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David Roberts Bids Farewell to ESPN After Two Decades of Influence

"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

"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

"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

"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."

Diamond Sports Group Reportedly Planning to Pay Cincinnati Reds Ahead of Deadline

Diamond Sports Group and the Cincinnati Reds recently extended their television media rights partnership through the 2032 season.

MLB Commissioner Manfred Could Reject Renegotiated Diamondbacks, Diamond Sports Group Contract

Major League Baseball could assume the local broadcasts for the Arizona Diamondbacks from Bally Sports Arizona should the deal not be completed.

Diamond Sports Group Makes Payment to Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Guardians

The local media rights fee for the team is $54.8 million this year, which was agreed to over a decade ago

Bally Sports Arizona Wants to Drop Diamondbacks Contract

“The current costs associated with performing under the Diamondbacks agreement outweigh the revenues the debtors are able to obtain through broadcasting Diamondbacks games."

Evan Giddings: Rob Manfred Gave A’s ‘Swift Kick in the Rear’

"In reality, it all comes down to what we all knew what this was about, Dan, and that was the color green.”

Diamond Sports Could Lose 5 More MLB Teams

Diamond Sports Group must pay the Texas Rangers by Thursday of this week or relinquish the team’s media rights.

Albert Pujols To Join MLB Network

"I've been a huge fan since the very beginning and can't wait to get started.”

Judge Rules Diamond Sports Must Pay MLB Teams in Full

"As with the Padres, MLB will stand ready to make games available to fans if Diamond fails to meet its obligations.”

Rob Manfred: Diamond Threatened Bankruptcy as Negotiation for Streaming Rights

"I’m going to put the entity into bankruptcy and then I’m going to selectively reject contracts."

Major League Baseball Creates Economic Reform Council to Assess Local Media Rights Model

"Commissioner Rob Manfred says that it may behoove the league not to rely on teams' local media rights deals so heavily."

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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

"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."

Four Things Music Radio Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas

"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."