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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.
Norby Williamson
John Ourand January 10, 2025
Diamond Sports Group has emerged from bankruptcy reborn, renamed, and with Norby (!!)—but is it all too little, too late? Plus, news and notes on Liberty and Peacock.


james dolan
John Ourand January 7, 2025
The showdown between MSG Networks and Altice is leaving fans of the streaking Knicks out of luck and Jim Dolan running out of options. LightShed Partners’ Brandon Ross illuminates the issues and explains how an MSG Networks bankruptcy could play out, including a potential merger with YES.
Scottie Scheffler
John Ourand January 3, 2025
Professional golf is a mess, with competing leagues diluting the talent pool and overstretched PGA Tour tournaments that few are watching. But with a new crop of talent, a pro-merger golf fanatic in the White House, and a new indoor offering, could this year be a turning point?
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