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Why Sports Franchise Owners Should Move Away From the Mic, and Stay in the Office
"Please, owners: less is more. Support publicly. Criticize privately. Stay rich. Stay upstairs. Stay off the mic. Your fanbase doesn’t want to hear from you."
ESPN College Football Playoff National Championship MegaCast Viewership Highest Since 2015
"Only the inaugural CFP championship between Oregon and Ohio State during the 2014–15 season generated a larger audience."
Pat McAfee Announces Live Broadcast From the White House UFC Event in June
"I said, ‘Hey, would love to be able to do the show from the White House for the fight.’ And he goes, ‘Really?’ And I go, ‘Good?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah.’"
Scott Van Pelt Content With Continuing Hosting SportsCenter at Night
"I know that the players, the coaches and the leagues, all appreciate what we do and how we do it. I know that for a fact, because I've heard from them, and so I don't want to abandon that, and I wouldn't."
ESPN NFL Divisional Round Broadcast Finishes as Most-Viewed Event in Network’s History
"The Texans–Patriots matchup, which aired Sunday averaged nearly 38 million viewers and officially became the most-watched event ever carried by ESPN."
CBS Sports Earns Most-Watched Saturday NFL Playoff Game Ever
"Viewership climbed steadily throughout the broadcast before peaking at 51.284 million viewers during overtime."
NBC Sports Earns Most-Viewed NFL Divisional Round Audience Ever
"Locally, Chicago topped all markets with a dominant 34.7/66 rating. Los Angeles posted a 16.3/55, marking a 15% increase compared to last season’s Rams-Eagles Divisional Playoff game on NBC."
Jon “Stugotz” Weiner Reflects on Split Away From the Dan Le Batard Show
"Whatever went down with me and Dan [Le Batard] was deeply hurtful. It took me to some really strange and dark places. And I’m still trying to claw my way out."
Bob Costas Named Pregame Host Of NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Baseball
"As appreciative as I am of other aspects of my career, especially HBO and the MLB Network, for 40 years, my true broadcasting home was NBC."
ESPN Cleveland Elevates Jordan Klimack to Director of Content
"A Cleveland market veteran, Klimack joined ESPN Cleveland in 2018 and served as the producer for The Next Level from 2020 through 2023."