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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.


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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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John Ourand & Julia Alexander May 27, 2024
Streaming analyst Julia Alexander joins John for a brutally honest conversation about the state of streaming in its sports rights era, and why Amazon, not Netflix, is going after the biggest deals.


Ted Leonisis
John Ourand May 23, 2024
As team valuations skyrocket, I sat down with D.C. sports magnate Ted Leonsis to get his candid take on why Cuban sold the Mavs, the future of R.S.N..s, and how Ballmer changed the game.
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John Ourand May 20, 2024
New CBS Sports C.E.O. David Berson rips a page from McManus playbook, predicts more of the (lucrative) same, and says “Nothing to see here” about Esiason and Simms as Paramount’s deal-or-no-deal drama continues.
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