Tag: NBA

"I have a very full and a very heavy heart today as I say goodbye to the only place that I’ve really worked in network television."

"ESPN has not confirmed the news of Jones departure, and how the ESPN broadcast teams will adjust for the upcoming postseason play."

"It’s a celebration of the grit, passion, and pride that defines this city and its fans."

"Watch a little bit of Sacramento Kings basketball and gather the context of what they’ve done and what they have not done over the last month and some change. While everybody else is choosing to sell their soul to the devil for draft lottery odds."

"Since the NBA guys don’t have enough pride to give us, the fans, what we want in the dunk contest, all of these professional dunkers have been created."

"ESPN now has a decision to make. Lean all the way in and risk alienating part of its audience. Or show restraint—and protect the integrity of the platform that made this partnership valuable in the first place."

"With their current agreements dissolving, those organizations are now free to explore new local media rights deals beginning next season."

"Unfortunately things didn’t go the way we all planned, but that’s life."

"Moving more sports behind paywalls would increase consumer costs, price some consumers out of watching, and keep others in the dark."

"Radio has that same opportunity right in front of it. It may not come from immediate competition, but from the willingness to say no more. There has never been a stronger argument for change than using the Big Data + Panel model as a catalyst for a better future—especially when it comes from the industry’s lone measurement provider."