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David Roberts Bids Farewell to ESPN After Two Decades of Influence

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"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."

Why Howard Stern Doesn’t Need Daily Radio Anymore

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"Howard was the ultimate slave to the art. Perhaps he finally doesn't want to be anymore"

Why Curtis Sliwa Refuses to Be a Donald Trump Echo Chamber on 710 WOR

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"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

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"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro: We’ve Made Good Progress on New MLB Rights Agreement Discussions

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"I would say since then, we've made good progress. I don't want to go farther than that, but we've certainly made good progress with Rob and his team"

ESPN Reportedly Reaches Agreement With MLB To Sell All Out-of Market, Some In-Market Games

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"The deal, expected to span three years, would mark a significant expansion of ESPN’s baseball portfolio"

MLB Close To Finalizing Broadcast Rights for Near-Term With Apple Reportedly Out

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"These talks reportedly involve NBC/Peacock, ESPN, Netflix and Apple—with Apple poised to exit the MLB broadcasting arena entirely"

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Hopes To Announce New TV Deals in “A Couple Weeks”

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"We’re having very detailed conversations with a number of parties, including ESPN"

Major League Baseball Talking Possible Baseball Packages With NBC, ESPN, Apple, Netflix

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"The activity has created an opening for other platforms to enter the fray. Each potential contract would run three seasons according to The Athletic"

MLB Speedway Classic a Swing and a Miss for Baseball and FOX Sports

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"If Major League Baseball was looking for a ‘Field of Dreams’ moment, the result was a nightmare"

Chicago Sports Media Reacts To Passing of Ryne Sandberg

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"Ryne Sandberg was a legend of the Chicago Cubs franchise and a beloved figure throughout Major League Baseball"

Rob Manfred Suggests Centralized MLB Media Rights by 2028

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"Our goal would be to accumulate all of our rights, national and local. Go to the table and develop in concert with the potential buyers, packages that are most valuable to them."

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Believes New Media Rights Deal Will Be Completed Shortly

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"I was hoping it was going to be done by now, but it’ll be shortly. We made real progress"

Rob Manfred: MLB Baseball Broadcasts Are in Too Many Places Right Now

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"We've experimented. Apple's been a great experiment, but we do have a lot of fragmentation. We need to get into a more streamlined model."
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