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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 ...

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,” ...

Five teams saw gains on local TV this for the 2025-206 season, and streaming played a key role in this. Also: NESN courting more teams, What Austin Karp is watching and more.

The Nuggets, Pistons, 76ers, Bulls and Trail Blazers led the way in increases among NBA game local audiences this season, with in-market streaming continuing to make gains among viewers, sources told SBJ.

NESN President David Wisnia told me that his company remains “active” in discussions to operate or buy local media operations for teams, which join the fold alongside the Red Sox, Bruins, Penguins and Pirates.

It’s going to be a busy Thursday night for sports. ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network will carry what should be a solid audience for the first round of the NFL Draft (especially with the large-market N.Y. Giants having two picks in the top 10). It’s a busy night in N.Y. alone, as Knicks-Hawks is one of t...

Changing the College Football Playoff rankings show is “on the table, with ideas ranging from adjusting the rankings release schedule to cutting back on the committee chair interviews,” according to Russo & Vannini. The show is “meant to be a conversation starter,” but with the CFP expanding to ...

ESPN was forced to move around the primetime slate on ESPN2 on Sunday night after the documentary “Rachel, Breathe” did “not air as scheduled because the licensing agreement was not finalized in time,” according to sources cited by Kimberly Nordyke of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. It is understood that bo...

POYNTER’s Tom Jones writes on Friday, the Washington Post “posted an opening” for a position in sports with the job title “National Sports Reporter.” The job description includes in part: “This role is designed for a reporter who sees sports as a powerful lens into the forces shaping the country, in...

College football is the second highest-rated TV programming in the U.S., behind only the NFL. A dozen schools’ games consistently produce NFL-like numbers at 4 million to 10 million-plus viewers. College football generates $3.9 billion in media rights, and … it is underperforming.