Report: NBA eyeing streaming options for next rights deal as ESPN and TNT look to buy fewer games
As ESPN and TNT look to cut costs, streaming could make up the difference in the next NBA rights package.
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Aaron Rodgers blasts ‘horsesh*t’ report from The Athletic: ‘Dumbest’ since ‘the COVID toe WSJ article’
"I don’t know if you can ever top the COVID toe Wall Street Journal article. But this was the dumbest article of the year, by far."
Aaron Rodgers calls Wall Street Journal piece on his toe “disinformation,” misidentifies who wrote it
Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal wrote about the medical condition of "COVID toe" (pernio or chilblains) after Aaron Rodgers said "No lingering effects, other than the COVID toe" Tuesday. On Wednesday, Rodgers revealed he doesn't have COVID toe and hadn't heard of COVID toe, and he called Beaton's piece "disinformation."
A WSJ-uncovered 2011 email from Jon Gruden, then at ESPN, used a racist trope to describe DeMaurice Smith (updated)
"Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires."
Tennis writer Tom Perrotta passes away at 44 following battle with brain tumor
Perrotta had been fighting a brain tumor since shortly after his 40th birthday.
Everyone dunked on the Wall Street Journal’s absurd Warriors dynasty tweet
"Typical underhanded strategy, having players."
Jimmy Pitaro says ESPN will continue VR/AR/isocam experiments, especially online: “We do not believe that AR or VR is a fad.”
"We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality and augmented reality space for a long time now. We’ve already developed content for the Oculus [VR headset] and are willing to make our content available in those spaces."
This Week In Hot Takes: Trent Dilfer calls thrilling Chiefs-Rams game “bad ball”
Former ESPN analyst Dilfer was not a fan of Chiefs-Rams.
This Week In Hot Takes: Tom Nichols argues that professional esports are “the ridiculous next step of imperial decline”
Nichols' take on professional esports was the hottest of the week.
Report: “tensions built up over time” between ESPN’s John Skipper and Disney’s Bob Iger, including missed flight, public comments
A Wall Street Journal report suggests issues arose between Skipper and Iger over time, which may help to explain why Skipper abruptly exited in December instead of being put on leave.
