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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Ranking the Best and Worst of Super Bowl LX on NBC Sports

"While the official viewership results have yet to be revealed, here is what stood out as the best and worst of what NBC Sports presented for Super Bowl LX.."

Kirk Herbstreit on Providing Perspective Over Generalities in Prime Video NFL Booth

"I don’t want to just say, ‘Wow, that was a great throw,’ or ‘What a great route,’"

Barrett Media’s Top 20 Sports Television Talent of 2025

"This gives you an idea of how the industry collectively views the best of the best on sports television."

Charles Barkley Disappointed in NBC Sports’ Use of Michael Jordan

"It’s a bad look for NBC, it’s just a bad look, plain and simple."

NBC Sports Mike Tirico Responds to Criticism of Michael Jordan Taped Interview Segments

"Was it what everyone wanted? Probably not. Was it better than not having Michael Jordan? You're damn right it was."

NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico: NFL Broadcasts Have Never Been Done Any Better Than Now

"I don’t think our business has ever been done any better, I really don’t. Top to bottom, so many good broadcasters, so many good games. It’s nice to be a part of it."

Muting Sports Play-By-Play is Technology That Networks Should Never Consider

"When innovation begins to neutralize one of your most expensive and defining assets, it may be time to reconsider whether that investment is truly moving the product forward."

NBC Sports President Hopes for More Appearances by Michael Jordan

"Certainly it's been positive for us, and [he’s been able] to sit down with Mike Tirico and talk about various topics that interest him. It's been fantastic"

NBC Sports Lost the Ball on Michael Jordan’s Inclusion With the Network

"The problem is clear: the plotting, strategy, and execution failed"

How Michael Jordan’s Load Management With NBC Sports Ruins the Spectacle and Exposes the Hypocricy

"If Wayne Gretzky, Tom Brady, and Derek Jeter can find time to discuss current-day league events, so can Michael Jordan"

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."