David Preschlack
John Ourand
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March 14, 2025
Norby After McAfee
When veteran ESPN producer Norby Williamson took over production at Main Street Sports early this year, he had no intention of maintaining the R.S.N.s’ status quo. Today, he rolled out his plan for sports-specific production silos while recruiting four execs from Bristol. But can it all possibly work?
John Ourand
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January 14, 2025
The Cliff Path Civil War
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.
John Ourand
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January 10, 2025
Uncut Gem
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.
John Ourand
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October 4, 2024
No R.S.N. in Sight
The latest news, notes, and twists in the Diamond Sports telenovela.
John Ourand
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July 12, 2024
The Cliff Path of No Return
News and notes on the Diamond Sports crying rooms.
John Ourand
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May 3, 2024
Preschlack Your Luck
A Hail Mary from Amazon may save Dave Preschlack’s Diamond Sports from oblivion—and soften the blow of the Comcast “cliff path.”
John Ourand
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April 25, 2024
The Diamond-Comcast Collision, Part 1,000
News and notes on the latest chapter of the R.S.N. saga of our time (and all time).
John Ourand
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April 16, 2024
Of Mice and R.S.N.s
Another setback looms for Diamond Sports as it heads into its latest bankruptcy court hearing: DirecTV and Comcast are going full-blown “cliff path.”
John Ourand
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April 12, 2024
As I Lay Diamond
News and notes on the most famous bankruptcy restructuring in the history of regional sports networks.