SPORTS
Soccer’s Next Don
With commissioner Don Garber’s quarter-century-plus tenure coming to an end next year (or sooner!), MLS has contracted executive headhunters to embark on a sprawling replacement search. A few well-known names have emerged as early targets—but with big-growth ambitions, they’d better get it right.
John Ourand
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April 28, 2026
The NFL’s September Surprise
A revelatory conversation with analyst Mike Morris about the myriad questions swirling around the NFL’s looming, blockbuster rights negotiations.
Eriq Gardner
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April 27, 2026
A $957 Million WWE Title Fight
The pro wrestling outfit is flying high thanks to a slew of new deals and WrestleMania’s recent ESPN debut. But an imminent trial will question whether Vince McMahon undersold the value of the company ahead of the TKO merger that made it all possible.
John Ourand
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April 23, 2026
Goodell’s Washington Ground Game
The feds have been breathing down the NFL’s neck all year, and a quartet of league executives made the pilgrimage to D.C. last week to plead their case.
NBC’s Miller Time
An exclusive conversation with NBC Sports’s Jon Miller about the network’s recent multibillion-dollar sports rights investments, the stunning durability of broadcast television, competing with trillion-dollar streaming giants, and plenty more.
John Ourand
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April 20, 2026
How Much Trouble Is the NFL In, Really?
The league’s recent push to sign new rights deals with its media partners and ongoing relationship with the streamers has opened it up to a wave of regulatory inquiry. But is any of the scrutiny more than just a headache?
John Ourand
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April 16, 2026
LIV & Let Die… Again
How much longer is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund willing to continue pumping billions into its quixotic bet on LIV Golf, as the Iran war dislocates sporting events like Formula One and Fanatics flag football?
Will Amazon Get the First Streaming Super Bowl?
It’s virtually inevitable that a streamer will land the exclusive rights to host the Super Bowl within the next decade. And Amazon Prime Video, which has already proven itself with ‘Thursday Night Football’ and sits atop a geyser of e-commerce money, would be the natural successor to a six-decade tradition.
John Ourand
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April 13, 2026
Could Amazon Steal ‘Sunday Night Football’?
Ahead of NFL Kickoff in September, the streaming wolves are circling Sunday Night Football—so media-industry equity research analyst Michael Nathanson stopped by to sketch out what’s at stake for the networks and the league.
John Ourand
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April 9, 2026
The NFL’s 18th Game Kremlinology
The D.O.J.’s new investigation into the NFL is ostensibly a major setback for the Shield. And yet, there are some potential upsides to kicking rights negotiations down the road…
JomBoy Meets World
MLB’s partnership with viral video guru James O’Brien, a.k.a. JomBoy, reflects the league’s increasingly sophisticated approach to winning over Gen Z viewers who aren’t watching TV: If you can’t beat them, join them.
John Ourand
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April 6, 2026
Cut-Down Day Is Coming at ESPN
Layoffs are coming as the sports network deals with cord-cutting, the YouTube TV blackout, and uncertainty around whether Josh D’Amaro is going to spin it off to Wall Street cheers.
John Ourand
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April 2, 2026
On the Silberwasser Front
Everyone’s favorite TNT Sports boss opens up about the NCAA tournament, losing their NBA rights, the evolution of the network—and, of course, the ParaBros merger likely to close this fall.
Netflix’s Price Is Right
The world’s most dominant streamer keeps hiking its prices, and industry insiders are openly wondering how much more the company can squeeze from its customers before they revolt. Based on the data, however, there seems to be plenty of juice left.
Eriq Gardner
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March 30, 2026
Their Eyes Were Watching Goodell
The NFL’s bid to fix blown calls with centralized, A.I.-assisted officiating—framed as insurance against a referee lockout—risks morphing into a far messier test case at the intersection of gambling, union power, and the future of human labor on the field.
John Ourand
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March 26, 2026
Netflix at the Bat
The streaming giant invested in a lightweight MLB package to see whether it could fully eventize the industry’s most tonnage-friendly sport. So far, the jury’s out.
Nielsen, Schmielsen
The venerable TV tracking company has become something of an industry punching bag after a methodological wrinkle showed broadcast beating streaming. What happens if we lose the faith entirely?