Awful Announcing
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This deal likely wouldn't have worked for both sides without ESPN+. Gaining Big 12 streaming content for that service allowed ESPN to pay more for these championship games than they would have otherwise.
ESPN is deepening its ties to the Big 12.
During the NFL season, Hawkins flies L.A. to New York every Saturday night, then drives to Bristol, returns to New York, returns to Bristol and flies back to L.A. to juggle his various jobs. He said that grind's important for someone trying to break in.
All U.S. Open Cup matches, including the final, are moving to ESPN+.
ESPN is clearly all in on the NFL Draft this year, with two separate shows covering the draft...
Simmons said "I think both of us found we had such a history together that was mostly really good and rewarding that it would be fun to work together again, even if it was in a pretty small way."
Skipper said "Look, in retrospect, we both in some ways looked a little petulant, foolish. And we would have been more dignified had we said 'Let's get in a room and figure what we're going to do here.'"
With the constant worrying over the long decline of NASCAR ratings on American television over the last several...
Bill Simmons and John Skipper are going to be podcasting together.
While Huskies' officials are complaining that the new deal may see more of their games on streaming, that's not necessarily going to be the case.
Maybe turkey vultures don't care for debate shows after all...
ESPN would have locked down their rights fee with the Pac-12 "well into the 2030s," and the Pac-12 wasn't willing to go that far.
