Amazon Will Air Early Masters Coverage
NEW YORK — Amazon Prime Video has a tendency to add marquee sports properties such as the NFL, NBA, and MLB’s New York Yankees. Now they’re going into business with the most prestigious name in golf:...
View ArticleTNT Sports CEO Responds to Charles Barkley Saying Company ‘Just Sucks’
TNT Sports CEO Luis Silberwasser doesn’t mind criticism from Charles Barkley. The Basketball Hall of Famer and longtime analyst for TNT recently criticized the company in an appearance on The Bill...
View ArticleWorld Cup Will Be Fox’s ‘Biggest Undertaking’ Ever
Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks has overseen six Super Bowls since taking the helm in 2010. But he’s not afraid to admit the 2026 World Cup will be the tallest task in company history. “It’ll be the...
View ArticlePitaro: ESPN, MLB Making Progress on New Deal Talks
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said the network has made progress on a potential new deal with MLB, although keeping baseball rights beyond this season is still not guaranteed. “When I last spoke...
View Article‘We Didn’t Get a Test Run’: Greg Olsen on Netflix NFL Christmas Scramble
Netflix delivered a seamless doubleheader on Christmas in 2024, lacking many of the critical buffering issues the platform had just a month earlier for the Mike Tyson–Jake Paul fight. But behind the...
View ArticleThe Eagles Play Christmas Day for NFL on Netflix
The Eagles will play a return engagement on Christmas Day. No, not the Grammy Award–winning rock band; the Emmy Award–winning broadcasting family. The father-son duo of Ian Eagle and Noah Eagle will...
View ArticleAmazon Says It Wants to Broadcast a Super Bowl
Amazon has its sights set on its next big venture into NFL media rights: the Super Bowl. Jay Marine, Amazon’s VP and Global Head of Sports, already helped manufacture an 11-year $11 billion media...
View ArticleManfred Says New MLB Rights Deal ‘Replicated’ Money From ESPN Opt-Out
MLB’s next media deal will be in the ballpark of its current one. At the Front Office Sports Tuned In summit, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed that the league has “agreements in principle” for...
View ArticleAmazon Sports Chief Says NBA, WNBA Coverage Should Be Celebratory
As Amazon begins its new media-rights deal with the NBA, the streamer hopes its coverage of the league, as well as the WNBA, leans in to positive storylines instead of more controversial topics that...
View ArticleRob Manfred Says Any Talk of MLB Salary Cap Is Premature
One issue hangs over all others in determining the future of baseball: a possible salary cap. MLB is by far the biggest American sports league without one, and players would like to keep it that way....
View ArticleWatch: Full Stephen A. Smith–Clay Travis Debate
Stephen A. Smith and Clay Travis debated each other for more than half an hour about sports, politics, and media. Watch the full thing, moderated by Front Office Sports host Baker Machado at the Tuned...
View ArticleAdam Silver Doesn’t Want NBA Europe to Be a ‘Top-Heavy League’
Adam Silver said the NBA’s prospective European league is still “two to three years” away from launching, but he already has an idea of what he doesn’t want it to look like. Speaking at the Front...
View ArticleMLB, NBC Leaders Say Broadcast TV Still Matters in Streaming Era
Even in a fast-growing market for streaming, NBC’s forthcoming rights deal with Major League Baseball is a further testament by both parties to the enduring power of broadcast television. Both MLB...
View ArticleMaria Taylor Talks About ‘Moving Differently’ in ESPN-NBC Jump
From the outside, Maria Taylor’s 2021 transition from ESPN to NBC was nothing short of dramatic. Since joining the network in 2014, the basketball and football host, analyst, and sideline reporter had...
View ArticleCFB TV Ratings Stay Hot As Georgia-Tennessee Sets ABC High of 12.6M
Georgia’s 44–41 overtime victory over Tennessee was the most-watched Week 3 college football game and ABC’s largest audience of the season, drawing 12.6 million viewers Saturday. It’s the...
View ArticleAdam Silver: NBA’s Problems With Gambling ‘Have Been Predictable’
Adam Silver has led a league plagued by gambling scandals over the past two years. In April 2024, he banned Raptors forward Jontay Porter for life after an investigation found he bet on NBA games,...
View ArticleNetflix Boxing Ratings Spark New Fight Over Streaming Metrics
Just as one high-profile fight around sports viewership metrics is calming down, another one is beginning. Netflix said it attracted a global average audience of 36.6 million for last weekend’s...
View ArticleSilver: My Comments About Basketball Highlights Were ‘Misconstrued’
NBA commissioner Adam Silver faced scrutiny last week after referring to basketball as a “highlights-based” sport. At the Front Office Sports Tuned In summit on Tuesday, he clarified his statement,...
View ArticleBethpage Black Joins Trend of Hosting Top Men’s, Women’s Tournaments
Next week, Bethpage Black Golf Course in New York will host the Ryder Cup for the first time, and the venue will stay in the national spotlight after the U.S. vs. Europe team event ends. In 2028, the...
View ArticleWhy Fox’s Dean Blandino Is ‘Done’ With the Tush Push
During Fox’s Sunday telecast of the Super Bowl rematch between the Eagles and Chiefs, rules analyst Dean Blandino spoke for many TV viewers when he declared he was “done” with the Eagles’ “tush push”...
View ArticleStephen A. Smith on MNF Role, Inside the NBA, Molly Qerim Departure
NEW YORK — Stephen A. Smith is coming to Monday Night Football. Starting this Monday, the ESPN superstar will make the first of at least three appearances on this season’s Monday Night Countdown...
View ArticleESPN Draws Highest ‘MNF’ Doubleheader Audience Since 2015
ESPN’s first Monday Night Football doubleheader of the season—one of a record-tying four in 2025—posted the special broadcast experiment’s best viewership in more than a decade. The Buccaneers’...
View ArticleStan Verrett Joining FanDuel Sports Network in Multiple Roles
Former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Stan Verrett has found a new home with FanDuel Sports Network. Verrett will be the pregame and postgame studio host for the Los Angeles Clippers and will also have a...
View ArticleYES Network Faces Comcast Deadline With FCC Influence in Spotlight
The YES Network–Comcast carriage battle that marked the beginning of the 2025 Major League Baseball season is about to resurface, with parity issues again taking center stage. A short-term contract...
View ArticleDisney Could Face Choice Between Kimmel and NFL: Sources
The Walt Disney Co. may ultimately have to make a hard choice: the NFL or Jimmy Kimmel. In today’s dicey sports media environment, that may not be much of a choice at all. Disney would likely favor...
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