Amazon Plans to Stream NFL Black Friday Game Globally—for Free
NEW YORK — The NFL’s accelerating global ambitions are once again on full display as the league has expanded its Amazon deal to broaden distribution of the upcoming Black Friday game to a worldwide...
View ArticleNFL Ratings Are Up Big, and League Says It’s More Than Nielsen Math
NEW YORK — The NFL’s viewership surge so far this season is transcending any lift deriving from Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel measurement process, league officials said. As the league enjoys a...
View ArticleWelcome to Kinder, Gentler NBA Media Coverage
The phrase “Happy NBA Day” trended on X/Twitter on Tuesday morning as fans welcomed back The Association. That’s fitting because happiness is what the NBA wants from media partners Amazon Prime Video,...
View ArticleNBC Made Its NBA Return Feel Big
It’s once again Roundball Rock o’clock as the NBA on NBC returned after 23 years away. NBC’s first NBA game telecast since 2002 opened with a bit asking current stars like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,...
View ArticleTNT Sports Parent WBD Is for Sale As Comcast, Netflix, Paramount Circle
The “for sale” sign is now officially posted for TNT Sports parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. After weeks of rising speculation and an inbound offer from David Ellison, CEO of CBS Sports parent...
View ArticleBob Costas: Michael Jordan’s ‘Mere Presence’ on NBC Is Big TV
Bob Costas doesn’t know exactly what to expect from Michael Jordan when the NBA legend appears on NBC as a special contributor this season, but believes that Jordan has the capacity to be a candid...
View ArticleBruce Pearl: ‘The One Thing’ I Miss About Coaching
Former Auburn Tigers coach Bruce Pearl is joining TNT Sports as a college basketball analyst on its new studio team, along with host Adam Lefkoe and analysts Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn, and Chris...
View ArticleESPN’s ‘MNF’ Doubleheaders Will End—If NFL Equity Deal Clears
ESPN’s fourth and final Monday Night Football doubleheader of the season is likely to also be the network’s last time utilizing the much-panned broadcast strategy—so long as the league’s ESPN equity...
View ArticleEarly Data Shows ESPN, Fox One Are Off to Strong Starts in DTC Push
ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer service and Fox One, two of the major sports-related streaming products to hit the market this year, each continue to add subscribers at a steady pace. Third-party data...
View ArticleMariners–Blue Jays Game 7 Drama Likely to Drive MLB Ratings Surge
An MLB postseason already rife with drama, and surging viewership, is set for another major chapter Monday night. The Mariners and Blue Jays will square off in the seventh and deciding game of the...
View ArticleNBA Season About to Tip Off With New TV Deal—but No LeBron James
The start of the 2025–26 NBA season is also the beginning of a new era. The league’s 11-year, $77 billion media-rights deal comes with two new media partners, NBC and Amazon, meaning a slew of games...
View ArticleShae Cornette to Replace Molly Qerim on ESPN’s ‘First Take’
ESPN has landed on a successor for Molly Qerim on First Take. Shae Cornette will be named host alongside Stephen A. Smith, the network confirmed to Front Office Sports. Qerim departed the morning talk...
View ArticleBruce Pearl Joining TNT As College Hoops Analyst
Now we know the answer to what’s next for Bruce Pearl: The former Auburn Tigers coach is coming to sports television. TNT Sports is poised to announce the four-time SEC Coach of the Year as an analyst...
View ArticleThe Players’ Tribune Is Still Kicking 11 Years Later
Derek Jeter made waves when he founded The Players’ Tribune 11 years ago. The move earned Jeter headlines about his entrepreneurial turn, and it kick-started a slew of athlete-driven media start-ups....
View ArticleTroy Aikman’s ‘MNF’ Critique of Bears Sparks Player-Coach Pushback
Troy Aikman is a well-respected NFL color commentator, and his partnership with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck is regarded as one of the best duos in all of sports. But during Monday Night Football...
View ArticleTexas-Oklahoma Gets 8.7M Viewers, Most-Watched CFB Game of Week 7
The Red River Rivalry was the most-watched college football game of Week 7 action, as 8.7 million people watched Texas defeat Oklahoma 23–6 on ABC. That marks the largest TV audience for a...
View ArticleMLB Postseason TV Ratings Surge to Highest Levels Since 2010
Major League Baseball’s hot streak of television viewership continued through the second round of the playoffs and into the start of the third round. After the league posted across-the-board audience...
View ArticleBelichick’s Tar Heels Are Losing Momentum on the Field—and on TV
As North Carolina and football coach Bill Belichick aim to squash rumors of the NFL legend not making it through his debut college season, the on-field struggles for the Tar Heels are bleeding into...
View ArticleClay Travis Is Planning His Next Moves As a Free Agent
Clay Travis is poised to become a free agent across all three mediums of TV, radio, and digital media, Front Office Sports has learned. Travis’s multimillion-dollar deals with Fox, iHeartMedia’s...
View ArticleMax Kellerman to Call TKO’s Zuffa Boxing on Paramount
Max Kellerman is adding another role to his boxing responsibilities. Kellerman will be on the call for Zuffa Boxing, sources told Front Office Sports. Zuffa is a collaboration between Saudi official...
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