NFL
Can Fox Avoid the Skipper Tax?
As the NFL continues to draw congressional heat, it’s growing increasingly tired with Rupert Murdoch for instigating the fuss. With the league’s coveted antitrust exemption theoretically in the crosshairs, might Fox have bitten the hand that feeds it?
John Ourand
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June 9, 2026
YouTube’s NFL Discipline & NFL Partner Math
Rich Greenfield, the LightShed partner and sports guru, weighs in on the looming NFL rights renegotiation bonanza: who wins, who blinks first, and why the league still has all the leverage in the post-cord-cutting era.
Eriq Gardner
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June 8, 2026
Could Brendan Sorsby End the NCAA’s “Pay-for-Play” Era?
The University of Cincinnati is suing to collect $1 million in N.I.L. damages after Sorsby defected to Texas Tech—a ticking time bomb case that could imperil player contracts across all of college sports.
John Ourand
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June 2, 2026
The Magnus Carta
ESPN’s indomitable content chief, Burke Magnus, on losing talent to the NBA sidelines, the heat around the NHL, and what he learns from the way his kids watch sports.
John Ourand
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May 19, 2026
How Much Is Too Much for a Super Bowl Commercial?
Horizon Media’s Adam Schwartz on the amplifying value of a Super Bowl ad, MLB’s events strategy, and why the 30-second spot is still the backbone of television advertising.
More Netflix-NFL Footsie & Deal Extensionitis
News and notes on the latest machinations surrounding the NFL’s highly coveted, obscenely expensive rights packages.
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.
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.