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• Warner Bros. Discovery Planning To Leave RSN Business
Warner Bros. Discovery, the owner of AT&T SportsNet and a minority shareholder of Root Sports, has informed teams it’ll cease participating in the regional sports network business, according to reports from John Ourand of Sports Business Journal and Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal. WBD has local broadcasting agreements with a handful of teams in…...2023
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• News Around the AFC South
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Jacksonville Jaguars, AFC South Champions Nick Holz was hired as Passing Game Coordinator. Holz was previously the Offensive Coordinator at UNLV. The team held its inaugural Girls Flag College Showcase. C.J. Beathard signed a two-year contract extension. Beathard has played six games with the Jaguars since signing with the team in 2021. Each one, tea...2023
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• Report: NASCAR sells majority of Auto Club Speedway

NASCAR has sold a majority of the Auto Club Speedway property at Fontana, Calif., Sports Business Journal reported, with Sunday's Cup Series race likely the last ever at the 26-year-old venue east of Los Angeles....2023
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• Knicks Seeking $30M Per Season For Jersey Sponsorship

The New York Knicks are seeking a jersey ad deal worth approximately $30 million per year. "They're looking for Rakuten money," a team marketer told Sports Business Journal, referencing the Golden State Warriors' patch deal signed in 2017 reportedly worth $20 million annually. "Not sure there's any of that left," the source said. The Knicks are one of four teams without a jersey sponsor currently....2023
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• The much-lampooned Russell Wilson sub hasn’t actually been on the menu since August
Well, this is weird. Which makes sense, because everything about the Russell Wilson signature Subway sandwich has been a little kooky. Michael Blinn of the New York Post reported earlier today that Wilson’s Dangerwich sub is not on the menu. The treatment given to the story by Sports Business Journal creates the impression that Subway pulled the sandwich [more]...2022
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• Durant agrees to 4-year contact extension with Brooklyn Nets
NEW YORK (AP) Kevin Durant is staying with the Brooklyn Nets for the long term. Durant agreed to a four-year, $198 million contract extension Friday, business partner Rich Kleiman announced on Boardroom, their sports business media network. Durant just finished his first season playing for the Nets after sitting out the 2019-20 season recovering from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon...2021
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• Steelers fans alter Antonio Brown jerseys to show support for Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers need to take care of business on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals in order to have a shot of making the playoffs, but they also need a lot of help from the Cleveland Browns. Their fans were well aware of that, and they found a creative way to show it. As sports business reporter Darren Rovell pointed out, some Steelers fans were spotted walking into Heinz Field with An...2018
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• Ask PFW: Patriots postseason ponderings

Hi guys Happy New Year!!! What are your thoughts that at the end of the season we lose Josh [McDaniels] & Matt [Patricia] to other teams? Also, as another year rolls in, what does the future hold in your mind? Specifically the end of the dynasty when Bill and Tom finally walk off into the sunset? Gary Waldron There certainly is a lot of interest this week with the Patriots coordinators. Reports i...2018
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• Shelby Miller Hires Roc Nation Sports
Diamondbacks righty Shelby Miller has hired Roc Nation Sports and agent Kyle Thousand to represent him, Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Journal reports on Twitter. Miller, who’s still just 26 years of age, underwent Tommy John surgery in mid-May. So long as his recovery goes well, he ought to be ready to go at…...2017
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• Texans Clinch AFC South: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Despite Recent Slump, Los Angeles Lakers Are Right Where They Want to Be
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• DeAndre Levy Comments on Potentially Having CTE, Dangers of Football
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Is It Still OK to Love Football?
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• There will be no NFL TV blackouts in 2016
Continuing a policy that began in 2015, the NFL announced that it will suspend all TV blackouts in the 2016 season. The league suspended the blackouts last season as part of a study to determine if the NFL will do away with them altogether. Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal tweeted the news on Monday: The NFL extended for another year suspension of TV blackout rule. Goodell said more study...2016
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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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• Tom Brady has a Subway deal, despite reportedly never entering a Subway
Tom Brady has a notoriously strict diet. Tom Brady nevertheless will endorse Subway, one of the most prevalent fast-food purveyors in the nation. Terry Lefton of Sports Business Journal reports that Brady has never even entered a Subway, which has more than 22,000 locations in the United States alone. Brady’s TV ad, which will debut later [more]...2021
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• Pizza Hut becomes official pizza of NFL after Papa John’s split
Papa John’s Pizza and the NFL announced on Tuesday that they have mutually decided to terminate their longstanding partnership, and the league has wasted no time inking a deal with a new official pizza sponsor.On Wednesday, Pizza Hut and the NFL announced that they have gone into business together. Terry Lefton of Sports Business Daily reports that the NFL’s deal with Pizza Hut is worth more than ...2018
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Is It Still OK to Love Football?
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"The point, in a Sports Business Journal article quoted in the link above: MLB already has started looking into creating a national product that would combine its local rights with its out-of-market Extra Innings package — an effort that would do away with blackouts."

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"Update: Adam Stern from Sports Business Journal reports that a deal is getting closer for Hélio Castroneves to compete in next year’s Daytona 500."

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"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."

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"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]"

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"Burns of Sports Business Daily, that the league is in “very, very advanced discussions” with the group Tepper has [more]"

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"Veteran infielder Jhonny Peralta and young catcher Christian Vazquez have each changed their representation, moving to Melvin Roman’s MDR Sports, according to Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Journal (subscription link)."

2016
" Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily first reported the record-setting 11."

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."

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"The announcement was made today as part of a panel featuring NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus and FOX Sports President, COO and Executive Producer Eric Shanks at the 2014 Sports Business Journal Motorsports Marketing Forum in Las Vegas."

• News Around the AFC South
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Jacksonville Jaguars, AFC South Champions Nick Holz was hired as Passing Game Coordinator. Holz was previously the Offensive Coordinator at UNLV. The team held its inaugural Girls Flag College Showcase. C.J. Beathard signed a two-year contract extension. Beathard has played six games with the Jaguars since signing with the team in 2021. Each one, tea...2023
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• Knicks Seeking $30M Per Season For Jersey Sponsorship
The New York Knicks are seeking a jersey ad deal worth approximately $30 million per year. "They're looking for Rakuten money," a team marketer told Sports Business Journal, referencing the Golden State Warriors' patch deal signed in 2017 reportedly worth $20 million annually. "Not sure there's any of that left," the source said. The Knicks are one of four teams without a jersey sponsor currently....2023
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• Leigh Steinberg, Chris Cabbott part ways but will represent Patrick Mahomes jointly
By Mike Florio In an offseason that could, and perhaps should, feature an effort to upgrade the contract of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes to better reflect the market and the salary cap, his agents have gone their separate ways. Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal reports that Leigh Steinberg and Chris Cabott will part company. […]...2023
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• Leigh Steinberg, Chris Cabbott part ways but will represent Patrick Mahomes jointly
In an offseason that could, and perhaps should, feature an effort to upgrade the contract of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes to better reflect the market and the salary cap, his agents have gone their separate ways. Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal reports that Leigh Steinberg and Chris Cabott will part company. Cabbott, who had [more]...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 27, 2023
According to our image database: “Washington Post magazine peeps diorama winners”. Not sure what year but it was before images of the TV show Frasier so it’s got to be from the 1990s. Goodnight, Royals Come celebrate National Girls and Women in Sport Day with us at the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy! ⚾️➡ Go to https://t.co/KCPD7mX7su or scan the QR code to sign up! pic.twitter.com/GniC...2023
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• What does the looming Sinclair RSN bankruptcy mean for the future of baseball broadcasting?
Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports One thing’s for sure. Things are changing rapidly. News item, as reported by Awful Announcing: The Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair-owned subsidiary that operates the Bally Sports RSNs, continues inching closer to bankruptcy. Per Bloomberg, Diamond could skip an interest payment of $140 million due in February, which would result in a 30-day grace perio...2023
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• Glazers want “record price” for Manchester United
It will indeed be “Glazers Out.” Especially if multiple billions are in. Rob Dawson of ESPN.com, via Sports Business Daily, reports that the family that owns both the NFL’s Buccaneers and Manchester United of the Premier League wants a “record price” for the soccer club. Per the report, the Glazers believe they can get offers [more]...2022
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• Heat Name Ruth Hunter Senior Director Of Team Development

The Miami Heat announced today that Ruth Hunter has been named Senior Director of Team Development. In her new role, she will be involved with Player Programs, Analytics and Basketball Operations and report to Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations/General Manager Andy Elisburg. "Ruth Hunter has been part of the Heat family since the early 2000s when she played with the Miami SOL," said Heat...2022
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• NFL will launch a paid streaming service
Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered. The NFL continues to test the warning that Mark Cuban offered in 2014. Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal reports that the NFL will launch its own streaming service. It will be called NFL Plus. The league is expected to sell the service for roughly $5 per month, but [more]...2022
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• Five potential Broncos buyers begin refining their bids
They’re not “finalists” yet, but they’re getting there. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, five groups have submitted proposed amendments to a potential contract for sale of the Denver Broncos. A second round of formal bids is coming in June. Lawyers for the five interested groups were asked to make any proposed changes to [more]...2022
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• Diamond Sports misses debt payment, likely headed to bankruptcy
Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images What this means in the short term It was the expected outcome, but it is no less jarring. Diamond Sports Group, which runs Bally Sports, is expected to file for bankruptcy within the next month after missing a $140 million interest payment, per a report from John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal. This will result in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and re...2023
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• Neutral-site conference championship chatter continues
If the Bills had beaten the Bengals last Sunday, tonight’s AFC Championship between Buffalo and Kansas City would be happening in Atlanta. Leading today’s Sports Business Journal “Weekend Rap” grab bag of topics is the fact that talk regarding neutral-site conference championships continues. Three major papers published columns on the subject today, echoing many of the poin...2023
• What does the looming Sinclair RSN bankruptcy mean for the future of baseball broadcasting?
Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports One thing’s for sure. Things are changing rapidly. News item, as reported by Awful Announcing: The Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair-owned subsidiary that operates the Bally Sports RSNs, continues inching closer to bankruptcy. Per Bloomberg, Diamond could skip an interest payment of $140 million due in February, which would result in a 30-day grace perio...2023
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• Packers report $77.7 million in operating profit on $579 million in revenue
The Packers are the only NFL team required to report their year-end financial results, and they did so Friday, pulling the curtain back on the NFL’s rebound from the pandemic. The Packers posted a $77.7 million operating profit in the 2021 season on $579 million in revenue, Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal reports. [more]...2022
• Chargers, Rams see big increases in local TV ratings in Los Angeles market
The NFL spent two decades trying to find the right plan for moving back into Los Angeles in large part because of how lucrative the TV revenue from America’s second-largest market can be. So the league has to be pleased with the results from 2021. According to Sports Business Journal, the Chargers’ local TV ratings [more]...2022
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• Sellouts expected for both Londons games, with far fewer Americans attending
Tickets went on sale later than usual, but the two NFL games to be played in London new months remain on pace to be sold out. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the pandemic will result in a much greater concentration of British fans. But the tickets are still selling, even with fewer American [more]...2021
• Dolphins, other Miami teams providing relief after condo collapse
A tragic situation in Miami has resulted in a massive mobilization of first responders and volunteers searching through the rubble of a collapsed condo. Miami’s pro sports teams have provided relief to those involved. Via Sports Business Journal, the Dolphins (along with the Heat and Marlins) have provided food and supplies at the site of [more]...2021
• Erik Jones Adds Armor All Sponsorship for Daytona 500
Erik Jones‘ first points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race in Richard Petty Motorsports’ No. 43 will feature sponsorship from Armor All, Sports Business Journal‘s Adam Stern tweeted Feb. 5 with a photo of the car’s paint scheme. Armor All is a sister brand to STP, which will continue to support the No. 43 in 2021 as an …...2021
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• FOX will use virtual fans for NFL games; other networks won’t
The virtual reality in which we now reside will result in virtual fans being used only for limited NFL games. According to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, FOX and only FOX will use virtual fans during the 2020 season. In Week One, FOX will use virtual fans for only one game: Bears and Lions. [more]...2020
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• Hard Knocks’ handling of COVID-19 has not yet been determined
The NFL has been thrown a curveball in 2020, and it’s unclear whether and to what extent the annual training-camp reality show will delve into the realities of the coronavirus. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Daily, whether Hard Knocks will include players being tested or the results of the testing remains part of the [more]...2020

• Manchester United bidders are asked to not implicitly criticize the Glazers
The Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, have owned Manchester United of the Premier League since 2005. Their tenure has been controversial from start to finish. As it closes in on finishing, there’s a new controversy. As reported recently by the London Times, via Sports Business Journal, groups bidding for the soccer club [more]...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 27, 2023
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• 24.5 million watched tense moments following Damar Hamlin’s health situation
The NFL brings together a live audience like nothing else. On Monday night, that audience experienced something it had never experienced before. And the audience was massive. According to Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily, 25.4 million viewers on average watched the ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 coverage of the Bills-Bengals game from the time Hamlin [more]...2023
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• Glazers want “record price” for Manchester United
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• Heat Name Ruth Hunter Senior Director Of Team Development
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• Eli Manning jokes Robert Kraft would have 10 Super Bowl rings if not for the Mannings
The Patriots have won six Super Bowls during Robert Kraft’s tenure as owner. Eli Manning recently reminded Kraft that it could have been more, if not for the Manning family. Manning was speaking at the event where Kraft received Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and he pointed out that Kraft’s Patriots lost to Manning-quarterbacked [more]...2022
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• Manchester United fans plan more demonstrations against the Glazer family
For as well as things are going for the football team owned by the Glazers, things currently aren’t going smoothly for the soccer club they own — for reasons unrelated to the quality of the players. And it apparently won’t be ending. According to the London Times (via Sports Business Daily), fans who stormed Old [more]...2021
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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
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• Noose found in garage stall of Bubba Wallace, Nascar's lone black driver
* Nascar ‘outraged’ after hate symbol found at race in Alabama * Sunday’s race was first major US sporting event allowing fans * Interview: Bubba Wallace on Nascar and the Confederate flagNascar said late Sunday that a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the only full-time black driver in the circuit’s top-flight Cup Series, at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.The incident co...2020
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• MLS' Charlotte franchise to reveal name in June, says team president
Taylor Twellman chimes in on the news MLS may alter its plans for its proposed return-to-play tournament. The MLS expansion club in Charlotte will reveal its name in June, team president Tom Glick said. Glick declined to specify an exact date in an interview published Friday by the Sports Business Journal. - Stream new episodes of ESPN FC 7 days a week on ESPN+ - Stream every episode o...2020
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• 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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• Kelley Earnhardt Miller honored for contributions to Sports Business
Kelley Earnhardt Miller, the sister of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and oldest daughter of the late Dale Earnhardt, has been named one of SportsBusiness Journal's Game Changers/Women in Sports Business....2015
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• St. Louis Cardinals Under FBI Investigation for Alleged Hack of Astros System
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• Thunder vs. Warriors Game 7 Was NBA's Highest-Rated Game Ever on Cable TV
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• NFL will give up its tax-exempt status
The NFL has often faced scrutiny over its status as a tax-exempt organization. Now the league is deciding to give up that status. According to Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal, the NFL will change its status to taxable from tax-exempt. The federal government has granted tax-exempt 501(c)(6) status to the NFL since 1966. That…...2015
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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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• Atlanta United FC, NFL's Falcons announce new home to be named Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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• MLB, Under Armour Reportedly Agree on Uniform Deal Starting with 2020 Season
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• FOX Sports, NBC Sports team up to unleash new era in NASCAR TV
On the heels of one of the most exciting NASCAR seasons in recent memory, the award-winning marketing teams at FOX Sports and NBC Sports have co-created an adrenaline-charged on-air promotion that is set to unfold on multiple network platforms. The announcement was made today as part of a panel featuring NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus and FOX Sports President, COO and Executive Producer Er...2014
• NFL Reportedly Contemplating Playing Regular-Season Games in Mexico
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• Sports Business: How ‘New York, New York’ Became ‘A No. 1’ at Yankees Games
The genesis in 1980 of playing Sinatra’s triumphant song after Yankees’ home games was as much about the city as about George Steinbrenner or Sinatra himself....2015
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• NBA's Silver is most influential; Goodell 5th
NBA commissioner Adam Silver is the most influential person in sports business, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's influence has waned, according to an annual list published Monday by SportsBusiness Daily....2014
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• Todd Frazier's Dramatic Win Caps Successful Debut for New Home Run Derby Format
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• Richard Sherman launches fantasy sports site
After seven seasons in Seattle, Richard Sherman finds himself in a new place. San Francisco. But playing football and getting revenge isn’t the only thing on Sherman’s mind. The All-Pro corner is entering into the fantasy sports business as well.“Daily Number is a game-changer,” Sherman said in a statement via ESPN’s David Purdum. “I’ve been pitched numerous DFS opportunities, but nothing has even...2018
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• NBA Reportedly Specifies Which Ads Teams Won't Be Able to Feature on Jerseys
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• Ex-NBA commish David Stern defends daily fantasy sports
Ex-NBA commissioner David Stern defended the controversial daily fantasy sports industry at the Sports Business Journal Intercollegiate Athletics Forum in New York on Thursday."The current issues around it are ridiculous,” Stern told reporters. “It's clearly a game of skill."The NBA, which Stern was commissioner of from 1984 to 2014, has embraced daily fantasy sports the most out of the four major...2015
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• DraftKings, FanDuel Investigations: Latest Details and Findings
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• Sports Business: FanDuel and DraftKings, Leaders in Daily Fantasy Sports, Are Quickly Gaining Clout
As daily fantasy sports become more popular, start-up companies like FanDuel and DraftKings are raising and spending millions in a battle for supremacy....2015

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• Thursday night’s blowout win by Bills over Rams generates audience of 21 million
A great matchup draws in viewers. A great game keeps them around. Thursday night’s season-opening blowout of the Rams by the Bills generated an average audience of just over 21 million viewers, according to Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal. That’s a drop of nearly 20 percent from last year’s viewership for the kickoff game [more]...2022
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• Commanders’ training-camp ticketing process creates complaints from fans
The Commanders would like you to forget about the past. Well, not all of the past. Just some of the past. The present remains fair game, presumably. And, presently, concerns are being raised about fan access to training camp. Via Sports Business Journal, the Washington Times recently looked at the reaction to the team’s decision [more]...2022
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• NFL plans a Monday night with two games, one on ESPN and one on ABC
The NFL is trying something different with the Monday Night Football schedule this year. On one Monday night during the 2022 season, the league will schedule one game on ESPN and one on ABC, according to Sports Business Journal. The plan is for the two games to kick off about an hour apart, so they [more]...2022
• Cowboys brace for potential invasion of 49ers fans
The Faithful travel well. Very well, as the Rams learned in Week 18. Well enough that America’s Team is bracing for an invasion of 49ers fans on Sunday afternoon. Sports Business Journal recently crafted an item collecting various stories regarding the subject of San Francisco partisans getting tickets to the first playoff game between the [more]...2022
• NFL owners meet in person for first time since December 2019
NFL owners haven’t met in person since December 2019, before the start of the pandemic. They’ll gather for the first time in 22 months, starting today in Manhattan. Via Sports Business Journal, owners are expected to learn more about the Sunday Ticket negotiations, the upcoming trial of the Rams relocation litigation in St. Louis, stadium [more]...2021
• ESPN, ABC to televise Monday night wild card games
This season the NFL will begin playing one wild card playoff game on Monday nights, and the game will remain on the home of Monday Night Football. ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro announced at today’s Sports Business Journal conference that ESPN and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal that will put the Monday night [more]...2021
• NHL allows jersey adds for 2022-23 season
The last bastion of money for nothing is gradually yielding to good, old-fashioned capitalism. Via Sports Business Journal, the NHL has approved the use of ads on jerseys, starting in the 2022-23 season. In the 2020-21 season, the NHL allowed corporate logos on helmets for the first time. Four areas of the hockey jersey are [more]...2021
• Cowboys return to Hard Knocks, for the third time
America’s Team has been losing its grip on America. It will try to regain some of it during training camp. Via John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, the Dallas Cowboys will serve as this year’s Hard Knocks team on HBO. This will be their third stint. The Cowboys previously had the duty in 2002 and [more]...2021
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• May schedule release isn’t going away
The pandemic forced the NFL to bump the schedule release from the middle of April to the middle of May. And that’s where it’s staying. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the NFL has decided to stick with a May schedule release moving forward. “It’s always been about pushing ourselves to innovate, to create [more]...2021

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• FOX Sports to rotate third person in booth, speculation continues for Kevin Harvick down the road

Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern reports that FOX Sports is expected to continue to rotate its third booth position in 2023, versus having a full-time analyst join Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer. While FOX’s reasoning is unclear, this would give it the chance to possibly bring in Kevin Harvick in ’24 if he retires after […]...2022
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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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• Former Raiders controller denies wrongdoing amid departures in team’s business office
Four executives within the Raiders business organization have left the team recently, and one of them has now spoken out to say she did nothing wrong. Araxie Grant, who resigned as team controller, told Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal that she did nothing improper. “I’ve been contacted by several news outlets with questions about [more]...2021
• Warriors' local television ratings down a shocking 66 percent
The Golden State Warriors head into the unofficial second half of the NBA season with a league-worst 12-43 record. This is a mighty big fall from grace for a team that entered the 2019-20 campaign having earned five consecutive trips to the NBA Finals and three titles during that span. Injuries to Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson as well as the departure of Kevin Durant in free agency have definite...2020
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• Bob Costas explains why he won’t be part of NBC’s Super Bowl coverage
Bob Costas again this week attempted to clarify the reasons why he will not be part of NBC’s coverage of the Super Bowl.It has been announced Costas would not be in Minneapolis for Super Bowl LII. The announcement prompted speculation that Costas’ absence was due in large part to his criticism of the NFL, in particular related to his controversial comments last year that football “destroys people’...2018
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• DeAndre Levy Comments on Potentially Having CTE, Dangers of Football
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Is It Still OK to Love Football?
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• Chiefs vs. Broncos Sets TNF Record for Most Combined CBS, NFL Network Viewers
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