"John and Brendan are not only beloved figures in Wizards history, but they also bring a wealth of basketball knowledge, insight, and personality that fans will instantly connect with"
The larger blame lies squarely at the feet of media company behemoths that play on people’s addictions in order to line their already gold-lined pockets.
"The way they talk, they’ve never been the best player. You’ve never walked through the situation before when the whole scouting report is tailored to stop you"
"If we don’t reach a fair deal soon, YouTube TV customers will lose access to ESPN and ABC, and all our marquee programming — including the NFL, college football, NBA and NHL seasons — and so much more"
"Tuesday night’s NBA Tip-Off doubleheader averaged 5.6 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, marking the largest opening-night audience for the league since 2010"
"For your ears, it was as if nothing changed. For your eyes, the difference was in those four bright letters—a new chapter for the best studio show in sports history"
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."