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‘NBC is a player’ in upcoming NBA media rights negotiations, per Andrew Marchand

"It's possible they could try to do Sunday Night Basketball after Sunday Night Football."

Marchand & Ourand respond to The Rock regarding ESPN-XFL financial arrangement

"Of course, there's a rights agreement, the games are on the air. There has to be an agreement. There's no rights fee."

Pat McAfee offers compliments with caveats to Andrew Marchand: ‘Not everything you read is accurate’

"The way Marchand operates, I don't know who he has, how he has it, but he does have...some of his information is on."

J.J. Watt reportedly only wants part-time TV role

CBS is considered the favorite to land Watt.

The Rock refutes Andrew Marchand’s report on ESPN’s XFL rights fees

"ESPN is a stakeholder in XFL. Long term partners. Big plans for '24 season. Back to work."

Disney reportedly may bid for WWE broadcast rights, but for FX rather than ESPN

The potential cable home would be FX, not ESPN.

ESPN reportedly emerging as favorites to land Pat McAfee

Pat McAfee has hinted for a while now that while he signed a four-year, $120 million deal with...

Andrew Marchand speaks on bogus Tom Brady – Fox story: ‘Tom Brady and I are completely in sync’

The recent claim that Tom Brady may balk at his Fox Sports offer was rebuffed by the legendary quarterback and, now, the reporter in the mess.

Skepticism continues to surround Tom Brady’s future at Fox

"49 percent chance he does it, 51 percent chance he doesn't."

Despite layoffs, ESPN would reportedly still negotiate for The Pat McAfee Show ‘if it makes financial sense’

"McAfee's kinda a wild card in terms of what he'll do and so there's no telling of what exactly he'll do."

Sports media insiders: ESPN ‘not a great place to be’ with morale ‘as low as any time I’ve ever seen’

"Mickey, he's a passive-aggressive M-Fer."

ESPN layoffs reportedly set to come in three rounds, with massive paycuts also floated for on-air talent

"I do think they're going to go to some other people who make big numbers and say 'You can stay, but we're going to cut you in half.' People are going to have decisions to make on that."

Pat McAfee’s FanDuel future in question: ‘Not sure where it all ends up’

"A lot of moving pieces right now. Not exactly sure where it all ends up. No beef, all love with FD (and you.) Just trying to make my show and life easier."

Craig Carton explodes at the notion that his James Dolan interview was soft

"To say on Twitter right now that we did not confront Dolan about fans being concerned that they might be banned or harassed because they took a shot at James Dolan...is a bold-faced lie."

There’s industry doubt Tom Brady ‘ever does’ game broadcasting

Andrew Marchand shared some doubts from industry figures on if Brady ever takes a game broadcasting role.

Jeff Passan and Adrian Wojnarowski share the dream of throwing their phones in the ocean

"I’m a slave to it. That’s the reality"

Do college football fans really want ESPN to cut-in for Aaron Judge’s home run quest?

Do people watching Kentucky vs. Ole Miss care about Aaron Judge's home runs?

Troy Aikman says lack of communication is the reason he’s no longer at Fox: It’s ‘disappointing’

"Nobody has to feel at fault for feeling a certain way or taking a stand. Just communicate that."

Burke Magnus confirms Longhorn Network ‘will be folded in’ to SEC Network, adds ‘We don’t know precise timing’ on Texas/Oklahoma joining SEC

"All that content that you find on the Longhorn Network is sometimes called third-tier, sometimes called institutional. It is the content that, like any other SEC institution, would be expressed through the SEC Network."

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