The Varsity
A professional-grade rundown on the business of sports from John Ourand, the industry’s preeminent journalist, covering the leagues, players, agencies, media deals, and the egos fueling it all. Plus, the latest intel from Eriq Gardner on the sports legal beat.
Archives
July 15, 2026
The Fanatics Invasion & The Hydration Break Wars
July 14, 2026
Wrigley’s Rooftop Lawsuit & The Team Valuations Bonanza
July 10, 2026
World Cup 2030 Economics & Sun Valley Dish
July 8, 2026
A New NFL Deal Timeline & World Cup Reckoning
July 7, 2026
World Cup Ghost Tickets & Wimbledon Freebies
July 2, 2026
Comcast Split Strategery & Amazon Flexes Its Global NBA Reach
July 1, 2026
More Comcast Anxiety & Fox’s World Cup Fever
June 30, 2026
Times–Russini Rumblings & The NBC Sweepstakes
June 26, 2026
The Sports Doc Drought & Rolapp Relegation Questions
June 24, 2026
The FanDuel Future & The Sorsby Debacle
June 23, 2026
A Dolan Lawsuit & The Petitti-Sankey Discourse
June 19, 2026
YouTube Mysteries & Apple’s F1 Smoke Signal
June 17, 2026
Dolan-ology & Rolapp’s Rough Patch
June 16, 2026
NFL S.B.A. Truthers & Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Deal
June 12, 2026
Murdoch’s NFL War & The World Cup’s $60B Bonanza
June 9, 2026
NFL Rights Decoding & McAfee’s $60M Deal
June 9, 2026
An N.I.L. Bombshell & ESPN’s Knicks-in-7-itis
June 5, 2026
UFC’s Star Search & Goodell’s Kiss-Off to Congress
June 3, 2026
ESPN’s Content King & The NBA Finals Glow-Up
June 2, 2026
The NFL’s $5.9B Gusher & A Netflix–College Sports Cold War