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• ESPN facing more layoffs; NBA voices largely unaffected

More changes are coming at ESPN. According to John Ourand of Puck, another round of layoffs is expected in Bristol, part of what has become an ongoing adjustment period across the sports media landscape. The good news, relatively speaking, is that the cuts are expected to be limited — around 30 positions, primarily in off-camera […] The post ESPN facing more layoffs; NBA voices largely unaff...2026
• CBS Sports expected to merge with TNT Sports this year

According to a report by Puck sports correspondent John Ourand on Thursday evening, both companies‘ respective sports divisions — CBS Sports and TNT Sports — will merge in the third quarter of this year “if all goes according to plan.” CBS Sports president David Berson “is seen as the odds-on favorite to run the combined […]...2026
• Seahawks could open 2026 season on Wednesday, or play after Rams vs. 49ers

With only a few exceptions since 2004, the Super Bowl champion has the honor of hosting the opening Thursday night game of the following NFL regular season. The Seattle Seahawks could be one of those exceptions for 2026. According to John Ourand of Puck, the NFL is looking at making the Los Angeles Rams vs. […]...2026
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• MLB To Take Over Broadcasts For Six Additional Teams
Major League Baseball will take over the broadcasts of six new teams in 2026, reports John Ourand of Puck. The six clubs are the Brewers, Marlins, Rays, Royals, Cardinals and Reds. That represents six of the nine clubs who terminated deals with Main Street Sports last month. That leaves the Braves, Tigers and Angels as…...2026
• Backstage Update On Netflix Filming 20 Hours Of New Interviews For Hulk Hogan Docuseries Prior To His Death
A long-rumored Hulk Hogan documentary project is officially moving forward at Netflix. During an appearance on The Varsity podcast with John Ourand, Netflix Vice President of Sports Gabe Spitzer confirmed that a docuseries centered on the WWE Hall of Famer is among the streaming giant’s upcoming slate. The Hogan project was mentioned alongside documentary plans […] The post Backstage Update ...2025
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• Netflix Sports VP Says Hulk Hogan Documentary Is In Development
Netflix’s Vice President of Sports, Gabe Spitzer, recently appeared on The Varsity podcast with John Ourand, where he discussed several topics. One key point was that a documentary focused on the late WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan is currently in production. The documentary has already captured 20 hours of footage, which was completed shortly […]...2025
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• Will we ever see Giovanni Vinci in WWE again?

WWE.com Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. January 8, 2024 PW Insider says they haven’t heard about Drew McIntyre signing a new deal with WWE just yet. He did it in April so he hadn’t by this point. (1/1) They also say that while anything is possible, they have been ...2024
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• Cowboys news: Stephen Jones addresses Dallas’ inability to sign Zay Jones

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Notable headlines surrounding America’s team. Stephen Jones Comments on Cowboys Failing to Sign Zay Jones - Jovan Alford, Sport DFW You might have heard this one before. Dallas likes their guys. For the Cowboys, it was another failed attempt by the team to upgrade a position of need this offseason. Dallas EVP Stephen Jones was asked about the team’...2024
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• The Linc - Eagles got one the best rookie team fits

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 5/11/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... 2024 NFL draft: Best rookie team fits, perfect landing spots - ESPN+Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Philadelphia Eagles. Drafted: Round 1, No. 22. Why he fits: The Eagles landed the top corner in the draft with Mitchell, and I see a pretty seamless fit here under new de...2024
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• Deion Sanders has Colorado dominating college football TV ratings

Lucas Boland/The Coloradoan / USA TODAY NETWORK People can’t get enough of Coach Prime. Deion Sanders has turned the Colorado Buffalos into must-see TV, bringing in a growing celebrity fanbase and massive TV ratings with every game. Colorado football was a dormant program a year ago, finishing with a 1-11 record and failing to exceed five wins in every season since 2016. That all changed w...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Justin Reid believes the Chiefs' defense could be really special this year
Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, August 2 The latest Justin Reid believes the Chiefs defense could be really special this year Defense has a real chance to be really special this year. Gotta keep earning it every day— Justin Reid (@JustinqReid) August 1, 2023 25 NFL players who are playing for their next contract in 2023 | Yardbarker L’Jarius Sneed...2023
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• NBA expects hiatus to last “at least 30 days”
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver went on TNT to address the league’s decision to suspend the season over concerns about the coronavirus. He said he expects the hiatus to last “at least 30 days.” “Not one team raised the issue of money,” Silver said on the telecast, via John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal. “The [more]...2020
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• Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Exchange Words, Brawl in Dugout
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• DirecTV to distribute Sunday Ticket to bars and restaurants, after all
DirecTV has exited the NFL lexicon. Unless it hasn’t. When the NFL announced that a deal had been struck with RedBird Capital to create EverPass Media, which would distribute NFL Sunday Ticket to bars and restaurants. EverPass has now done a deal with DirecTV to distribute the package. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports [more]...2023
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• DirecTV is close to doing a deal with Amazon for Thursday Night Football
This year, Thursday Night Football becomes a streaming-only property. And that’s bad news for those who don’t get their content from streaming platforms. Enter DirecTV. The outgoing Sunday Ticket provider is close to a deal with Amazon to distribute TNF to restaurants and bars, according to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. Ourand reports that [more]...2022

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"According to John Ourand of Puck, another round of layoffs is expected in Bristol, part of what has become an ongoing adjustment period across the sports media landscape."

2025
"According to a report from John Ourand of Puck News, network president Jimmy Pitaro has informed F1 that ESPN will not renew its rights to broadcast F1 in the United States at the end of the current deal."

2024
"The Angelos family is reportedly selling the Orioles to a group led by two private equity billionaires, David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group and Mike Arougheti of Ares Management Corp, per reports from Sportico and John Ourand of Puck News."

2023
"John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal was first to report the news."

2022
"The NFL is planning to play a Black Friday game in 2023, John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports."

2021
"ESPN announced on Wednesday they have removed Nichols from NBA programming and will cancel “The Jump” ahead of the 2021/22 season, per John Ourand of Sports Business Journal."

2020
"Via John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, FOX’s Joe Buck told Andy Cohen of SiriusXM Radio that “it’s pretty much a done deal” that the FOX and other networks will use fake crowd noise for games [more]"

2019
"com/gze B0awHie— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) December 3, 2019 That is a dramatic decrease from just a season ago."

2018
"The Rays are discussing a new long-term television contract with FOX Sports Net that would run through the 2033 season, John Ourand and Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal report."

2017
"John Ourand and Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal reported on Monday that the NFL has signed a $500 million deal with Verizon for streaming content."

2016
"SportsBusiness Daily's John Ourand reported April 25 that Tirico will be leaving ESPN for NBC and indicated at the time McDonough was a prime candidate to fill in on Monday Night Football."

2015
"When asked about the decision to keep the closer in after the dugout fight, Nationals manager Matt Williams kept it simple:Papelbon—who took the loss in the 12-5 defeat—accepted responsibility for the brawl after the game, via Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post:Williams did not elaborate on the incident:Here's what Harper had to say, via John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal:There's still one more week in the Nationals' season."

2014
"According to John Ourand and Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal, the NFL and DirecTV are on the verge of a long-term extension that will pay between $1."

• A Hulk Hogan Documentary Is Coming To Netflix

Netflix is gearing up for a documentary on Hulk Hogan. Netflix Vice President of Sports Gabe Spitzer recently joined John Ourand of The Varsity for a new interview. During the conversation, Spitzer revealed that Netflix filmed 20 hours’ worth of interviews with Hulk Hogan before his passing. “We have reached sort of a tipping point […] The post A Hulk Hogan Documentary Is Coming To Netflix a...2025
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• Peacock's Alleged Offer to Retain WWE Premium Live Events Revealed
This week, it was revealed that WWE's premium live events will be moving from Peacock to ESPN's new streaming platform in 2026. As reported by Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com and John Ourand, Peacock had the option to match ESPN's $325 million offer to keep WWE's premium live event rights. On...2025
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• How Much Peacock Offered To Keep WWE PLEs Before ESPN Deal
This week, WWE announced that its premium live events will be moving from Peacock to ESPN’s new streaming service starting in 2026. According to Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com and John Ourand, Peacock had the contractual right to match ESPN’s $325 million per year offer in order to retain WWE’s PLE rights. On Wrestling Observer Live, […]...2025
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• Report – NBC’s Peacock Declined To Match ESPN’s WWE PLE Rights Offer
As previously reported, ESPN has secured the rights to WWE’s premium live events through a new five-year deal, with programming set to stream exclusively on the new ESPN DTC app beginning in 2026. John Ourand is reporting that WWE’s existing contract with NBC’s Peacock streaming service included a clause granting NBC the opportunity to match […] The post Report – NBC’s Peacock Declined...2025
• Rumor Roundup: Mariah May deal, Karrion Kross/WWE, Ronda Rousey return, more!

@MariahMayX Today’s rumors... Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill. Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulatin...2025
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• TNT Sports CEO Says UFC Has Perked WBD Interest, Calls AEW A Hybrid Of Sports And Entertainment
UFC media rights with ESPN expires at the end of 2025, and UFC can begin negotiations with other platforms in mid-April. TNT Sports CEO Luis Silberwasser spoke with John Ourand of The Varisty and was asked about Warner Brothers Discovery possibly acquiring UFC rights. "We know combat sports is an area that we don't have. AEW is not combat sports, it's really a hybrid between entertainment and sp...2025
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• Could ESPN and MLB still have a broadcast future together?

Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Anything’s possible in this fast-changing media environment. Last week, I wrote here about the split-up between MLB and ESPN after the latter had carried MLB games for the last 35 years. MLB is supposedly looking for other broadcast partners, but who knows if they’ll be able to find one who will pay them as much ...2025
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• Report: Netflix wants Sunday afternoon NFL games

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images This could change the way we watch the NFL forever. Netflix entered the world of NFL broadcasting in 2024 by showing a doubleheader on Christmas. The streamer evidently has bigger goals for broadcasting the league per Puck and Pro Football Talk. The streamer’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, told Matt Belloni of Puck (via John Ourand of Puck) that the com...2025
• ESPN will not renew F1 broadcast deal after 2025, per report

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images F1 may be looking for a new home in the United States The upcoming Formula 1 season is one of the most anticipated campaigns yet in the sport. With Lewis Hamilton making a move to Ferrari for 2025, coupled with a potential battle for both the Drivers’ Championship and the Constructors’ title, this season could go into the books as one for the ages. It may also be ...2025
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• Giants news, 12/25: Dan Orlovsky on fixing the Giants, Jalin Hyatt, Drew Lock, more headlines

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants news for Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View ‘Twas the night before a New York Giants Christmas Drew Lock appears set to start for New York Giants in Week 17 Giants-Colts Week 17 preview: 5 storylines to watch Why was Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown on the sideline Sunday? Giants-Fal...2024
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• Giants news, 12/25: Dan Orlovsky on fixing the Giants, Jalin Hyatt, Drew Lock, more headlines
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• Details On AEW-WBD's Upcoming Deal
AEW's deal with WBD is closing in, and could be hittitng a big benchmark Brandon Thurston tweeted the following, regarding a report from John Ourand at Puck "John Ourand at Puck reports AEW's new media deal with WBD "looks like" it will be a 4-year deal: 3 years guaranteed with a 1-year option. Ourand says $170M per year "is apparently in the ballpark." puck.news/newsletter_content/zaz-on-the-rope...2024
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• Cowboys news: Stephen Jones addresses Dallas’ inability to sign Zay Jones
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• It is possible Cowboys could play on Christmas Day on a broadcast by Netflix

Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images As we wait for the schedule to come out... it is possible that the Cowboys draw a Christmas Day game on Netflix. Soon enough the NFL schedule will be widely known and we can all finally start to plan our fall festivities. As far as the schedule is concerned the only things we know are the teams who Dallas will play this season and that the Co...2024
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• SBJ Predicts Amazon Will Get WWE RAW Media Rights

WWE RAW‘s media rights are up for negotiations, and one prediction points to a new destination. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal has shared his predictions for 2024, and one of them is sure to spark buzz in the wrestling world. Ourand predicted that Amazon would land the WWE RAW media rights. He wrote that […] The post SBJ Predicts Amazon Will Get WWE RAW Media Rights appeared fi...2024
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• Amazon Wants NBA Playoffs As Part Of Media Rights

Amazon is a known suitor for NBA media rights, as the league looks into their next broadcast deals. Amazon doesn't just want a package of regular season games, however. "Would something like the playoffs be an important part of [our bid]? Yes, I think that's fair to say," Amazon Global Head of Sports Jay Marine told John Ourand and Andrew Marchand on an upcoming episode of their podcast, which wil...2023
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• Deion Sanders has Colorado dominating college football TV ratings
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• An update on the continuing movement away from regional sports network baseball broadcasts

Ryan Spilborghs of AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain interviews C.J. Cron | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Another team’s games are probably heading to MLB streaming. In recent months, we have seen the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports result in the non-payment of RSN rights fees to some MLB teams, and broadcasts of Padres and Diamondbacks games have been completely taken over by Major Leagu...2023
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• Tuesday RockPile: How effective are the Colorado Rockies on the bases?

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 29, 2023 We’ve known for some time that the Colorado Rockies have not been a good base-stealing team — they are 29th in stolen bases with 50. (Only the San Francisco Giants have fewer with 47.) But how is their base running overall? For this, I turned to FanGraphs’ base-running statistic, BsR. Here’s how Fa...2023
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• Giants news, 12/25: Dan Orlovsky on fixing the Giants, Jalin Hyatt, Drew Lock, more headlines
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• Could baseball experiment with a “Golden At-Bat”?

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Could you send your best hitter up when he’s most needed? In Game 5 of the series-deciding ALDS against the Yankees, the Royals had their backs up against the wall in the seventh inning. Down 3-1, Tommy Pham smacked a two-out single to give the Royals some hope at a comeback against a tiring Gerrit Cole. Unfortunately they had their #8 hitter, Kyle Isbe...2024
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Back on December 12, 2023, I speculated about the future of the Colorado Rockies TV broadcasts. At the time, the only models we had were MLB’s takeovers of the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres broadcasts. Now we’re a year in, and while some questions remain unanswered, it’s worth takin...2024
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• Cowboys news: Stephen Jones addresses Dallas’ inability to sign Zay Jones
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• The Linc - Eagles got one the best rookie team fits
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• Angelos Family Reportedly Selling Orioles
The Angelos family is reportedly selling the Orioles to a group led by two private equity billionaires, David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group and Mike Arougheti of Ares Management Corp, per reports from Sportico and John Ourand of Puck News. It was reported back in December that Rubenstein was in talks to purchase the club.…...2024
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• Tuesday RockPile: How effective are the Colorado Rockies on the bases?
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• Arrowheadlines: Justin Reid believes the Chiefs' defense could be really special this year
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• Nick Khan on Vince’s creative role, WWE return to PPV, Pat McAfee, more
BT Sport’s YouTube Ahead of a huge weekend in Southern California for WrestleMania 39, and with industry-shaping moves being considered in the months ahead, WWE CEO Nick Khan joined The Marchand & Ourand Sports Media Podcast for a wide ranging discussion. • While Vince McMahon focuses on a potential sale of the company, Khan talked to John Ourand & Andrew Marchand about the other way WWE p...2023
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• Report: Next round of TV deals “likely to maintain status quo”
The NFL’s media deals expire soon, and the pandemic has thrown a wrench in what had seemed to be momentum toward a new wave of contracts. Quietly, the momentum has continued. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that the league met with representatives of all major networks in early June, and that the next [more]...2020

• Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Exchange Words, Brawl in Dugout
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• Colin Cowherd, ESPN Part Ways After Comments on Dominican MLB Players
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• NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 2015: Participant List, MVP History and More
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• Joe Buck: “Pretty much a done deal” FOX will use fake crowd noise for games without fans
Fans quite possibly won’t be present for football games in 2020. But that doesn’t mean it will be quiet. Via John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, FOX’s Joe Buck told Andy Cohen of SiriusXM Radio that “it’s pretty much a done deal” that the FOX and other networks will use fake crowd noise for games [more]...2020
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• Chiefs vs. Broncos Sets TNF Record for Most Combined CBS, NFL Network Viewers
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• Angelos Family Reportedly Selling Orioles
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• Sean McDonough Will Replace Mike Tirico on ESPN 'Monday Night Football'
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• Panthers vs. Broncos: Super Bowl 50 Ratings Revealed
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• CBS Sports expected to merge with TNT Sports this year
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• How Much Peacock Offered To Keep WWE PLEs Before ESPN Deal
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• Rumor Roundup: Mariah May deal, Karrion Kross/WWE, Ronda Rousey return, more!
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• ESPN will not renew F1 broadcast deal after 2025, per report
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• Giants news, 12/25: Dan Orlovsky on fixing the Giants, Jalin Hyatt, Drew Lock, more headlines
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Who would be the Rockies’ Golden At-Bat?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, December 4, 2024 It’s 2018; the Colorado Rockies are in the Wild Card showdown against the Chicago Cubs. There are two outs in the top of the 13th inning and after two-out singles from Trevor Story and Gerardo Parra, the Rockies are looking to break the 1-1 tie and put themselves in a position to move to t...2024
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• Future Of NBA TV Remains Uncertain

The NBA still has not made a decision about the future of NBA TV, according to John Ourand of Puck (h/t Sports Media Watch). NBA TV currently televises regular season and playoff games to out-of-market fans. TNT, which operates NBA TV, will stop broadcasting games after this season. The channel's Monday night broadcasts will be taken over by Peacock. NBA TV, which was in 65 million homes a decade ...2024
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• Will we ever see Giovanni Vinci in WWE again?
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• Cowboys news: Stephen Jones addresses Dallas’ inability to sign Zay Jones
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Who would be the Rockies’ Golden At-Bat?
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• Rob Manfred wants MLB to have a ‘Golden At-Bat’. This is an incredibly bad idea

Getty Images Come on, Commissioner. Josh already posted about this topic in BCB After Dark earlier this morning, but this idea was making the rounds Monday, so I thought I’d have at it myself. Some of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s rule changes for Major League Baseball have been really good ideas. The pitch timer, for example. Look what it’s done for the lengths of MLB games the last couple o...2024
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• Swerve Strickland: AEW is ‘taking’ FOX after SmackDown’s exit

Queenzflip’s YouTube Swerve Strickland recently re-upped with AEW, inking a deal which is said to make him one of the promotion’s highest paid stars. Did he pick up some insider information during his negotiations with Tony Khan? There have been rumors and reports that, while they’re in the process of ironing out a new media rights deal with Warner Bros Discovery, AEW is also working on an...2024
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• AEW nears renewal worth $170 million annually, according to latest report

AEW is reportedly close to securing a substantial media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery that could be announced within the week. The ongoing saga regarding All Elite Wrestling’s much-anticipated media rights deal may finally be coming to an end. According to the latest report from veteran reporter John Ourand at Puck, AEW is close to renewing its television deal with Warner Bros. Discovery...2024
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• Will we ever see Giovanni Vinci in WWE again?
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• The Linc - Eagles got one the best rookie team fits
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• SBJ Predicts Amazon Will Get WWE RAW Media Rights
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• Nick Khan on Vince’s creative role, WWE return to PPV, Pat McAfee, more
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• Manningcast generates good buzz but low ratings
Social media loved the Peyton and Eli Manning show on Monday night. As in many other instances, the rest of the world didn’t share the same enthusiasm. Via John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, the ESPN2 rating for the Ravens-Raiders game as enhanced (or otherwise) by the Manning brothers generated a 0.6 rating, with a [more]...2021
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• Panthers vs. Broncos: Super Bowl 50 Ratings Revealed
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