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nfl bryce young
John Ourand & Eriq Gardner July 2, 2024
Alas, the league’s $15 billion antitrust bill is just the beginning for a sports media rights reckoning a decade in the making.
college basketball big east tournament
John Ourand June 28, 2024
The inside story of how NBC and WBD negotiated with Fox to land Big East basketball. In the modern sports media business, one company’s “nice-to-have” content is another’s “need to have” package.
stephen a. smith
John Ourand June 25, 2024
ESPN’s biggest star doesn’t simply covet McAfeebucks—he also wants a McAfee-style deal structure that would pay him out like he’s running his own production company. What should Pitaro do?
Stephen A. Smith
John Ourand June 21, 2024
ESPN and Pitaro have put an $18 million-per-year offer in front of their generational star. It’s an insane amount of dough for a TV personality… but it still might not be enough.


Jimmy Pitaro
John Ourand June 18, 2024
Fifteen months out from the launch of ESPN’s new streaming property, dubbed internally as Project Flagship, questions are mounting alongside expectations.
Formula E prix
John Ourand June 14, 2024
The ageless mogul’s decision to take a controlling position in Formula E suggests that he’s looking to re-create the magic he found in its sister racing sport.
Cathy Engelbert wnba
John Ourand June 10, 2024
A very candid chat with Cathy Engelbert, the former Deloitte C.E.O. who became the commissioner of the WNBA in 2019.
nba Jayson Tatum boston celtics
John Ourand June 7, 2024
The NBA is closing in on a whopping $76 billion for its media rights packages, partly because there won’t be anything else to buy for a very, very long time.


chicago white sox baseball
John Ourand June 4, 2024
The R.S.N. hellscape, once the province of smaller markets, is now about to jump the shark.
david zaslav
John Ourand May 30, 2024
As the clock ticks on the NBA rights deals, and matching rights definitions are reimagined, a new consensus is emerging: WBD probably shouldn’t bid on a package that it really can no longer afford.
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