Tag: sports media

"When Disney announced 7,000 layoffs were coming, everybody associated with ESPN knew this day would arrive."

"For the record, ESPN did right by me during my entire career. No hard feelings. It was an honor to work there."

"Low viewership was the driving factor in Game Theory not being picked up for a third season."

"The average of 4.8 million was the highest for an NBC race since 2017 Brickyard 400."

“I thought there were a lot of untapped opportunities for personalities in the sports space to really go out on their own and build media businesses."

"By the time we get to March, we should have somewhere between 40-60 participants involved in the conference."

"When we started, I thought it was going to be a short-term gig. 20 years – it’s really hard to fathom; it really is.”

"What the league would love is for Snyder to sell the team," Michaels said. "Not have it go to a vote, but sell the team. He's just become a major problem around the league, obviously."

Twitter became where you went to break news and gather information. It’s where you built an audience and answered questions. And while it became an inescapable part of the job, I’ve increasingly come to struggle with the business rationale for doing so.

It will continue to be the week before Super Bowl festivities begin, and many in sports media had strong reactions to the news.