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The NBA Play-In Tournament is Simply About Money
By most estimates, the PIT has added millions of dollars in value for the league’s broadcast partners.
Verne Lundquist Deserved All The Praise and More During Final Broadcast
Verne Lundquist might be the last of a dying breed. And for all of the fantastic moments he's had behind the microphone, there was a missed opportunity for one final hurrah.
Q Myers, ‘GameNight’ Places Women’s Basketball at the Forefront on ESPN Radio
"I think everything we’ve done has built up where we continue to allow ourselves to do more because of what we’ve done and our consistency."
Adam Symson: Scripps’ Free Distribution Platform ‘Has Opened Up the Opportunity For Us to Acquire Live Sports Rights’
"We’re leaning into the content genres that consumers crave most from linear television."
WNBA Draft Averages 2.45 Million Viewers, Most-Watched in League History
Last year's WNBA Draft averaged 572,000 viewers on ESPN, marking a 328% year-over-year increase.
Arizona Sports Becomes First Ever Sports Radio Station to Win NAB Crystal Award
Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their exceptional year-round commitment to community service.
Dan Le Batard: Will the ‘TikTok Generation’ Understand Significance of a Baseball Radio Broadcaster?
"The baseball schedule is an insanity, and John Sterling is a bonafide legend when you broadcast that long, but it’s not in the perfectly pristine broadcasting case where Vin Scully exists."
Dan Patrick: I Don’t Want to Win Sports Emmy Award Posthumously
"It’s just us – we’re just a couple of guys here in a converted tool rental place."
Masters: 9.59 Million Viewers; Down 20% From Last Year
This year’s final round only tops the two COVID-affected years of 2020 and 2021 as the lowest-rated since 1957 and the least-watched since 1993.
ESPN ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Draws 1.96 Million Viewers in Padres-Dodgers Showdown
The audience marks the property's most-watched game in the last six years, excluding its broadcasts of games with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.