Sports Media

Which MLB Teams Should Feel Best and Worst About Their RSN Situations
In case you haven’t heard, regional sports networks (RSNs) across the country aren’t in great shape. Warner Bros. Discovery decided in February to pull out of local sports, which will eventually result in the closure of three RSNs. The Diamond Sports Group, operator...

2022 NFL Broadcast Guide
We’re on the verge of a new NFL season and while rosters have been settled, there are lots of new faces in new and old places – and that goes for on the field, too. The way you’re likely to take in the NFL on television has completely changed since last February’s...

After the Big Ten’s media rights deals, what’s next?
On Thursday, it finally happened – the Big Ten announced their new round of media rights deals with CBS, Fox, and NBC. ESPN was notably boxed out in this round, ending a decades-long partnership between the network and the conference. And while the Big Ten’s rights...

The Big Ten’s New Media Rights Deal Has Been Announced
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...

Vin Scully’s resume will never be matched by another announcer
The passing of Vin Scully on Tuesday sent the sports world into a collective state of mourning and remembrance of one of the greatest broadcasters that the universe has ever seen. Scully joined the Dodgers broadcast booth at the age of 22, became the team’s primary...

Thoughts On The MLB All-Star Game
When I was a kid, I loved watching the MLB All-Star Game. There was something special about it. The Midsummer Classic was a rare opportunity to watch baseball’s biggest out-of-market stars playing a live game. In the months prior to, and following, the All-Star Game,...

MLB’s new streaming pacts aren’t ideal, but RSN carriage battles are far more damaging
Two weeks into the 2022 MLB season, one of the more popular punching bags among the league’s fans are its new streaming deals. This season, MLB inked a new deal with Apple that gives the company a Friday night doubleheader on Apple TV+ each week as well as a pact with...

Bruce Cunningham Says Goodbye
If you know anything about Bruce Cunningham, you should know that he’s a connoisseur of music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, through and through. So, a couple of weeks ago, he was chatting with a young reporter at WBFF-45 named Maxine Streicher and he happened to...