- I went on Richard Deitsch’s podcast to talk about the NFL schedule release. We also gave a shoutout to longtime ESPN comms executive Mac Nwulu, who is leaving the company after 28 years.
- Scripps Sports scored local rights to its first NBA team, as the Pistons will air games over-the-air with the company beginning with the 2026-27 season.
- Fubo has withdrawn its offers to the NBA teams searching for new local broadcast homes, SBJ’s Tom Friend reported.
- The demise of Main Street Sports Group may have cast a cloud over RSNs, but as SBJ’s Joe Lemire reports, a set of guidelines can still help media companies not just survive, but thrive.
- While sports didn’t play a dominant role at the upfronts last week, it certainly is now a mainstay. My SBJ colleagues Josh Carpenter and Rob Schaefer joined me in giving takeaways from last week’s presentations to ad buyers, brands and TV affiliates.
- I spoke to execs from the NFL, NBC, Fox, ESPN, Prime Video and CBS about how they felt the 2026 NFL schedule shook out.
- How’s this for a wild sports broadcasting stat? When Al Michaels calls Prime Video’s first game of the season on Sept. 17 (Lions-Bills at Buffalo’s new Highmark Stadium), it will be the 10th time in his storied career that he is on the mic for the first game at a new NFL stadium, writes Deitsch.
- TNT Sports EVP and Chief Content Officer Craig Barry’s focus in Year 2 with Roland Garros is on incremental improvement, reports Schaefer.
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