

The biggest star of the night, though, was Brady's former coach, Bill Belichick. He took a turn roasting Brady midway through the show and had a number of funny moments that had the crowd in Los Angeles laughing pretty hard.

Let's take a look at Belichick's best moments from the roast.

He started with this line about the Apple TV documentary on the Patriots:

He zinged Rob Gronkowski with this great line about Gronk's work on Fox's NFL studio show:

Belichick took a funny shot at Alex Guerrero, a co-founder of TB12 who was around the Patriots a lot during Brady's later years with the team.

Belichick later took a shot of booze with Brady and Gronk after Gronk said he had never had a drink with either of them during his playing days:

And then at the end of the night Belichick did a shot with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, which was amazing to see given their history together:

Belichick also loved Brady going at the NFL over deflategate:

What a wild night in L.A.

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Tom Brady Jokingly Rips NFL for Deflategate During Netflix Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Tom Brady Jokingly Rips NFL for Deflategate During Netflix Roast

One of the few blemishes from retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady's playing career was Deflategate, the infamous scandal that arose in the aftermath of the 2014 AFC championship game and ultimately resulted in a four-game suspension.

The quarterback wasted no time cracking a few jokes about that controversy while taking the podium Sunday during Netflix's The Roast of Tom Brady.

"Where's Roger Goodell?" Brady asked, knowing very well that the NFL commissioner was not in attendance. "Remember Deflategate? The NFL spent $20 million and found it was more 'probable' than not that I was 'generally' aware that someone may have deflated my footballs.

"You could have just given me the $20 million, and I would've told you I f--king did it."

Editor's note: The video below contains profanity.

Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick was among those in the audience to give that joke a standing ovation.

Hosted by comedian Kevin Hart, the roast of Brady featured appearances from Belichick and former teammates Julian Edelman, Randy Moss and Rob Gronkowski.

There were many highlights throughout the night, from Brady firing back at the roasters to Belichick poking fun at quarterback Drew Bledsoe in a skit and teasing tight end Rob Gronkowski about his broadcasting career.

After concluding the roast, Brady's next appearance on television could be Week 1 of the upcoming 2024 NFL season, when he begins his career as FOX Sports's lead color commentator alongside play-play-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt.

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Bill Belichick Pokes Fun at Rob Gronkowski With Perfect Joke at Tom Brady's Roast
6 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Bill Belichick Pokes Fun at Rob Gronkowski With Perfect Joke at Tom Brady’s Roast

Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick dug deep into his playbook to unleash a few zingers while taking the microphone during Netflix's roast of Tom Brady on Sunday.

Although the whole night was dedicated to making fun of the seven-time Super Bowl champion Brady, Belichick took down another one of his former players—tight end Rob Gronkowski—with a witty joke.

"You know, a lot of people connect me with a saying called, 'Do your job.' And telling people to do their jobs,'" Belichick said at the podium. "And Gronk, I've been watching you on FOX NFL Sunday, and I'm begging you—please—stop doing your job.

"Do another job. Do somebody else's job."

The cameras cut to Gronkowski laughing hard alongside former Patriots teammate Julian Edelman.

Gronkowski, who retired from the NFL for good in June 2022, has appeared on the FOX NFL Sunday show alongside Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and the crew the past two seasons.

Belichick wasn't done there, either. He took a side swipe at Apple TV's recent documentary The Dynasty: New England Patriots for, well, not shining the greatest light on his character and coaching style in Foxborough.

What a night of comedy in Los Angeles.

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