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Steph Curry NBA
John Ourand February 18, 2025
Okay, so everyone hated on the gimmicky round-robin tournament—including Draymond Green on live television—but the stink around the game obscured other successes for the league.
New York Yankees anthony volpe
John Ourand February 14, 2025
The worthies in Bristol are starting to feel that they’re wildly overpaying for Sunday Night Baseball, especially given Apple’s and Roku’s far more frugal deals, and they’re threatening to exercise their out clause. Meanwhile, Netflix, Amazon, and others are warming up in the bullpen.
NFL
John Ourand February 11, 2025
Once again, ESPN and the NFL are in renewed negotiations for the former to take on the latter’s media assets. What’s changed since the last time these dance partners played footsie? More linear decline, Flagship, and maybe the Draft going up for bidding, too.
Roger Goodell
John Ourand February 7, 2025
As I’ve previewed before, the NFL commissioner and the league have long fantasized about the billion-dollar possibilities of eliminating another preseason contest and adding an 18th regular season game. Murmurs emanating from New Orleans suggest that the public negotiations have begun.


Luka Doncic
John Ourand February 4, 2025
You’re not going to believe it…
Jim Phillips
John Ourand January 31, 2025
ESPN locked down its deal with the ACC, ensuring the league will avoid Pac-12 overreach problems and keep Clemson and Florida State in the fold. But the price ESPN paid proves its sports rights market is not a bonanza for everyone.
Patriots Football Fans
John Ourand January 28, 2025
DirecTV and Comcast are only the latest cable distributors to offer Venu-esque sports-and-news bundles as an antidote to cord-cutting. Michael Nathanson, the renowned media analyst, explains why the industry is on the right track—but still getting the details all wrong.
Football
John Ourand January 24, 2025
Ratings for NFL playoff games are down close to double digits so far this season, a surprising reality that has spawned all manner of business philosophizing—some of it banal, some of it quite sage.


Maverick Carter
John Ourand January 17, 2025
Maverick Carter, LeBron’s longtime wingman and business partner, shocked the sports world with the news that he was attempting to raise $5 billion to take on the NBA. Is this a new LIV or a basketball F1, or something more quixotic?
Gerrit Cole
John Ourand January 14, 2025
Greg Rigdon, Comcast’s president of content acquisition and the architect of the dreaded “cliff path” deal for regional sports networks, turns his fire on his own sister stations.
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