"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Once you can rock the mic in a state where you can hardly pronounce any of the towns, but you still connect with the people, you feel like you can make it anywhere, especially where you’re from."
"Yates will maintain his position as the face of ESPN’s Fantasy Football coverage across multiple platforms, including studio shows and podcasts. In addition, he will remain a cornerstone of ESPN’s NFL Draft programming"
"Is he ready to become the next big thing at ESPN? Darn right he is—whether it’s the rumored 5:00 p.m. time slot vacated by Around the Horn or some other vehicle."
"Orlovsky remains a fixture on NFL Live, a contributor to Monday Night Football during select weeks, and a familiar presence across the network’s most-watched studio shows"
The reported viewership success across the NFL Draft coverage and studio programs comes after ESPN registered its strongest first-quarter viewership since 2017.
"Schefter’s social media engagements on Monday were the highest he has ever received in a single day during his more than fifteen years of publishing content on social media"
'Monday Night Countdown' broadcast from the studio and traveled on the road throughout the season, garnering a 5% year-over-year improvement in average viewership.
"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Once you can rock the mic in a state where you can hardly pronounce any of the towns, but you still connect with the people, you feel like you can make it anywhere, especially where you’re from."
Knowingly misleading your audience to fulfill a narrative you want won’t work. It’s not journalism; it’s political activism — and that line is beginning to blur.