With ESPN’s exclusive negotiating window with UFC expiring on Tuesday, the property is set to take its media rights to market. However, ESPN Chair Jimmy Pitaro on Thursday told SBJ that even with the window expiring, that doesn’t mean UFC will be leaving ESPN.

Four years after launch, media company Togethxr hit profitability and increased its valuation more than twofold, primarily driven by co-founder Alex Morgan and her venture capital firm Trybe Ventures. The company is now looking at its future.

Scripps Sports during its Upfront presentation at Barclays Center in Brooklyn this evening is planning to highlight two new marquee properties -- the group’s first investment into college basketball and the inaugural SI Women’s Games.

SBJ Media: NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship audience comes back to Earth

Coming into golf’s biggest weekend in Augusta, the sport is riding some momentum with TV audiences.

The Golden State Valkyries –- the WNBA’s newest team -- signed a media rights deal making CBS Bay Area the franchise’s first local broadcast home.

SBJ Media: NWSL has eyes on Sunday nights for new deal

While ESPN has opted out of its final three seasons of a media-rights pact with longtime partner MLB, those working on baseball at the network aren’t treating it like the end.

The NWSL is in active talks as it looks to lock down a fifth media rights package -- a two-year pact that would start in 2026, a source with knowledge of negotiations confirmed to SBJ.

Betsy Riley, a 2024 SBJ Game Changer, is coming home to NBC Sports. The company named Riley SVP and coordinating producer, NBC Olympics. She’ll head up production of the Olympic primetime show, starting with Milan Cortina in 2026.