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Michael Wilbon to Resume Traveling After Foot Surgery
“Am I going to games right now? No, but I probably wouldn’t be going to many games in March anyways before the playoffs.”
ESPN Employees Brace For Major Layoffs
"According to Front Office Sports, 700 jobs have been cut, including those of anchors, reporters and analysts, since 2015."
Steve Rosenberg Out As President of Diamond Sports Group
"John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that a memo went out to the company on Monday morning announcing the change."
Variety Predicts Sports Betting Broadcasts Future of RSNs
"With the state of the RSN business a little hazy for some networks, closer integration with gambling is something that VIP+ expects to be leant into more in an effort to engage the most passionate local fans."
Disney Has One Logical Choice For The Future – Jimmy Pitaro
"If Bob Iger wants his next successor to come from the sports world, that is his guy. Hell, forget sports. Pitaro may be the best person available no matter how far and wide the search goes."
NCAA Tournament Delivers Highest-Rated Round of 64 Ever
“ For the first round on Thursday and Friday of last week, games accomplished a total audience delivery of 9.2 million viewers.”
John Skipper: All Rights Deals Look Terrible at Beginning, Great by End
“ I always love the people who lost always released statements that said, 'We refused to do a financially irresponsible deal.'”
Diamond Sports Group Says MLB Streaming Rights Caused Bankruptcy
"The (MLB) Commissioner's office has made it clear that they want to take back the rights and go it alone, which will effectively drive us out of the market if they are successful."
Greg Gumbel: I’m Lucky That I’ve Never Been Fired
"I worked for some people who didn’t like me, I’ve worked for some people I didn’t like. It’s a strange business, there’s no doubt.”
Diamond Sports Group Misses Arizona Diamondbacks Rights Payment
It is believed that the missed rights payment by Bally Sports Arizona triggers a clause in the contract that reverts the television rights back to the Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball.