Tag: NBC Sports

"I believe that Mike Tomlin has been better at broadcasting than any newcomer that we have seen since Tony Romo in terms of surprising people."

"NBC Sports’ return to the WNBA is paying off. The network averaged 1.8 million viewers across seven regular-season games, up 35% from comparable coverage last season."

"Platforms like a YouTube or Netflix that have global fans well beyond the NFL that they can tap into and they can pull into for us is incredibly exciting to see."

"A big part of my job on TV is talking about the game, and when I got done playing I didn't want to only talk about it, I wanted to actually put it to action."

"Expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams will give more programs a chance to compete for a national championship. But the sport is missing a golden opportunity to expand something else just as important: the voices bringing those games to life."

"Games are averaging 18.8 million viewers, up 1% from the same point last year."

"How can you be somewhere 19 years, and had really a personal stake in most of the guys being there and not care for them?"

"The product better be for the fan. Everything I do has to count no matter what it is. I look at any second on the air trying to meet and exceed the bar that's been set. That's what makes it fun."

"The Super Bowl is more than a football game, it's America culture. ESPN doesn’t have to convince viewers why they should watch, as it has worked to do with the College Football Playoff National Championship."

"Ditka built a second career in sports media after the Bears fired him following the 1992 season."