Prime Video VP Jay Marine lays out exactly why Amazon wants NBA rights
"For Amazon specifically, what fits is it is one of the biggest leagues in the world and people care about it."
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Eli Manning shares what he learned from Derek Jeter about handling New York City limelight
"He took the blame when there was blame to be accepted, and he also dished out all the credit when things were going well."
Network broadcasters ‘furious’ with NFL for allowing ESPN/ABC ‘MNF’ simulcast
"Every single one of the broadcast networks is lobbying the NFL, saying 'This simulcast on ABC, it better be a one-year deal.'"
Joe Davis: Replacing Vin Scully more intimidating than replacing Joe Buck on MLB play-by-play
"Getting caught up in trying to replace them, I've tried to avoid that."
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."
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."
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."
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"
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."
Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt will be Fox’s top USFL booth
In addition to their NFL and CFB roles with Fox, Menefee and Klatt were previously the network's top XFL team in 2020.
Bomani Jones says Skip Bayless wrote him off First Take
"I think I spoke to him once since then, and then they didn’t call me back."
NASCAR president Steve Phelps opens up about next media rights deal
Even though streaming is the future, NASCAR wants to have a presence on broadcast TV.
Jeff Van Gundy discusses how ‘contentious’ relationship with Marv Albert led to broadcasting success
"It always centered around [Patrick] Ewing. I didn't think he was particularly fair to Ewing."
Michigan’s resurgence may have Big Ten looking at TV rights bidding war
The Big Ten's TV deals are up after the 2022-2023 season and Fox, ESPN, CBS, and others will be lined up.
Shaquille O’Neal claims he turned down role of John Coffey in ‘The Green Mile’
“That was my role in Green Mile. I turned it down."
Bob Costas: David Letterman/CBS made him ‘tempting’ offer to leave NBC for ‘Late Late Show’ & ’60 Minutes’ roles
"At a different crossroads in my life, I undoubtedly would have done it."
