by Mike Lowe | Aug 18, 2022 | College Basketball, College Football, General Sports, Sports Business, Sports Media
Today the Big Ten announced the completion of its long-awaited television rights deal that is set to go into effect at the start of the 2023-24 academic year. The deal runs for 7 years and is worth nearly $7.5 billion in total. Notably, it also contains escalators in...
by Scott Lewis | Jan 23, 2022 | Sports Business
Baltimore’s historic arena will close, but only for one year. Thanks to a $150M renovation by Thirty Five Ventures, an affiliate of the Oak View Group (OVG) that includes Kevin Durant as one its investors, the arena will close following this February’s CIAA basketball...
by Scott Lewis | Jul 4, 2021 | Major League Baseball, Sports Business
How fitting that the 10th edition of the Nationals annual 11am 4th of July game features the Los Angeles Dodgers. On paper, it provides Major League Baseball with a marquee national TV matchup for its MLB Network, featuring the defending World Series champions. It...
by Scott Lewis | May 11, 2021 | Sports Business
Alex Ovechkin is officially a team owner. In time, if all goes as planned, he will be viewed as an important mentor to its players as well. The Washington Capitals great and future NHL Hall of Famer was introduced on Monday by the Washington Spirit of the National...
by Scott Lewis | Apr 16, 2021 | Soccer, Sports Business, Sports Media
Dave Johnson and D.C. United’s TV home are back where it all started – NBC Sports Washington (NBCSWA). Johnson, the only play-by-play voice that the club has ever known during its 25-year history, began his tenure with the team’s coverage on NBCSWA’s predecessor, Home...
by Milton Kent | Mar 21, 2021 | NFL, Sports Business, Sports Media
The ink is barely dry on the massive media rights deal inked Thursday between the NFL and ABC/ESPN, CBS, Fox, NBC and Amazon, but it’s not too soon to look at the big picture and ramifications from the contracts. Here are three takeaways from the pact, which runs...
