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ESPN’s NBA Opening Week Posts Largest Audience in 12 Years

"The week’s first doubleheader got things started as ESPN’s second most-viewed Opening Wednesday ever."

Barstool Sports’ Brandon Walker Questions Pat McAfee’s Reaction To Utah Student Instagram Video

"I didn't see that as those kids really insulting Pat McAfee. Again, I think Pat McAfee is great. I just, I don't know what made him uncomfortable.

JAŸ-Z Officially Taking Center Stage at NFL’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

“Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.” 

Pat McAfee’s Biggest Problem Continues To Be His Need to Respond to Critics

"For all the success he's achieved, giving his detractors a platform doesn't help him. As he continues to build his brand at ESPN, he also has a responsibility to understand the role he plays on screen. When he loses sight of that responsibility, he misses the point of his inclusion."

Dan Bernstein on Al Michaels A.I.-Generated Voice: ‘We Could Create A.I. Anybody’

"This idea that no broadcaster then could really ever leave us if we wanted."

Michael Phelps Joining NBCUniversal Coverage of Olympic Games Paris 2024

“With his ability to analyze and entertain, our viewers are in for another gold-medal performance.”

NBCUniversal Local Podcast Series ‘My New Favorite Olympian’ Launches This Week

"The stories of these athletes and how they have achieved so much in their respective sports, overcome so many challenges, while also giving back to impact others is truly remarkable."

Adam Silver: NBA Hopes to ‘Wrap Up’ Media Rights Negotiations in ‘Relative Near Term’

"No one likes this uncertainty, and I think it’s on the league office to bring these negotiations to a head and conclude them as quickly as we can."

Report: NBA Closing In on $76 Billion TV Media Rights Deal With Disney, NBCUniversal, Amazon

The report states that Warner Bros. Discovery was granted a chance to commit around $2.2 billion per year for a deal with the league but walked away because of disdain for “the price relative to the value of the package.”

Maria Taylor Hosting Late Night Paris Olympics Show on NBC and Peacock

"Ever since I attended the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it was a dream of mine to compete in the Games, which has now evolved to covering them."

Jimmy Roberts, Mary Carillo and Andrea Joyce Named NBC Olympics Commentators

“My career in relation to the Olympics has been one ‘pinch me’ moment after another."

Report: NBA Formalizing Deals with The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, Amazon

Final changes are believed to be taking place in the coming days or the week with deals then having to be ratified by respective boards.

Report: TNT Still in Play to Retain NBA Media Rights

The report states that no official offers have been finalized at the moment, hence the lack of having to match an offer.

Report: NBA Likely to Agree to Media Rights Package with NBCUniversal, Could Lead to Potential Litigation

Both the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery are reportedly researching to see if the league can reject a matching bid.

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JAŸ-Z Officially Taking Center Stage at NFL’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

“Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.” 

Pat McAfee’s Biggest Problem Continues To Be His Need to Respond to Critics

"For all the success he's achieved, giving his detractors a platform doesn't help him. As he continues to build his brand at ESPN, he also has a responsibility to understand the role he plays on screen. When he loses sight of that responsibility, he misses the point of his inclusion."

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“My leadership has always been, people come to me and say, ‘Hey, I’ve got this idea,’ and I just say, ‘Do it.' If it doesn’t work, then we just move on."