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Reports: Fox finalizes deal for 2026 Big Ten title game rights from NBC
Fox “officially finalized its deal to re-acquire the rights from NBC to broadcast the 2026 Big Ten title game,” according to sources cited by Brett McMurphy of ON3. The Wall State Journal reported NBC “received between” $45M and $55M from Fox for the game. Sources said that NBC will “also receive on...
New WNBA schedule sees all Fever games carried nationally
The 2026 WNBA broadcast schedule was unveiled Wednesday, and the Fever lead all teams “with the most national broadcasts” as all 44 Indiana games will be carried nationally. The Wings (36), Liberty (35) and Aces (33) follow Indiana. The WNBA will have a “record of 216 games and tentpole events that ...
APM’s Gutknecht looks back on ESPN work ahead of NFL Draft
As the NFL Draft takes center stage, APM Music will be right there with it -- soundtracking the event across ESPN and NFL Network broadcasts and social media through partnerships with the network and select NFL teams. In advance of the draft, APM VP/Sports Entertainment Matthew Gutknecht revisits so...
People & Personalities: Ryon Healy wrapping trial run in Mariners’ booth
In Seattle, Adam Jude wrote it has “been a rapid rise to the broadcast booth” for former MLBer Ryon Healy, who “will wrap up his initial six-game trial run” as a color analyst on Mariners TV on Wednesday, working alongside play-by-play voice Aaron Goldsmith. SiriusXM MLB Network Radio hired Healy as...
Report: Matthew Berry ‘unlikely to return’ to ‘FNIA’
NBC fantasy football expert Matthew Berry “is unlikely to return” to “Football Night in America” next season, according to sources cited by Sam Neumann of AWFUL ANNOUNCING. His exit comes “amid a significant reshaping” of “FNIA,” as Pro Football HOFer Tony Dungy also confirmed his departure earlier ...
Lynx strike first-of-its-kind local streaming deal with Victory+
The Lynx have become the first pro basketball team to take its local game broadcasts to Victory+, the free streaming, ad-supported platform that remains in the hunt for multiple NBA teams next season and is pursuing more WNBA franchises this spring, as well.
NFL makes its media-rights case to the FCC amid inquiry
The NFL held a meeting last week with senior Federal Communications Commission officials “to justify the league’s media-rights strategy.” The meeting Friday in D.C., “which the NFL requested,” came after the FCC started its probe into the changing sports-media business and “whether the evolution is ...
NHL scores best average viewership on TV in 14 seasons
The NHL bounced back from lower viewership last season for its best regular-season average since the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. All games across ESPN, ABC and TNT/truTV averaged 546,000 viewers, which is the best mark since NBC and NBCSN averaged 590,000 viewers over just 70 games 14 seasons ...
Game Creek Video takes blame for Amazon Prime Video’s NBA outage
Game Creek Video President Pat Sullivan said that Amazon Prime Video VP & Global Head of Sports and Advertising Jay Marine “was not at fault” after the feed of last week’s Hornets-Heat play-in tournament game went dark “during a tense overtime period,” according to John Ourand of PUCK. Sullivan ...
Report: NBC taps Mike Tomlin for ‘Football Night in America’
Former NFL coach Mike Tomlin is joining NBC to be a “top studio analyst” on “Football Night in America,” according to sources cited by Andrew Marchand of THE ATHLETIC. Fox “showed some interest in Tomlin, but NBC had the biggest need for his services.” The network is “reimagining its pregame show,” ...
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His mindset, and I’m just getting to know him, but I don’t think it has as much to do with the cost of the T-shirts or wherever he’s saving money. It’s a mindset on how to run a business. It’s a scrappy approach to, I think, focusing on details, making people feel like everything matters.-- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, on his pushback against the narrative that new Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon is looking to cut spending.
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