Stephen A. Smith says transgender athletes are ‘prying on the rights of females’
"That's about prying on the rights of females out there everywhere who were born female, and they're at a decided disadvantage."
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Roger Goodell: Adding 18th game ‘logical’ next step, seeks to play 16 international games per season
"I think if we continue to focus on the safety, I think 18 is a potential."
LeBron business partner Maverick Carter involved in bid to launch $5 billion NBA/WNBA rival international league
UFC reportedly looking for more than $1 billion/year on next rights deal
The UFC believes it has four to five bidders lined up after an exclusive negotiating window with ESPN ends in April, including Warner Bros. Discovery and YouTube.
Prime Video’s Mike Hopkins says Amazon wouldn’t have done NBA deal without new ad revenue
Mike Hopkins also revealed Prime Video will become profitable by itself "very soon."
Stephen A. Smith explains why he doesn’t ‘give a s***’ about optics of contract talks amid ESPN layoffs
"When it's your time, you're supposed to act oblivious and ignorant to all of that and say, 'let me think of everybody else but myself,' when I've been working all of these years and didn't ask for it?"
Could Stephen A. Smith bring his growing podcast to ESPN as part of new contract?
Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg suggests Smith could bring 'The Stephen A. Smith Show' to the worldwide leader as part of a lucrative new deal.
Stephen A. Smith still wants to be ESPN’s top paid talent: ‘It’s my turn’
"This is what I bring to the table, do you value and appreciate me enough to give me what I think I deserve, or not? If you don't, I respect that."
John Skipper is wrong that there’s “a void in world class non-event sports content,” but his Meadowlark plan makes some sense
"There is just not a lot of sports content in any genre on Netflix, Hulu, Paramount +, HBO Now or Discovery Plus." That is not correct.
Bloomberg is set to bundle 6-month or 3-month free trials of The Athletic with its annual and monthly Bloomberg All-Access subscriptions
The Athletic's latest move to bring in more subscribers is a partnership with Bloomberg.
Bloomberg tweets story on Minor League Baseball season cancellation with “The MLB has cancelled its entire season”
No, "The MLB" has not cancelled its season.
UBS runs 10,000 World Cup simulations including Italy for some reason, Bloomberg writes about it
This UBS report was...not impressive. But that didn't stop Bloomberg from covering it.
Barstool Sports gets $15 million more from Chernin Group, plans to double staff, expand Rough and Rowdy, launch branded alcohol
The new funding values Barstool at around $100 million overall. This latest $15 million investment will be used for all sorts of expansions, from hiring more staff to boosting their boxing promotion and maybe launching branded alcohol or bars.
Comcast acquires rights in case streaming takes off, but would still need CBS, ESPN
National streaming rights are a hedge for Comcast right now, but they may someday launch a OTT service.
Time Inc. asks for acquisition offers on whole company by next week
The sale of Time Inc. continues, and Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Meredith are among the reported bidders.
