"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."
"Until networks shift their focus from chasing headlines to building smarter, sharper, fan-first programming, the result will remain the same. More money. More familiar faces. Less impact."
"Is there a matchup the NFL prefers among its final four? No. The question does not deserve airtime this week. Save the column inches, radio segments, and television debates."
"The Texans’ road victory over the Steelers ranks as ESPN’s second most-watched Wild Card game since the network began carrying postseason contests in 2015."
"Overall, the numbers reflect a strong weekend for NFL viewing, with all three networks reporting growth or maintaining high levels of engagement compared to previous years."
"The game also reached a peak audience of 34.16 million viewers between 9:15 and 9:29 p.m. ET, establishing a new all-time streaming high for the service."
"Everyone at Amazon has been fantastic, and I love working with this group. I’ve been taking this one year at a time. As long as I feel I’m at the top of my game, I’d like to keep going."
"FOX, CBS, and NBC each leveraged distinct strengths, from national windows to studio programming and streaming, reaffirming the league’s unmatched value to its media partners."
"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."