The Sports Media (Sports Radio, Podcasts, Shows, Networks, Etc.) Thread

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Shams Charania re-signs with Stadium, will have "expanded role" across Sinclair properties

NBA insider Shams Charania has a new deal with Stadium, after also signing a new deal to stay at The Athletic earlier this month.

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NFL Week 3 viewership: Monday Night Football up big

Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season brought a disappointing run of numbers nearly across the board. In the singleheader window for CBS on Sunday, a variety of games (highlighted by Raiders-Patriots) drew 16.57 million viewers. That’s down 12% from last year’s Week 3 singleheader on Fox (18.66 million...

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YouTube TV is dropping the Fox RSNs (again)

Back in March, YouTube TV and Sinclair reached a carriage agreement for the Fox RSNs (which Sinclair owns). The terms of that agreement were unknown, though we figured it would be a long-term arrangement and we wouldn’t be going through this song and dance for awhile. Welp, turns out we were...

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2020 NHL Stanley Cup Final least-watched since 2007

On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning raised the franchise’s second Stanley Cup following a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. I feel the need to alert you of this because not a lot of people watched Game 6, or the rest of the series. The clincher Read more...

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Two of MLB's first four Wild Card games drew under a million viewers

The 2020 MLB Postseason got underway on Tuesday, and the start probably wasn’t what MLB imagined. Three of the four games started at 5 PM ET or earlier, and despite many people working from home, it doesn’t appear that there was much interest in those day games. The second game of the day was...

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Fox Sports will televise The Spring League football games this fall

Fox Sports has reached an agreement with developmental football venture The Spring League to televise games this fall.

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NFL Week 4 viewership: season-low for the Thursday Night Football matchup no one demanded

No one, and I mean *no one,* demanded Thursday night’s matchup between the 0-3 Denver Broncos and 0-3 New York Jets on NFL Network. And to the shock of…well, also no one, viewership for the Thursday Night Football game hit a season-low. Broncos-Jets drew just 5.41 million viewers, a new...

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Richard Jefferson to Kyrie Irving: "We in the media are not creating the clickbait. You and Kevin Durant are creating the clickbait."

ESPN NBA analyst Richard Jefferson had an interesting response to Brooklyn Nets' star Kyrie Irving's criticisms of "clickbait" media coverage.

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HBO's Craig Carton doc, ‘Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth,’ is a fascinating look at his success and ruin

HBO's Craig Carton documentary, "Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth," benefits from the personality of its subject.

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Staffers at The Ringer coordinate a social media campaign in support of the Ringer Union

Ringer Union members used a Twitter campaign to demonstrate their solidarity and to highlight some core goals they're still bargaining for.

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ESPN Reportedly Set For Massive Layoffs

ESPN is reportedly poised for another massive round of layoffs. Hundreds of employees could lose their jobs as Disney has mandated cost cutting measures.

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Fox Sports announces The Spring League broadcast schedule on FS1

Fox Sports announced its broadcast schedule for The Spring League development football organization. Games will be televised on FS1.

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This was a good episode.

 

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Skip's hate for LeBron is sickening. No wonder why these these athletes don't take him serious.