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NBA Planning Exclusive Streaming Package In Next Rights Deal

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NBA Planning Exclusive Streaming Package In Next Rights Deal

The NBA and its current rights deal with ESPN and TNT doesn’t end until 2025, but that hasn’t stopped the league from plotting out its media future.

Per a report from Front Office Sports, the league is already planning a streaming exclusive package, hoping to secure $1 billion from the likes of Amazon, Apple, and others.

“Amazon is locked and loaded for a shot at the NBA,” said a source quoted in the story.

The deal would be for roughly 20-40 games during the NBA regular season. Amazon Prime Video pays the NFL $1 billion for Thursday Night Football, which features 15 regular season games, growing to 16 games next season after a Black Friday game is added. Apple is paying $85 million per year for its Friday Night Baseball package with MLB.

“We value our media rights partnerships with Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery and we know our fans have come to expect us to deliver content through both traditional and emerging methods,” the NBA told Front Office Sports senior writer Michael McCarthy.

The NBA is reportedly seeking $50-$75 billion in its next media rights package, which would triple the $24 billion it currently brings in from ESPN and TNT.

Dan Bongino: Twitter Verification System Has Become “Vanity Tool” 

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Syndicated radio host Dan Bongino likes the idea of Twitter charging verified users for blue checkmarks. 

Bongino lauded the verified system Monday which he said has allowed him to get distribution on the platform that a lot of people can’t get. 

“It’s easier to find me with the blue checkmark because you would have a thousand fake Dan Bongino accounts up there. You should be able to get that too. I am a believer in real, genuine equality of opportunity,” he said. 

According to The Verge, Musk is planning to charge $19.99 for the new Twitter Blue subscription. 

“You should be able to verify yourself too,” added Bongino. “Twenty dollars a month, submit your driver’s license or however the verification process is going to work, why don’t you get the same distribution access?” 

Bongino said that he’s heard from both sides about Twitter’s plan to charge for its verification system. 

“It’s become just a vanity tool, the blue checkmark for people who pretend that they are more important than you” Bongino said. “I’m not. I know I have a microphone, but you have a job too. Truck drivers, carpenters if you want to get verified, I would love to hear your opinion on stuff too.” 

“We don’t need a bunch of fake news journalists getting all the distribution on the platform,” he added. 

Jason Whitlock: Stephen A. Smith Is ‘Feeling Himself’

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Blaze TV host Jason Whitlock reacted Monday to Stephen A. Smith’s comments that he’s underpaid compared to his male counterparts. 

“The Fearless” host said the ESPN star is “feeling himself” on a show that has shown a propensity to rival its competitors for similar ratings. 

“ESPN has invested in his First Take show. Bringing on Michael Irvin and bringing on Mad Dog Russo,” he said. “The ratings are improving for that show.” 

Smith reportedly makes $12 million a year at ESPN.  The “First Take” host was unapologetic about his salary rant Friday. 

 “I ain’t apologizing for that to a damn soul. I am underpaid,” Smith said. 

“That show is starting to occasionally rival (Pardon The Interruption’s) audience, some days on Monday’s I think Stephen A. may get 600,000 viewers and (Pardon The Interruption) may get 750 [thousand],” Whitlock stated.

Whitlock credited Smith’s performance compared to what “Undisputed” hosts Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have been able to do at Fox Sports. 

“I don’t know if, in the history of television, there’s ever been anyone paid $8-10 million a year when their signature show draws 400-500 thousand viewers on most days,” he added.

The Blaze TV host said he thought Smith was talking about the Monday Night Football crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman as those who get paid more than Smith, but said there’s a reason for their high salaries compared to Smith’s.

“Part of their value is ABC and ESPN have always wanted a Super Bowl broadcast. They couldn’t get it with their second tier Monday Night Football broadcast. Now — with Buck and Aikman — they can get a Super Bowl broadcast. That’s the added value — the prestige — that Buck and Aikman add to ESPN.”

Todd Starnes: Something Doesn’t Add Up on Paul Pelosi Attack

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Memphis talk show host Todd Starnes said Monday the mainstream media is trying to force a narrative on the public to change the facts of the Paul Pelosi attack case.

“Something doesn’t add up, actually a lot of stuff doesn’t add up about this attack on Paul Pelosi,” said Starnes. “We now understand that the attacker, David DePape, is a hippie, he’s mentally insane, and he’s a lunatic.”

Starnes said according to the police reports and the 911 call this case does not appear to be a targeted attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“That’s what the media wants you to believe,” he said. “They (media) want you to believe that this guy showed up in the early morning hours of Friday and he was banging on the door and demanding to know where Nancy was.” 

Starnes said the media has reported this story more aggressively than they reported about the man who showed up outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with zip ties and duct tape.

“The early reporting from local Fox affiliate KTVU was that when the police showed up they found two men wearing nothing but underpants and they were fighting over a hammer,” said Starnes.

Starnes said both the local Fox affiliate and the NBC affiliate have pulled their reporting and retracted those stories.

“There are also reports out there from local law enforcement who are saying the narrative that’s being presented to the media right now is not in fact accurate,” he added. 

Jason Barrett Podcast: Mina Kimes, ESPN

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Jason Barrett Podcast: Mina Kimes, ESPN

Mina Kimes has blazed an unorthodox path at ESPN. She talks about how she got to Bristol and how she found her place on NFL Live.

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NFL Limits The Pat McAfee Show’s Logo Usage

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The Pat McAfee Show has apparently been told to shy away from using NFL logos for the time being.

As he began the show Monday, McAfee commented that the show’s graphics would look slightly different than viewers had come to expect, because of a recent decision by the league.

“The Professional American Football League will finish its eighth week of its riveting primetime schedule as the Cincinnati football club travels to Cleveland to take on Cleveland’s football club,” McAfee said, as he avoided using any trademarks held by the National Football League. “And a lot of people may be asking ‘Pat, on this particular Halloween, why are you talking the way that you’re talking about the league that you’ve talked about the last three years?’. Well, the reason that I’m doing so is because even though we currently have a rights deal with NFL Films that costs us MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of dollars, we have been informed this morning that we are no longer allowed to use any of their logos on any of our graphics.”

“We can still run highlights and we can still run plays, because we paid — not one, not two, not three — over $4 million to be able to do as such, but we got word this morning…not allowed to use any logos on any graphics,” McAfee said of the show’s deal with NFL Films. “It’s been great doing business with you, I’m happy we have covered your league in the way that we have for the last few years. I am appreciative of the league and everything its done.”

He then sarcastically threatened to discuss things pertaining to the NFL that he has avoided in the past.

“I don’t think that we touched on many subjects we could have dabbled into,” McAfee said. “I think we’ll do that this offseason, for sure. We’ll talk a lot of things I know about — and my friends know a lot about — like insurance, and CTE, and concussions, and everything like that. I think we can find some people to chat about what the NFL should be held accountable for and what they shouldn’t be held accountable for. Because I thought the entire deal with the NFL — the Professional American Football League, I am so sorry — that I wanted to get involved with was making the game celebrated.”

To compensate for the lack of NFL logos, the show featured hand drawn cartoons of Joe Burrow, Trey Hendrickson, Nick Chubb, and Myles Garrett to promote tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast.

Angelo Cataldi: Joe Davis Is Better Than Joe Buck

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Joe Davis is in his first season as the lead Major League Baseball announcer for FOX Sports, which includes his first World Series. Davis has a big fan in 94WIP morning host Angelo Cataldi.

“I happen to be a pretty big fan of John Smoltz,” Cataldi said. “I like the way he does the game. I’m gonna tell you something else. Joe Davis is a better baseball announcer than Joe Buck.”

The Morning Team cast all concurred that the 34-year-old Davis is better than Buck, before Cataldi continued.

“Why do we need his opinion on baseball when he got drummed out of the sport?,” the retiring Cataldi said.

The comments came after a caller to the program asked if they were aware that Joe Buck “poo-pooed” the Phillies during the Monday Night Football broadcast last week. The caller accused Buck and analyst Troy Aikman of speaking highly about the Houston Astros while giving the Philadelphia Phillies a passing mention as being participants in the World Series.

Amazon Prime Video Launching Sports Talk Show Lineup

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Amazon Prime Video is stepping into the sports talk game.

The streaming platform is launching a 12-hour daily schedule of sports talk shows. From 8:00 AM-8:00 PM ET, the network will feature shows hosted by Cari Champion, Master Tesfatsion, and Rennae Stubbs, among others.

“We are dipping our toe. We’re testing and learning, but we are very excited about it,” Amazon Vice President of Global Sports Video Marie Donoghue told Andrew Marchand of The New York Post.

From 8:00-10:00 AM ET, Madelyn Burke and Ben Lyons will host Bonjour Sports Talk. The show will also repeat and air from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. The Cari Champion Show will air from 12:00-2:00 PM. Eitan Levine and Drexton Clemons will host Sports Talk Game Breakers from 2:00-4:00 PM before Tesfatsion will host From the Desk of Master T and Stubbs hosts The Power Hour each for one hour. The Greatest Hour of All-Time will showcase the best of each day’s programming from 6:00-7:00 PM, followed by The Backup Plan hosted by Hana Ostaapchuk and Jason Spells until 8:00 PM.

“We want to push the talent and the producers to take this approach and have more deeper and interesting conversations,” Donoghue said. “Nothing is set in stone so we will iterate and adapt, but that’s how we want to go out.” 

Marchand reports Michael Davies, the Executive Producer of Jeopardy! and founder of Men in Blazers, has been tabbed to lead the new content for Amazon Prime Video.

Stephen A. Smith Missing First Take After Second Bout With COVID

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ESPN First Take panelist Stephen A. Smith has shared he has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time.

Smith jokingly shared his displeasure about missing the show while Michael Irvin and Dan Orlovsky take the reins while he’s out.

“S.A., I hope you’re resting,” host Molly Qerim said. “We miss you and we will do our best to hold it down.”

“Feel better, Stephen A., but I’m not going to let the moment pass,” Orlovsky joked. “It’s a Monday morning and I’m in your seat. You talk about upgrades, I flew first class (from London), I had a lay down seat laid down like this thinking of Stephen A., and now I’m in his seat? My goodness.”

Last year, Smith tested positive for the virus before developing worsening symptoms that required hospitalization.

“I had a 103-degree fever every night,” Smith said on First Take in January of this year. “Woke up with chills and a pool of sweat. Headaches were massive. Coughing profusely. And it got to a point that right before New Year’s Eve, I was in the hospital New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day. That’s how I brought in the New Year.

“I had pneumonia in both lungs. My liver was bad. And it ravaged me to the point where even now I have to monitor my volume. Got to get in the gym every day, walk before you run, and work your way back because I’m still not 100 percent with my lungs. But I’m Covid negative and all of that stuff, and I’m on the road to recovery.”

Boomer Esiason: ‘I Should Give Quarterback Class On How To Handle Media’

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During an appearance on The Greg Hill Show on WEEI, WFAN morning host Boomer Esiason joked he needs to give quarterbacks a class on what to say to the media.

The former New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback was asked what he made of the comments from Jets quarterback Zach Wilson gave to the Patriots after losing 22-17 Sunday.

“I think, Courtney (Cox), I need to give a class on Quarterback 101 and how to handle the media,” Esiason said. “Because when you have such a disastrous game as he did yesterday, you get up there in front of the media and you take accountability for that. And you say — and he tried to do this and he kind of expanded his thoughts a little bit and he just made it worse — ‘I made bad reads, I made bad plays, I made bad decisions, I cost my team the game’.

“And the reason I say that’s important is because in today’s day and age of social media, whatever you say is gonna go viral. No matter what. Especially when you play as poorly as he did. That means your teammates, your coaches, your owner, everyone involved in your organization sees how you react in the face of adversity.”

Esiason would be as qualified as any to give quarterbacks lessons in working with the media. After ending his playing career in 1997, he has gone on to work as a game analyst with ABC and Westwood One for Monday Night Football, the Super Bowl, and also has worked as a studio analyst for The NFL Today and Inside the NFL.

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